JULY 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1639

And whereas George Frederick Bertrand, of New Plymouth, being a Native within the meaning of the Native Land Act, 1909, applied in the prescribed form for a recommendation of the Court that he might be declared a European:

And whereas the said Court, having duly inquired into the said application, has recommended that an Order in Council be issued declaring the said George Frederick Bertrand, of New Plymouth, to be a European:

And whereas it is expedient that such declaration should be made:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authority conferred on him by section seventeen of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1912, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby declare the said George Frederick Bertrand to be a European.

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

Declaring Portions of Road in Blocks XIII and XIV, Whakatane Survey District, to be a Government Road.

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 vested in him by the Public Works Act, 1908, 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 order and declare that the portions of road described in the Schedule hereto shall, on and after the date of this Order in Council, become a Government road.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of road declared to be a Government road:—

A. R. P. Adjoining or passing through
4 2 0 Crown land, Blocks XIII and XIV.
13 0 0 Section 337, Block XIV.

Situated in Waimana Parish, Whakatane Survey District. (S.O. 23070.)

In the Auckland Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 59028, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured green.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council

Domain Board appointed to have Control of the Mapiu Domain.

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 conferred by section forty of the Public Reserves and Domains 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

Lewis John Bacon,
David McBeth,
William Lionel Martin,
George Pattillo, and
John Albert Taylor

to be the Mapiu Domain Board, having control of the land described in the Schedule hereto; and doth hereby appoint Saturday, the twenty-sixth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, at half-past seven o’clock p.m., as the time when, and the Mapiu Schoolroom as the place where, the first meeting of the Board shall be held.

SCHEDULE.

MAPIU DOMAIN.—TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

SECTIONS 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, Block III, Mapiu Village: Area, 6 acres 0 roods 22·8 perches.

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

Domain Board appointed to have Control of the Hukerenui Domain.

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 conferred by section forty of the Public Reserves and Domains 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

Robert Graham Phyn,
James Rouse,
Albert Wiblin,
William Robert Baylis, and
Richard Rouse

to be the Hukerenui Domain Board, having control of the land described in the Schedule hereto; and doth hereby appoint Saturday, the twenty-sixth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, at eight o’clock p.m., as the time when, and the Hukerenui Hotel as the place where, the first meeting of the Board shall be held.

SCHEDULE.

HUKERENUl DOMAIN.—NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

SECTIONS 51 and 53, Block VI, Hukerenui Survey District: Area, 24 acres.

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

Extending Time for holding Election of Trustees for Orton Drainage District.

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 by section ten of the Land Drainage Act, 1908, it is provided that on the first Monday in the month of November in the year following the year in which the first trustees for any Drainage District are elected, and on the same day in each succeeding third year thereafter, an election of trustees for each district shall be held:

And whereas an election of trustees for the Orton Drainage District should have been held on the fifth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three:

And whereas it is expedient to extend the time for holding such election of trustees for the Orton Drainage District:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by section twenty-two of the Land Drainage Amendment Act, 1922, and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby extend the time for holding the aforesaid election of trustees for the Orton Drainage District; and doth hereby order and declare that in the aforesaid drainage district the said election shall be held and take place on Thursday, the twenty-fourth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four.

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

Extension of Copyright Act, 1923, to Canada.

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 twenty-eight of the Copyright Act, 1913, that the Governor-General may by Order in Council direct that the said Act shall extend (a) to works first published in any part of the British dominions to which the Order relates, in like manner as if such works were first published in New Zealand; and (b) in respect of residence in any part of the British dominions