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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 10

thousand nine hundred and nineteen, the Auckland Land District and the North Auckland Land District, the boundaries of which are defined in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

All that area in the Dominion of New Zealand comprising the southern portion of the Auckland Land District as hitherto existing, bounded towards the north generally by the North Auckland Land District hereinafter described, from the mouth of the Waikato River to the Firth of Thames; thence by the Firth of Thames to Cape Colville; thence towards the north-east generally by the sea to the Hawke's Bay Land District; thence towards the south-east by the Hawke's Bay Land District; thence towards the south-west generally by the Wellington and Taranaki Land Districts to the sea at the mouth of the Mokau River; thence towards the west generally by the sea to the mouth of the Waikato River, the place of commencement, and including the Mayor, Motiti, Whale, and White Islands, as well as all islands adjacent to the main land.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

All that area in the Dominion of New Zealand bounded towards the north generally by the ocean from Cape Reinga to the North Cape; thence towards the north-east generally by the ocean to the Pukorokoro Creek in the Firth of Thames; thence towards the south generally by a right line across the said creek to the northernmost corner of Allotment 82, Koheroa Parish; thence by that allotment to the Pukorokoro-Mercer Road; thence by the said road to the Mangatangi Stream; thence by a line along the middle of that stream to its confluence with the Maramarua River; thence by a line along the middle of that river to its confluence with the Whangamarino River; thence by a line along the middle of the Whangamarino River to the Waikato River; thence by the left bank of the Waikato River to the sea; and thence towards the south-west generally by the sea to Cape Reinga, the place of commencement; and including Kermadec Islands, Waiheke, Ponui, Great Barrier, Little Barrier, Three Kings, Channel, Cuvier, Great Mercury, Red Mercury, Slipper, and Aldermen Islands, and all islands adjacent to the main land.

J. F. ANDREWS,

Clerk of the Executive Council

Amending Salmon and Trout Fishing Regulations.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this twenty-first day of January, 1919.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR JAMES ALLEN, K.C.B., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Orders in Council dated the twenty-first day of September, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, the thirtieth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, and the eighth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the twenty-first day of September, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, the seventh day of February, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, and the eleventh day of April, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, regulations were made for fishing for salmon and trout in salmon rivers: And whereas it is desirable to amend such regulations:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by section eighty-three of the Fisheries Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby make the following regulation.

REGULATION.

The holder of a trout-fishing license may fish for salmon in any river up to and including the twenty-eighth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen; provided that no person shall take or catch more than six salmon in any one day.

J. F. ANDREWS,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

Conferring Jurisdiction on Native Land Court in respect of Insufficiently Defined Trust.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this twenty-first day of January, 1919.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR JAMES ALLEN, K.C.B., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it is provided by section one hundred and three of the Native Land Act, 1909, that the Native Land Court shall not proceed to exercise in respect of any land the jurisdiction conferred upon that Court by Part V of that Act unless authorized by Order in Council so to exercise the same:

And whereas the Native land described in the Schedule hereto was granted to the Natives by the Crown prior to the twenty-third day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four:

And whereas the said land is confiscated land granted to Natives by the Crown under statutory authority and an insufficiently defined trust is expressed in the Crown grant or other instrument of title:

And whereas the said land is not a Native reserve within the meaning of section one hundred and seven of the said Act:

And whereas it is expedient that the Native Land Court should be authorized to exercise in respect of that land the jurisdiction conferred by Part V of the said Act:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the authority conferred upon him by section one hundred and three of the Native Land Act, 1909, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of that Dominion, doth hereby authorize the Native Land Court to exercise in respect of the land described in the Schedule hereto the jurisdiction conferred upon that Court by Part V of the Native Land Act, 1909.

SCHEDULE.

ALLOTMENT 17, Section 2, Town of Tauranga, Parish of Te Papa (area, 1 rood): Being the land comprised in Crown Grant No. 15262 A 80, folio 167, dated the 25th April, 1871, to Aperaniko and Mauparoa, of Matata, in trust for the Ngatimanawa Tribe, as from the 18th November, 1866.

J. F. ANDREWS,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

Consenting to the Raising of Loans by certain Local Authorities.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this twenty-first day of January, 1919.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR JAMES ALLEN, K.C.B., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section twenty-six, subsection one, of the Appropriation Act, 1915, it is provided that, notwithstanding any Act to the contrary, it shall not be lawful or competent for any local authority or for any Harbour Board, during the present war with Germany, to borrow or contract to borrow any money (otherwise than by way of bank overdraft within the limit of its powers, if any, in that behalf), whether from the State Advances Office or from any other source whatever, and whether in pursuance of a special Act or under any other authority whatever, without the precedent consent of the Governor-General in Council:

And whereas application has been made for the consent of the Governor-General in Council to enable the several local authorities mentioned in the Schedule hereto to borrow the loans set out in column B therein:

And whereas it is expedient that the precedent consent of the Governor-General in Council should issue:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby consent to the raising of the loans hereinafter mentioned by the several local authorities set out in the Schedule hereto, provided that the rate of interest at which the loans or any of them are to be raised shall in no case produce to the lender a return exceeding five and one-quarter pounds per centum per annum; and it is hereby declared that