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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 78

And whereas the land described in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken for a certain public purpose within the meaning of section three hundred and sixty-four of the said Act—to wit, for the purpose of public buildings :

Now, therefore, 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, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by section three hundred and fifty-seven of the Cook Islands Act, 1915, and of every other power and authority enabling him in this behalf, doth hereby declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto is hereby taken for the purpose aforesaid.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land situate in the District of Mapumai, in the Island of Atiu, Cook Islands, containing one rood six perches (1 rood 6 perches), be the same a little more or less, being part of the land named by the Native Land Court “Te Kurutara, Section number fifty-nine (59)” as the said parcel of land is delineated and edged red in the plan numbered 19, signed by the Resident Commissioner of Rarotonga, and deposited in the office of the Registrar of the High Court of the Cook Islands at Rarotonga.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Taking Land for Public-health and Water-supply Purposes.

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CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington this 15th day of November, 1926.

Present :

THE HONOURABLE W. NOSWORTHY PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section three hundred and fifty-seven of the Cook Islands Act, 1915, it is provided that the Governor-General may by Order in Council take any land in the Cook Islands for any public purpose specified in the Order :

And whereas the lands described in the Schedule hereto are required to be taken for certain public purposes within the meaning of section three hundred and sixty-four of the said Act—to wit, for the purposes of public health and water-supply :

Now, therefore, 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, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by section three hundred and fifty-seven of the Cook Islands Act, 1915, and of every other power and authority enabling him in this behalf, doth hereby declare that the lands described in the Schedule hereto are hereby taken for the purposes aforesaid.

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SCHEDULE.

1. ALL that parcel of land situate in the District of Arutanga, in the Islands of Aitutaki, Cook Islands, containing seventeen perches (17 perches), be the same a little more or less, being the land named by the Native Land Court “Rierie Allotment number thirty-nine A (39A) Arutanga,” and being the whole of the land comprised in a partition order made by the said Court on the 7th day of August, 1912.

2. All that parcel of land situate in the District of Arutanga, in the Island of Aitutaki, Cook Islands, containing six perches (6 perches), be the same a little more or less, being the land named by the Native Land Court “Rierie Allotment number thirty-nine B (39B), Arutanga,” and being the whole of the land comprised in a partition order made by the said Court on the 7th day of August, 1912.

3. All that parcel of land situate in the District of Arutanga, in the Island of Aitutaki, Cook Islands, containing six perches (6 perches), be the same a little more or less, being the land named by the Native Land Court “Rierie Allotment number thirty-nine C (39C) Arutanga,” and being the whole of the land comprised in a partition order made by the said Court on the 7th day of August, 1912.

The above-described parcels of land are delineated and edged red, blue, and green respectively in the plan numbered 20, signed by the Resident Commissioner of Rarotonga and deposited in the office of the Registrar of the High Court of the Cook Islands at Rarotonga.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Vesting Crown Land in the Marlborough County Council for Stone-crushing and Storage Purposes and for Afforestation Purposes.

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CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 23rd day of November, 1926.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section forty-three of the Reserves and other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Act, 1925, it is provided that the Governor-General may, by Order in Council, vest the lands described in the First and Second Schedules hereto in the Corporation of the County of Marlborough for stone-crushing and storage purposes and for afforestation purposes, subject to such terms and conditions as may be prescribed or imposed in such order, and subject also to the payment by the Marlborough County Council of such price (if any) as may be agreed upon between the Minister of Lands and the said Council :

And whereas the Minister of Lands has determined that no price should be paid in respect of the said vesting :

Now, therefore, 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 exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the said section forty-three, doth hereby declare that from and after the day of the date hereof the lands described in the First and Second Schedules hereto shall become vested in the Corporation of the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Marlborough for stone-crushing and storage purposes and for afforestation purposes, subject to the special conditions hereinafter contained with respect to the land described in the Second Schedule hereto, that is to say :—

1. The Marlborough County Council shall within six months of the date hereof, or within such extended period as the Commissioner of State Forests may decide, prepare a general forest-working plan of future operations to cover a period of not less than five years ; such working-plan shall fully specify the silvicultural operations proposed to be carried on during the currency of the plan and such other matters as the Director of Forestry thinks fit.

2. It shall not be lawful for the said Council to carry on such silvicultural operations unless and until such plan has been approved by the Commissioner of State Forests, and all such operations shall be carried on according to such plan as approved by the said Commissioner and under the supervision of the Director of Forestry.

3. Any officer of the State Forest Service shall have free access to the said land at all times for the purpose of inspecting planting or other forestal operations, or for the purpose of reporting on proposed forest activities.

4. The said Council shall, as soon as practicable after the date hereof, appoint some fit person to supervise and manage all tree-planting operations which may be undertaken by the said Council, and generally to advise the said Council on all matters pertaining to its forestry operations.

5. The said Council may dispose of, by private sale, tender, or auction, any timber, trees, tree-seeds, firewood, or other forest produce on or from the said land.

6. The payment of expenses of administration, management, and development of the said land for forestry and other purposes incidental thereto (including any expenses of supervision incurred to the State Forest Service) shall be a first charge on all moneys received therefrom, whether by way of rent, fees, proceeds of sales of forest produce, or from any other source whatsoever ; and no moneys shall be spent otherwise except with the approval of the Commissioner of State Forests.

7. In April of each year the said Council shall furnish to the Commissioner of State Forests a report for the year ending on the preceding thirty-first of March, presenting in complete detail full particulars of the technical operations, and of the administration of the land hereby vested in the said Corporation and of the financial operations relating thereto, and shall at the same time submit a plan of operations and management for the ensuing year, which shall be effective on approval by the Commissioner of State Forests.

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FIRST SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Marlborough Land District, containing by admeasurement 24 acres 1 rood, more or less, being Section 3 of 119, Wairau West, Block IX, Cloudy Bay Survey District, and being the land firstly described in subsection (5) of section 43 of the Reserves and other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Act, 1925.