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both of New Plymouth, in the Province of Taranaki, in the Colony of New Zealand, Esquires, to be “New Plymouth Exchange Commissioners” under the said Act, and did in and by such Commission order and direct that the powers and duties of the said Commissioners thereby appointed and therein named should be exercised and performed, and the business of the said Commission conducted according to regulations made and prescribed by an Order in Council of even date with the said Commission:

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in pursuance and exercise of the said power and authority in him vested for this purpose, doth by this present Order, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Colony, order and direct that the powers and duties of the said Commissioners in the said Commission named shall be exercised and performed, and the business of the said Commission conducted according to the regulations set forth in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

Regulations.

1. Whenever any exchange of land has been authorized or effected without the consent of the original owner or owners of the land taken to be so given in exchange, the consent in writing of such owner or owners, or of their duly authorized agent, shall be obtained if possible.

2. When the original owner, whose land is proposed to be taken and granted in exchange without his consent, is an absentee from the Province of Taranaki, a notice specifying the name of such original owner, the number and acreage of the section to be taken and of that to be given in exchange for it, and calling upon such owner to appear by himself or agent before the Commissioners, shall be inserted in the New Zealand Government Gazette and at least three times in the Times newspaper of London, unless the owner is known to be within the Colony.

3. The day fixed for the appearance of such absentee owner shall be at least four months after the date of the insertion of the last of such advertisements in the Times.

4. If the owner is known to be within the Colony of New Zealand a notice to the above effect should be inserted in the New Zealand Government Gazette, and at least three times in some newspaper in circulation within the Province of Taranaki. The day for the appearance in such case shall be at least two months after the insertion of the notice.

5. If on the day appointed the absentee owner does not appear in his own person or by agent, the Commissioners will proceed and investigate and decide the case in his absence.

6. Provided that before any land is authorized to be taken for exchange without the consent of the original owner, the Commissioners shall publish in the Government Gazette of New Zealand, and in some newspaper published in Taranaki, a statement specifying the section to be taken, and that to be given in exchange, with the name of the original owner and proposed grantee of each, and a certificate under the hands of the Commissioners of the actual value of each of the sections given and taken in exchange respectively, as ascertained by them, and of their being satisfied that the exchange will be for the mutual benefit of the parties concerned.

7. Provided further that no such exchange shall be confirmed by the Commissioners until a week at least after the insertion of such certificate in the newspaper as aforesaid.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, February 14, 1866.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the undermentioned appointments, viz.:

In the Taranaki Militia.

Ensign Charles John Hutchinson to be Lieutenant. Date of Commission, 15th January, 1866.

Henry Charles Morrison to be Ensign. Date of Commission, 10th January, 1866.

T. M. HAULTAIN.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 24th February, 1866.

THE Notice published in the New Zealand Gazette, of the 15th November, 1852, promising an additional reward of five pounds (£5) for the apprehension of any Deserter from Her Majesty’s Military and Naval Forces in this Colony is hereby cancelled.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Printed and published, under the authority of the Provincial Government, by Messrs. Woon and Atkinson, of the Town of New Plymouth, Government Printers for the time being.