JULY 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2013

security which shall be declared by the Governor-General by Order in Council to be securities in which such balance may be invested :

■ Now, therefore, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor-General in and for the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that it shall be lawful for the Public Trustee to invest out of the balance of the Public Trust Office Account the said sum of five thousand pounds.

F. W. FURBY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Appointing Members of Assessment Court under the Valuation of Land Act, 1908.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

By his Deputy,
ROBERT STOUT.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-fourth day of June, 1919.

Present :

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him by the Valuation of Land Act, 1908, 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 appoint the persons mentioned in the Schedule hereto to be members of the Assessment Court for the districts set opposite their names.

SCHEDULE.

Name. District.
Ewen A. Campbell .. .. .. Waitomo County.
,, .. .. .. Waimarino County.
,, .. .. .. Wanganui County.
Alexander Sinclair .. .. .. Wairoa County.
Walter Lockhead .. .. .. Springs County.
Thomas Sealey .. .. .. Timaru Borough.
James Gow .. .. .. Taieri County.
,, .. .. .. Outram Town District.
John A. MacPherson .. .. .. Waitaki County.

F. W. FURBY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Conferring Jurisdiction on Native Land Court in respect of Lot 57, Parish of Waipa.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

By his Deputy,
ROBERT STOUT,

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this first day of July, 1919.

Present :

His Excellency the Governor-General 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 dealt with by the Native Land Court prior to the twenty-third day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, by way of ascertainment of Native customary title :

And whereas the said land is not confiscated land within the meaning of section one hundred and eight of the said Act :

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.

Lot 57, Parish of Waipa, containing 25 acres (approximately), being the land comprised in Order of Investigation under the Native Land Court Act, 1886, dated the 12th day of July, 1889, in favour of Hone Patene, Pepene Ekstone, and Huirama Ruitoto.

F. W. FURBY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Modifying License for Tram-line across New River Estuary.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

By his Deputy,
ROBERT STOUT,

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this first day of July, 1919.

Present :

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the third day of September, one thousand nine hundred and six, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 76, of the sixth day of the same month, the Invercargill Borough Council was licensed to construct a tram-line across the New River Estuary from Otatara to Invercargill, subject to the terms and conditions contained in such Order in Council :

And whereas it is desirable to modify such terms and conditions :

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 the Harbours Act, 1908, and of every other power and authority enabling him in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby modify the said terms and conditions as follows—namely, the terms and conditions hereinbefore referred to are hereby varied by authorizing the suspension or discontinuance of all passengers and good traffic over the said tram-line for a period not exceeding one year from the thirty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, and by authorizing the said tram-line to be used during the said period for the carriage of spoil and other material for the purpose of carrying out the reclamation-works described in an agreement made between the Oreti Tramway Company (Limited) and the Minister of Public Works for and on behalf of His Majesty the King, and dated the twenty-seventh day of February, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen ; and also for the purpose of carrying out repairs and improvements to the embankment on which the said tramway is laid.

F. W. FURBY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Partial Revocation of Order in Council prohibiting all Alienation of certain Native Land other than Alienation in favour of the Crown.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

By his Deputy,
ROBERT STOUT,

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this first day of July, 1919.

Present :

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

WHEREAS by section three hundred and sixty-three of the Native Land Act, 1909, it is enacted that any Order in Council made under that section may at any time be varied or revoked :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority hereinbefore mentioned, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby revoke the Order in Council referred to in Part I of the Schedule hereto, but only in so far as it affects the land mentioned in Part II of the said Schedule.