June 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1953

then instant, setting apart Crown lands for selection by
discharged soldiers, under the Discharged Soldiers Settlement
Act, 1915, in so far as it relates to the land in the Schedule
hereto.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

Portion of Purahotangihia Block.

ALL that area in the Hawke’s Bay Land District, situate in
Blocks VII, XI, and XII, Maungaharuru Survey District,
and containing by admeasurement 8,385 acres, more or less ;
commencing at a point on the southern boundary of the
Maungaharuru Education Reserve at its intersection with the
Te Pohue—Tutira Road, thence following the said boundary
of the Maungaharuru Education Reserve in an easterly
direction to its junction with the river-bank reserve along the
Waikoau River; thence following in a south-easterly direc-
tion generally the said river-bank reserve to its junction with
the East Coast Railway on the north-western side of the
railway reserve ; again following the said river-bank reserve
from the point where it leaves the south-eastern side of
said railway reserve to the northern side of the Eskdale—
Tutira Road; thence from a point where the said river-bank
reserve leaves the southern side of the Eskdale—Tutira Road
to the north-eastern boundary of Section 2, Block XII,
Maungaharuru Survey District; thence south-westerly
generally along the north-western boundary of the said
Section 2 to a point on the Eskdale—Tutira Road; thence
following the said road in a north-westerly direction to the
north-east corner of Section 1, Block XV, Maungaharuru
Survey District; thence north-westerly along the north-
eastern boundary of the said Section 1 to the river-bank
reserve along the Waiohinganga or Esk River; thence north-
westerly along the said river-bank reserve and the left bank
of the Waiohinganga or Esk River to the south-western
corner of Section 1, Block VI, Maungaharuru Survey District ;
thence north-easterly along the south-eastern boundary of the
said Section 1 to its junction with E.R. Section 4, Block VII,
Maungaharuru Survey District; thence south-easterly along
the south-western boundary of the said Section 4 to a point
in the Te Pohue—Tutira Road; thence along the said road
generally in a northerly direction to the point of commence-
ment.

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 19th day of June,
1925.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING !

His Majesty’s Assent to the Shipping and Seamen Amendment
Act, 1924, and the Date Act comes into Operation.

[l.s.] CHARLES FERGUSSON, 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 Rrepresentatives 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, 1924,” 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, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet,
Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pur-
suance 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 June, one thousand nine
hundred and twenty-five.

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 22nd day of May,
1925.

G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Marine.

GOD SAVE THE KING !

Amending Regulations relating to the Export of Timber.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 22nd day of
June, 1925.

Present :

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

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, and
in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by
section forty-seven of the Customs Act, 1913, as amended by
the Customs Amendment Act, 1921, and of every other power
and authority enabling him in this behalf, doth hereby amend
the various timber regulations dated respectively the sixth
day of August, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, the
eighteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and
nineteen, and the nineteenth day of August, one thousand
nine hundred and nineteen, as the same are by the War
Regulations Continuance Act, 1920, confirmed and deemed
to be Board of Trade Regulations made under the Board of
Trade Act, 1919, and the further Timber Regulations dated
the tenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and
twenty-one, referred to in the first column of the Schedule
hereto, by omitting the respective words set out in the second
column of the said Schedule, and substituting therefor the
respective words set out in the third column of the said
Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

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

Authorizing the Judges of the Second Division of the Court of
Appeal to sit with the Judges of the First Division.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington this 22nd day of
June, 1925.

Present :

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

WHEREAS by section nine of the Judicature Amend-
ment Act, 1913, it is enacted that each Division of
the Court of Appeal shall sit and exercise its jurisdiction
separately, save that in respect of any sitting of either Divi-
sion the Governor in Council may, on the certificate of two
Judges (of whom the Chief Justice shall be one) that any
appeal or other proceeding is of special difficulty or importance,
authorize all the Judges of the other Division to sit together
with those of the former Division for the hearing and deter-
mination of that appeal or proceeding :
And whereas a motion on appeal by His Majesty the King
against the Crown Milling Company (Limited), Fleming and
Company (Limited), Atlas Roller Flour and Oatmeal Mills
(Evans and Company) Limited, Wood Brothers (Limited), and
Distributors (Limited) stands for hearing and determination
before the First Division of the Court of Appeal at the sitting
commencing on the twenty-ninth day of June, one thousand
nine hundred and twenty-five :
And whereas the Right Honourable Sir Robert Stout, Chief
Justice of New Zealand, and the Honourable John Ranken
Reed, a Judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, have
certified that the said motion is one of special importance.
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the
Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance of the authority vested
in him in that behalf as aforesaid, and acting by and with the