Feb. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 509

And whereas the purchase of the Native land set out in the Schedule hereto has been duly completed by or on behalf of the Crown under the authority of the Native Land Act, 1909, and its amendments:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority so conferred upon me by section fourteen of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1914, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim that the Native land set out in the Schedule hereto has become Crown land.

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SCHEDULE.

PUKEPOTO No. 1 Block, Maungaku Survey District: Approximate area, 1,631 acres.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand; and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, at the Government House at Wellington, this 7th day of February, 1923.

J. G. COATES, Native Minister.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

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His Majesty’s Assent to the Shipping and Seamen Amendment Act, 1922, and Date Act comes into Operation.

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[L.S.] JELLICOE, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the Constitution Act it is, amongst other things, provided that no Bill reserved for the signification of His Majesty’s pleasure thereon shall have any force or authority within the Dominion of New Zealand until the Governor-General of the said Dominion signifies by speech or message to the Legislative Council and the House of Representatives of the said Dominion, or by Proclamation, that such Bill has been laid before His Majesty in Council, and that His Majesty has been pleased to assent to the same:

And whereas a certain Bill passed by the Legislative Council and House of Representatives of the said Dominion intituled “An Act to amend the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908,” the short title of which is “The Shipping and Seamen Amendment Act, 1922,” was presented to the Governor-General for His Majesty’s assent, and the said Bill was reserved for the signification of His Majesty’s pleasure thereon:

Now, therefore, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance of the provisions of the said in-part-recited Act, do by this Proclamation signify and proclaim to all whom it may concern that the said Bill has been laid before His Majesty in Council, and that His Majesty has been pleased to assent to the same; and I do further declare that it shall come into operation on the first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand; and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, at the Government House at Wellington, this 7th day of February, 1923.

G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Marine.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

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Apportionment of Representation on the Wairere Electric-power Board.

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JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 12th day of February, 1923.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by the Electric-power Boards Act, 1918, 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 determine with respect to the Wairere Electric-power District, being an electric-power district duly constituted by Proclamation dated the eleventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 5, of the eighteenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, that the number of representatives of the constituent district on the Board of the said district shall be seven.

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

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Approving the Term of the License granted to the Rotoiti Timber Company (Limited) by the Rotorua County Council for a Private Tramway along a Road in the Rotorua County.

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JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 12th day of February, 1923.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred by the Tramways Act, 1908, and the Tramways Amendment Act, 1910, and of all other powers in any wise 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 approve of the term of the license granted for a period of twenty-one years from the twenty-eighth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, by the Rotorua County Council to the Rotoiti Timber Company (Limited), a company duly incorporated under the Companies Act, 1908, authorizing such company to construct and maintain a private tramway along or across a section of Wi Karaka Street in the Township of Ngongotaha. As the said tramway is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 56059, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon marked X-Y.

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

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Approving the Term of the License granted to the Mountain Rimu Company (Limited) by the Rotorua County Council for a Private Tramway along a Road in the Rotorua County.

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JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 12th day of February, 1923.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred by the Tramways Act, 1908, and the Tramways Amendment Act, 1910, and of all other powers in anywise 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 approve of the term of the license granted for a period of twenty-one years from the twenty-eighth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, by the Rotorua County Council to the Mountain Rimu Company (Limited), a company duly incorporated under the Companies Act, 1908, authorizing such company to construct and maintain a private tramway along or across a section of the Rotorua-Whakatane Road adjoining Haumingi Block. As the said tramway is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 56058, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon marked X-Y.

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

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Arrangements for taking Poll respecting proposed Alteration of Boundaries of Borough of Riccarton.

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JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 12th day of February, 1923.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

WHEREAS, in pursuance of section one hundred and thirty-three of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, a petition was presented to the Governor-General, praying that the area described in the petition should be excluded from the County of Waimairi and included in the Borough of Riccarton:

And whereas a Commission appointed under the said section made inquiry, and reported, inter alia, that the area described in the Schedule hereto (hereinafter referred to as “the said area”) was suitable for municipal control, and recommended that the said area be included in the Borough of Riccarton:

And whereas it is desirable that a poll be taken within the said area upon the proposal that the said area shall be included in the Borough of Riccarton: