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No. 5 of 191.5 : "An Act to vest Portion of the Foreshore of the Manukau Harbour in the Papakura Town Board." No. 6 of 1915 : " An Act to amend the Wyndham Recreation Reserve Act, 1877." No. 7 of 1915 : "An Act to amend the Wellington and Karori Sanitation and Water-supply Act, 1912." No. 8 of 1915: "An Act to vest certain Lands in the Waiapu County Council." No. 9 of 1915 : "An Act to amend the Christchureh Electrical Supply Empowering Act, 1913, and to extend the Powers thereby conferred upon the Corporation of the City of Christchureh." No. 10 of 1915 : "An Act to enable the Bluff Harbour Board to borrow One Hundred Thousand Pounds for Harbour-works." No. 11 of 1915 : "An Act to vest certain Lands in the Body Corporate called the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Devonport." No. 12 of 1915 : "An Act to amend the Dunedin District Drainage and Sewerage Act, 1900, and the Acts amending the same." No. 13 of 1915 : " An Act to authorize the Sale by the Inglewood Borough Council of certain Borough (Town Improvement) Endowments and the Investment of the Proceeds of Sale. No. 14 of 1915 : " An Act to extend the Powers of the Lyttelton Borough Council in connection with Diamond Harbour." No. 15 of 1915 : " An Act empowering the Springs County Council to reclaim Parts of a Lagoon, commonly known as ' Yarr's Lagoon,' in the County of Springs, for the Purpose of improving the Flow of the LI River through the said Lagoon and the Drainage of the Adjoining Lands." No. 16 of 1915 : "An Act to vest certain Lands in the Tauranga Harbour Board." No. 17 of 1915 : "An Act to vest Further Powers in the Otago Harbour Board." Private Acts. No. 1 of 1915 : "An Act to amend an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled the Church Property Trust (Canterbury) Act, 1879, and to extend the Trusts and Purposes upon which certain Property (therein referred to as the Dean and Chapter Estate) is held by the Church Property Trustees within the Diocese of Christchureh." No. 2 of 1915 : "An Act to vary and declare the Interests taken by the Children and Grandchildren of one Augustin Georgetti under the Last Will of the said Augustin Georgetti, and to authorize the Sale and Disposal of the Real and Personal Estate of the said Augustin Georgetti." I have, &c. A. BONAR LAW. Governor His Excellency the Right Hon. the Earl of Liverpool, G.C.M.G., M.V.0., &c.

No. 20. New Zealand, No. 67. My Lord, — Downing Street, Ist February, 1.916. With reference to my despatch, No. 553, of the 11th October, 1915, I have the honour to transmit to Your Excellency, for the information of your Ministers, copies of a circular issued by the Board of Trade amending the regulations relating to the examination in the United Kingdom of masters and mates in the mercantile marine. I have, &c. A. BONAR LAW. Governor His Excellency the Right Hon. the Earl of Liverpool, G.C.M.G., M.V.0., &c.

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