1698
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 46

Prison declared to be a Prison Hospital.

[L.S.] CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled the Prisoners Detention Act, 1915, it is provided that the Governor-General may by Proclamation declare any hospital, or any part of a hospital or of a prison or police-gaol, to be a prison hospital for the purposes of that Act :

Now, therefore, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance of the above-recited power and authority, do hereby declare that the prison situate on the military reserve at Mount Crawford, Watts Peninsula, Wellington, and known as the Wellington Prison No. 2, and the exercise-yards and other yards used in connection therewith, shall be a prison hospital within the meaning and for the purposes of the Prisoners Detention Act, 1915.

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 12th day of June, 1929.

THOMAS M. WILFORD, Minister of Justice.
GOD SAVE THE KING !

Proclaiming Native Land to be vested in His Majesty under Section 368 of the Native Land Act, 1909.

[L.S.] CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by section three hundred and sixty-eight of the Native Land Act, 1909 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), it is provided, inter alia, that the Crown may purchase any Native land in pursuance of a resolution of the assembled owners passed and confirmed in accordance with Part XVIII of the said Act, and on the resolution being adopted by the Native Land Purchase Board it shall become a contract of purchase as between the Crown and all persons who are the owners of the land; and the Governor-General may, by Proclamation, at any time after the contract of purchase has been so made, declare that the land so purchased is vested in His Majesty the King, and it shall vest accordingly, and shall become Crown land :

And whereas a resolution was passed by a meeting of assembled owners, and duly confirmed by the Aotea District Maori Land Board, that the land set out in the Schedule hereto be sold to the Crown :

And whereas the Native Land Purchase Board has adopted such resolution :

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by section three hundred and sixty-eight of the said Act, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land set out in the Schedule hereto is vested in His Majesty the King.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District containing approximately 140 acres, being portion of Murimotu 3b No. 2, situated in Block VIII, Karioi Survey District, and Block V, Moawhango Survey District, and bounded generally as follows: Towards the north by Run No. 2, towards the east and south by the Wangaehu River, and towards the west by Murimotu 3b No. 1a.

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 13th day of June, 1929.

A. T. NGATA, Native Minister.
GOD SAVE THE KING !

Appointment of Warden.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 17th day of June, 1929.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section nine of the Mining Act, 1926, it is enacted that the Governor-General may from time to time, by Order in Council, appoint fit persons to be Wardens, who shall hold office during the Governor-General’s pleasure :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by the said section nine of the Mining Act, 1926, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby appoint

Guy Norman Morris, Esquire,

to be a Warden, to hold and exercise the duties of such office under and subject to the provisions of the said Act during pleasure, on and from the first day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine.

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

Additional Regulations for the Taking or Killing of Opossums, Nelson Acclimatization District.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 17th day of June, 1929.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921-22, 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 amend the Order in Council dated the third day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine, declaring an open season for the taking or killing of opossums in the Nelson Acclimatization District, by adding to the list of persons authorized to sign and issue licenses to take or kill opossums set forth therein, the Postmaster at Reefton.

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

(I.A. 25/16/99.)

Altering Boundaries of Oaonui Irrigation District, County of Egmont.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 17th day of June, 1929.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS in accordance with the provisions of section three of the Land Drainage Act, 1908, a majority of the ratepayers in the areas described in the First Schedule hereto, situated in the County of Egmont, have presented a petition to His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, praying that the land comprised in the said areas be included in the Oaonui Irrigation District as constituted under the provisions of the said Act: And whereas it is expedient to alter the boundaries of such drainage district in manner hereinafter appearing :

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority contained in section three of the Land Drainage 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 alter the boundaries of the said Oaonui Irrigation District by including in such district the areas of land described in the said petition and in the First Schedule hereto; and doth hereby declare that the boundaries of the said irrigation district, with such alterations as herein provided for, shall be those described in the Second Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

AREAS INCLUDED IN OAONUI IRRIGATION DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Taranaki Land District bounded by a line commencing at the northernmost corner of Section 73, Block IX, Opunake Survey District; thence along the north-eastern boundary of Section 73 aforesaid to Namu Road; thence south-westerly along Namu Road to the south-western boundary of Section 60, Block IX, Opunake Survey District; thence north-westerly along that boundary to the south-eastern boundary of Section 58; thence along that boundary to a public road; thence across that road and along its south-western side to the south-eastern boundary of Section 50, Block IX aforesaid; thence along that boundary to the southernmost corner of said Section 50, and along the south-western boundary of Section 50 to the boundary of the Oaonui