July 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2139

Air-mail Letters, &c.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 7th day of July, 1930.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the Post and Telegraph Act, 1928, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that 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 make the regulations and fix the charges set forth in the Schedule hereto for the transmission by post of certain postal packets posted in New Zealand and intended to be conveyed while en route to destination by the air-mail services of certain countries, and doth further order and declare that the regulations and charges hereby made and fixed shall have effect on and after the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and thirty.

SCHEDULE.

AIR-MAIL LETTERS, ETC.

(1) LETTERS, postcards, printed papers, commercial papers, and samples may be posted in New Zealand for despatch by air-mail services in Australia, Canada, and the United States of America. Such postal packets will also be accepted for Great Britain, Northern Ireland, the Irish Free State, and countries in Europe for despatch by the Karachi-London Air Service.

(2) The following air-mail fees shall be payable in addition to the ordinary postage:—

AUSTRALIA.

For delivery within Australia: 3d. for each half-ounce or fraction of a half-ounce.

For countries beyond Australia, when conveyed by the Perth-Adelaide Air-mail Service: 4d. for each half-ounce or fraction of a half-ounce.

CANADA AND UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

4d. for each half-ounce or fraction of a half-ounce.

GREAT BRITAIN, NORTHERN IRELAND, IRISH FREE STATE, AND COUNTRIES IN EUROPE (VIA KARACHI-LONDON SERVICE).

7d. for each half-ounce or fraction of a half-ounce. If correspondence is forwarded by the Adelaide-Perth Service, as well as the Karachi-London Service, the air-mail fees for both services must be prepaid.

(3) (a) Air-mail correspondence may be prepaid by means of postage stamps or automatic stamping-machine impressions.

(b) If a letter or postcard for despatch by air mail is not fully prepaid the article will be forwarded by air mail provided the amount prepaid is equal at least to the air-mail fee. If the air-mail fee is not fully prepaid the article will be despatched by ordinary mail.

(c) If a printed paper, commercial paper, or sample for despatch by air mail is not fully prepaid the article will in no case be forwarded by air mail. If the amount prepaid is equal at least to the ordinary postage the article will be forwarded by ordinary mail, otherwise it will be treated in the same way as an unpaid or insufficiently prepaid printed paper, commercial paper, or sample, as the case may be.

(4) A special blue label, “By Air Mail,” is to be affixed by the sender to the top left-hand corner of the front of the article. These labels may be obtained at any post-office. If an air-mail label is not available, the article is to be clearly marked “By Air Mail.” The air-mail service by which an article is to be forwarded is to be indicated on the address side of the envelope, e.g., “By Karachi-London Air Service”; “By U.S. Air Mail.”

(5) Air-mail correspondence may be registered, the registration fee, in addition to the air-mail fee and ordinary postage, being prepaid.

(6) Air-mail correspondence redirected will not be reforwarded by air unless the addressee has instructed the re-forwarding office to do so, and has paid in advance to that office the air-mail charge for onward transmission.

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

Authorizing the Acquisition of Native Land notwithstanding the Provisions as to Limitation of Area.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 7th day of July, 1930.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section seventeen of the Native Land Amendment and Native Land Claims Adjustment Act, 1927, it is enacted that the Governor-General may by Order in Council, in any case in which he deems it expedient in the public interest so to do, authorize any acquisition, alienation, or disposition of any land, or any interest therein, notwithstanding the statutory provisions therein referred to:

And whereas it appears expedient to authorize the acquisition, alienation, or disposition of the land hereinafter mentioned:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority hereinbefore mentioned, and all other powers him enabling, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby authorize the acquisition and disposition by Heathcote Beetham Williams, Charles Alfred Smith, and Moanaroa Pere of the Native land mentioned in the Schedule hereto, notwithstanding the provisions of sections seventy-two to seventy-six (inclusive) of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1913, or of Part XII of the Native Land Act, 1909.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area of land situated in the Waikohu County, comprising an area of 1 acre 1 rood, more or less, and being the land known as Puhatikotiko 5b 2b1 Block.

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

Authorizing the Acquisition of Native Land notwithstanding the Provisions as to Limitation of Area.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 7th day of July, 1930.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section seventeen of the Native Land Amendment and Native Lands Claims Adjustment Act, 1927, it is enacted that the Governor-General may by Order in Council, in any case in which he deems it expedient in the public interest so to do, authorize any acquisition, alienation, or disposition of any land, or any interest therein, notwithstanding the statutory provisions therein referred to:

And whereas it appears expedient to authorize the acquisition, alienation, or disposition of the land hereinafter mentioned:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority hereinbefore mentioned, and all other powers him enabling, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby authorize the acquisition, alienation, and disposition by the New Zealand Perpetual Forests, Limited, a body corporate, of the Native land mentioned in the Schedule hereto or any part thereof, notwithstanding the provisions of sections seventy-two to seventy-six (inclusive) of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1913, or of Part XII of the Native Land Act, 1909.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area of land situated in the Waiariki Native Land Court District, comprising an area of 30,000 acres, more or less, and being part of the land formerly known as Tahora kuri A Block.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council