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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 99

Amended Regulations under the Government Railways Act, 1908.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this eleventh day of August, 1919.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Government Railways Act, 1908, and all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, 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, did, on the fifth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, for the purpose of the aforesaid Act, make certain regulations thereunder that were gazetted on the sixth day of December then instant: And whereas it is expedient to amend those regulations and to make further regulations for the purposes of the aforesaid Act:

Now, therefore, in further exercise of the aforesaid powers, and of all other powers enabling him in this behalf, 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 make the following additional regulation set forth in the Schedule hereto; and doth hereby declare that this Order in Council shall come into force as from the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen.

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SCHEDULE.

67A. MEMBERS of the Second Division who are sent away from their headquarters on duty and do not return before the expiration of eleven hours from the time booked on duty for the day will be paid an allowance of 1s.

F. D. THOMSON,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Authorizing the Auckland Harbour Board to reclaim Land in Mechanics’ Bay, Auckland Harbour.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this eleventh day of August, 1919.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it is provided by the one-hundred-and-fifty-eighth section of the Harbours Act, 1908 (hereinafter called “the said Act”), that where a Harbour Board is desirous of executing or constructing upon lands vested in such Board or upon lands of the Crown any harbour-works of such a nature that the same could, but for this section, only be carried out and executed under the authority of a special Act, the Board may apply to the Governor-General in Council for a special order, and, if the Governor-General in Council thinks fit, such order may be made and granted:

And whereas by Order in Council dated the ninth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 8, of the eighteenth day of the same month, the Auckland Harbour Board (hereinafter called “the Board”) was, in pursuance and exercise of the hereinbefore-recited power and authority, granted a special order authorizing it to reclaim from the sea certain land at Mechanics’ Bay, in Auckland Harbour, as shown edged in red on plan marked M.D. 4713, and deposited in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington:

And whereas the Board is desirous of reclaiming from the sea certain additional land at Mechanics’ Bay, and the said harbour-works are of such a nature as aforesaid, and the Board has applied to the Governor-General in Council for a special order authorizing the execution of the said harbour-works:

And whereas the conditions precedent to the granting of a special order prescribed by the said Act have been duly performed and observed, and it appears expedient that such order should be made:

And whereas it has been made to appear to the Governor-General in Council that the proposed work will not be or tend to the injury of navigation:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby authorize and empower the Board to reclaim from the sea in Auckland Harbour all the lands shown coloured in red on plan marked M.D. 5060, and deposited in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington, such reclamation to be carried out and constructed in accordance with plan marked M.D. 5060, subject to the provisions of the said Act.

F. D. THOMSON,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Determining Powers and Functions of a Commissioner of the Native Land Court.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this eleventh day of August, 1919.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS His Excellency the Governor-General has, by virtue of the powers and authorities vested in him by subsection one of section seven of the Native Land Act, 1909 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), by Warrant under his hand dated the eighteenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, appointed Frank Oswald Victor Acheson, of Wellington, to be a Commissioner of the Native Land Court:

And whereas by subsection two of section seven of the said Act it is provided that a Commissioner so appointed shall possess and may exercise such of the powers and functions of a Judge (other than those vested exclusively in the Chief Judge or vested in a Judge as a member of the Native Appellate Court) as the Governor-General by Order in Council from time to time determines, either generally or with respect to any particular Commissioner or Commissioners:

And whereas it is desirable that the powers and functions of the aforementioned Commissioner should be determined:

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities vested in him in that behalf, 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, for the purposes aforesaid, determine that the Commissioner heretofore appointed shall possess and may exercise the powers and functions of a Judge of the Native Land Court following, that is to say:—

(1.) All the powers of a Judge under Part VI of the said Act (relating to partition).

(2.) All the powers of a Judge under Part VII of the said Act (relating to exchange).

(3.) All the powers of a Judge under Part VIII of the said Act (relating to succession), except the power to grant probate or letters of administration.

(4.) All the powers of a Judge under Part X of the said Act (relating to persons under disability).

(5.) All the powers of a Judge under section three hundred and ninety-six of the said Act (relating to survey).

(6.) All the powers of a Judge under section twenty-seven to amend any order, warrant, or other document made or issued by such Commissioner, or any record of the proceedings of such Commissioner.

(7.) All the powers of a Judge under sections twenty-two, twenty-eight, thirty, thirty-one, thirty-nine, forty-one, three hundred and ninety-eight, and four hundred and twenty-eight of the said Act.

(8.) All the powers of a Judge which are incidental to the exercise of any of the powers hereby conferred upon a Commissioner.

F. D. THOMSON,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Extending Prohibition of Alienation of certain Native Land other than Alienation in favour of the Crown.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this eleventh day of August, 1919.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

ON the recommendation of the Native Land Purchase Board, referred to in section three hundred and sixty-three of the Native Land Act, 1909, and in exercise of the power in this behalf conferred upon him by that section, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New