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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 18

Apportioning Amounts payable to various Acclimatization Societies for Opossums taken in their Districts.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 28th day of March, 1927.

Present:
THE HONOURABLE W. DOWNIE STEWART PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, and of all other powers and authorities 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 provide and declare that the sum of four thousand eight hundred and twenty-five pounds seven shillings and tenpence, being the amount received in the undermentioned acclimatization districts by way of fines, together with half the net revenue derived from fees and royalty with respect to the taking of opossums, shall be paid to the acclimatization societies of such districts in the amounts set opposite the name of each respectively.

SCHEDULE.

Acclimatization District. Amount.
£ s. d.
Auckland .. .. .. .. 42 7 3
Buller .. .. .. .. 172 9 4
East Coast .. .. .. .. 16 14 0
Grey .. .. .. .. 238 1 5
Hawera .. .. .. .. 38 1 0
Nelson .. .. .. .. 304 14 6
North Canterbury .. .. .. .. 299 1 9
Otago .. .. .. .. 728 0 0
Rotorua .. .. .. .. 174 0 10
South Canterbury .. .. .. .. 23 1 9
Southland .. .. .. .. 175 3 8
Stratford .. .. .. .. 18 16 3
Taranaki .. .. .. .. 180 16 9
Waimate .. .. .. .. 26 5 0
Wanganui .. .. .. .. 205 19 6
Wellington .. .. .. .. 1,822 19 0
Westland .. .. .. .. 358 15 10

Total .. .. .. .. £4,825 7 10

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

Consent to exercise by Chief Judge of Power of Amendment.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 22nd day of March, 1927.

Present:
THE HONOURABLE W. DOWNIE STEWART PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by subsection eight of section seven of the Native Land Amendment and Native Land Claims Adjustment Act, 1922, it is enacted that in all cases where an order is dated more than five years previously to the receipt of the application, the Chief Judge of the Native Land Court shall first obtain the consent of the Governor-General in Council before making any order thereunder:

And whereas application has been made under the said section to amend an order of the Native Land Court dated the eleventh day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, appointing successors to the interests of Hiko Tiakitai (deceased), in Tangoio South Block:

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, doth hereby consent to the Chief Judge exercising with regard to the said recited order of the eleventh day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, all and every the jurisdiction granted to him by the said section seven, and to the making of any such order thereunder as may seem necessary or expedient.

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

Consent to exercise by Chief Judge of Power of Amendment.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 22nd day of March, 1927.

Present:
THE HONOURABLE W. DOWNIE STEWART PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by subsection eight of section seven of the Native Land Amendment and Native Land Claims Adjustment Act, 1922, it is enacted that in all cases where an order is dated more than five years previously to the receipt of the application, the Chief Judge of the Native Land Court shall first obtain the consent of the Governor-General in Council before making any order thereunder:

And whereas application has been made under the said section to amend an order of the Native Land Court dated the twenty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, appointing successors to the interests of Erana Rangi (deceased), in Marangairoa 1b 4 Block:

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, doth hereby consent to the Chief Judge exercising with regard to the said recited order of the twenty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, all and every the jurisdiction granted to him by the said section seven, and to the making of any such order thereunder as may seem necessary or expedient.

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

Duties and Exemptions from Duty in force in the Cook Islands.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 22nd day of March, 1927.

Present:
THE HONOURABLE W. DOWNIE STEWART PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the authority conferred upon him by section five of the Customs Amendment Act, 1926, and of all other authorities enabling him in this behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby determine that the duties and exemptions from duty provided for in the said Act shall be in force in the Cook Islands on and from the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven.

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

Directing Sale of Railway Land under the Public Works Act, 1908.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 22nd day of March, 1927.

Present:
THE HONOURABLE W. DOWNIE STEWART PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the thirtieth section of the Public Works Act, 1908 (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is enacted that if it is found that any land held, taken, purchased, or acquired at any time under this or any other Act or Provincial Ordinance, or otherwise howsoever, for any public work is not required for such public work the Governor-General may, by an Order in Council publicly notified and gazetted, cause the same to be sold under the conditions set forth in the said Act:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and direct the sale of the land described in the Schedule hereto.