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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 47

Proclaiming Native Land to hare become Crown Land.

[JELLICOE, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by section fourteen of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1914, it is provided, inter alia, that on being satisfied that the purchase of any Native land has been duly completed by or on behalf of the Crown under the authority of the Native Land Act, 1909, the Governor-General may issue a Proclamation that such land has become Crown land:

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.

SCHEDULE.

ORIMUPIKO Block No. 20, being Section 13, Block X, Opunake Survey District: Approximate area, 124 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, this 5th day of July, 1924.

J. G. COATES, Native Minister.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Amended Regulation under the Stone-quarries Act, 1910.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 7th day of July, 1924.

Present:

His EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the Stone-quarries Act, 1910, and its amendments (hereinafter referred to as "the said Act"), 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 regulations and amendments to the regulations made under the said Act on the thirtieth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, and gazetted on the second day of the following month; and doth hereby declare that the additional regulation and amendments to the said regulations hereby made shall come into force on the date of the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

REGULATIONS.

1. REGULATION 27 of the said regulations is hereby amended by adding thereto the following paragraph:-

"The person firing a charge shall, before doing so, see that all persons in the vicinity have taken proper shelter, and he shall also take suitable steps to prevent any person approaching the shot. He shall also himself take proper shelter."

2. The following regulation is hereby added to the said regulations :-

"46. (a.) No oil or gas engine shall be used in or taken for the purpose of use into any tunnel.

"(b.) The exhaust and fumes from a gas or oil engine installed in any building or enclosed or partially enclosed space used in connection with a quarry or tunnel shall, to the satisfaction of the Inspector, be properly conducted by an airtight pipe to such a distance away as will prevent contamination of the air in any place which workmen are required to work in or pass."

3. The Schedule to the regulations gazetted on the 2nd day of February, 1922, is hereby further amended as follows :- Form 3 (regulation 67) is hereby revoked, and form 3 (regulation 67) in the Schedule hereto is substituted therefor:-

SCHEDULE.

Form 3 (Reg. 67).

Under the Stone-quarries Amendment Act, 1920.

YEARLY RETURN TO BE MADE BY OCCUPIER OR MANAGER.

To the Minister of Mines.

A true return for the year ending 31st December, 192 .

........., Occupier [or Manager].

F. D. THOMSON,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

(Mines N. 3/7/1 and N. 7/2/51.)

Authorizing exercise of Jurisdiction by Native Land Court.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 7th day of July, 1924.

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 (relative to the ascertainment of equitable owners) 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.

OTUHOUNGA Block, containing by admeasurement about 660 acres, more or less, and situated in Block IV, Tuhingamata West Survey District, East Taupo.

F. D. THOMSON,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

Declaring a Native to be a European.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 30th day of June, 1924.

Present:

His EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section seventeen of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1912, it is enacted that the Governor-General may by Order in Council, on the recommendation of the Native Land Court, declare any Native to be a European: