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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 9

Hutt County Council declared a Leasing Authority under the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this nineteenth day of January, 1920.

Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Hutt County Council is a body of persons having power to lease lands held in trust, reserved, or set apart for public purposes, and has requested the Governor-General in Council to declare it to be a leasing authority within the meaning of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in compliance with such request, and in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred by the above-mentioned Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that the Hutt County Council is a leasing authority within the meaning of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

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

Opotiki Mechanics’ Institute (Incorporated) declared a Leasing Authority under the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this nineteenth day of January, 1920.

Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Opotiki Mechanics’ Institute (incorporated) is a body of persons having power to lease lands held in trust, reserved, or set apart for public purposes, and has requested the Governor-General in Council to declare it to be a leasing authority within the meaning of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in compliance with such request, and in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred by the above-mentioned Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that the Opotiki Mechanics’ Institute (Incorporated) is a leasing authority within the meaning of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

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

Waipa Drainage District, Counties of Waitomo and West Taupo, constituted.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this nineteenth day of January, 1920.

Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS, in accordance with the provisions of the third section of the Land Drainage Act, 1908, a majority of the ratepayers in the area of land described in the Schedule hereto, situated in the Counties of Waitomo and West Taupo, have presented a petition to His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, praying that the said area be constituted a drainage district under the provisions of the said Act:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority contained in the third section of the Land Drainage Act, 1908, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby constitute and declare the area of land described in the Schedule hereto to be a district for the purposes of Part I of the said Act, and to be called by the name of the “Waipa Drainage District”; and also, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority contained in the fourth section of the said Act, doth hereby declare that the Board of Trustees of the said district shall consist of five persons to be elected as members of the said Board, and under and in accordance with the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

WAIPA DRAINAGE DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, situated in the Mangaorongo Survey District, bounded by a line commencing at the westernmost corner of Rangitoto-Tuhua No. 31E 2B Block; thence along the north-western and northern boundaries of that block to the south-western side of the Mangaorongo Road; thence along that side of the said road to the north-eastern corner of Section 14, Rangitoto Improved Farm Settlement No. 2; thence by the eastern and southern boundaries of that section to the south-western corner; thence by a right line to the north-western corner of Rangitoto-Tuhua No. 15 Block; thence by the north-western boundary of that block to the southernmost corner of Rangitoto-Tuhua No. 33C 3A Block; thence by the south-western boundary of that block to a public road; thence across to the western side of that road at the point of intersection with south-eastern boundary of Rangitoto-Tuhua No. 29C 2C 2 Block; thence along that boundary, the north-eastern and north-western boundaries of Rangitoto-Tuhua No. 29C 2B to the northern side of the Otorohanga-Rangiatea Road; thence north-westerly along that side of the said road to Mangawhero No. 1F 2 Block; thence south-westerly along that boundary and its production to the right bank of the Waipa River; thence along the said bank to the western boundary of the Mangawhero No. 1F Block; thence along the western and northern boundaries of the said block to the point of commencement.

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

Regulations for Deer-shooting, Ashburton (Rakaia Gorge, Manuka Point) Acclimatization District.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection Act, 1908 (hereinafter called “the said Act”), I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby make the following regulations prescribing the deer-shooting season within that part of the Ashburton Acclimatization District, known as the Rakaia Gorge (Manuka Point), and the conditions affecting the same, and also the form of license and the fee payable therefor.

REGULATIONS.

1. RED-DEER stags may be taken or killed within the Ashburton Acclimatization District from the 1st day of April, 1920, to the 10th day of May, 1920 (both days inclusive).

2. Licenses to take or kill such deer may be issued by the Postmaster at Ashburton, upon the recommendation of the secretary of the Ashburton Acclimatization Society, on payment of a license fee of £5, in the form prescribed in the Schedule hereto, and subject to the said Act and these regulations. The number of such licenses to be issued by the said Postmaster shall not exceed five. Provided that not more than one such license shall be issued to the same person; and also that if the number of applications received for licenses exceeds the number of available licenses, then the persons to whom such licenses are to be issued shall be decided by ballot.

3. No licensee shall take or kill more than three stags, and no stag shall be killed carrying antlers with less than ten points. Ball cartridge only to be used; provided that no metal-patched or metal-cased bullet shall be used for killing such deer.

4. No hind or fawn shall be taken or killed on any pretext whatever; and no licensee shall allow any dog to accompany either himself or any attendant he may have with him.

5. Nothing herein contained shall extend to authorizing any person to sell any deer or portion thereof.

6. Regulations as to deer “tags,” per New Zealand Gazette No. 40, Vol. I, of 20th May, 1909, page 1408, shall be strictly adhered to by each licensee, who, in addition thereto, shall return all unused “tags” to the secretary of the Ashburton Acclimatization Society, Ashburton, immediately he has finished stalking for the season for which such “tags” have been issued, together with a statement of the number of deer shot.

7. Any person committing a breach of any of these regulations shall be liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding £20.