Notice directing Attention to the Provisions of the Native Lands Frauds Prevention Acts on the Subject of Prohibited Dealings with Native Lands.

Native Office,
Wellington, 17th December, 1889.

SECTIONS 5, 6, and 7 of "The Native Lands Frauds Prevention Act 1881 Amendment Act, 1888," and section 3 of "The Native Lands Frauds Prevention Acts Amendment Act, 1889," are, by direction of the Hon. the Native Minister, published for public information.

T. W. LEWIS,
Under-Secretary.

"THE NATIVE LANDS FRAUDS PREVENTION ACT 1881 AMENDMENT ACT, 1888."—PROHIBITED DEALINGS WITH NATIVE LANDS.

5. It shall not be lawful for any person to negotiate, either on his own behalf or as agent or trustee for any other person, for the purchase, conveyance, transfer, lease, exchange, or occupation of any Native land, or of any land, or any estate, right, title, or interest therein, or for any agency or authority to deal therewith or in relation thereto, unless such land is now owned under Crown grant, memorial of ownership, or certificate of title issued under either a Native Land Court Act or a Land Transfer Act to not more than twenty Natives, or unless such land shall hereafter become and shall have been so owned for forty days.

6. Forthwith upon any land hereafter becoming owned by not more than twenty Natives as aforesaid, it shall be a duty of the Chief Judge to notify the same in the Gazette, and also the name and description of the land, and the time when the said forty days will expire.

7. Any person who, on his own behalf or as agent or trustee for any other person, shall take or accept any conveyance, lease, transfer, gift, or other assurance from any Native, whether to himself solely or to himself and others, of any Native land or of any land not heretofore owned as aforesaid, or which, becoming hereafter so owned, shall not have been owned for forty days as aforesaid, or who shall be a party to any negotiation, agreement, contract, or promise for the making to him, or to him and others, or to any other person, of any such conveyance, lease, transfer, gift, or other assurance, or for the accepting or giving of any such agency or authority, shall forfeit and pay a penalty not exceeding five hundred pounds, to be recovered in a summary way.

Every such conveyance, lease, transfer, gift, and other assurance, agreement, contract, promise, agency, and authority shall, except as hereinafter provided, be illegal and void:

Provided that no person shall be convicted of any offence aforesaid except on the information or complaint of some person duly authorised in that behalf by the Governor, either generally or in respect of some particular case.

"THE NATIVE LANDS FRAUDS PREVENTION ACTS AMENDMENT ACT, 1889."

3. The words "to not more than twenty Natives" in section five of "The Native Lands Frauds Prevention Act 1881 Amendment Act, 1888" (hereinafter called the said Act"), shall not apply to land owned by Natives under Crown grant, memorial of ownership, or certificate of title under either a Native Land Court or a Land Transfer Act issued before the passing of the said Act, or in respect to which an order had been made by the Native Land Court for the issue of a Crown grant, certificate of title, or memorial of ownership, or an order under "The Native Land Court Act, 1886," declaring the owners or person entitled on investigation of title or partition, before passing of the said Act:

(1.) If such land does not exceed five thousand acres in area; or

(2.) If a contract in writing for the alienation of such land of any area, or any part thereof, had been made and not completed before the passing of the said Act.

And the said section shall be read and construed in respect of such lands as though the said words "to not more than twenty Natives" had been omitted therefrom: Provided that nothing in the said fifth section shall be deemed to prevent a lease of land so owned or the subject of such order as aforesaid not exceeding ten thousand acres.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies' Registry Office,
Wellington, 24th December, 1889.

THE Court Stratford, No. 7302, situated at Stratford, is registered as a branch of the Taranaki District Ancient Order of Foresters' Friendly Society, under "The Friendly Societies Act, 1882," this 24th day of December, 1889.

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Native Land Court Notices.

"The Native Lands Frauds Prevention Act, 1881," and the Native Lands Frauds Prevention Act 1881 Amendment Acts, 1888 and 1889.

Native Land Court Office,
Whanganui, 30th December, 1889.

NOTICE is hereby given that a Trust Commissioner will, under the authority and for the purposes of the said Acts, hold a Court at the Resident Magistrate's Court-house, at Palmerston North, on Thursday, the 9th day of January, 1890, for investigating the cases mentioned hereunder, at which time and place all persons interested in the said cases, and having objections to any of the dealings, are hereby notified to attend.

ELWIN B. DICKSON,
Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

ALLOTMENT No. 147 (IN PART), SANDON.

No. 89-31. Conveyance from Tapa te Whata, Kereama Paoe, and Areta Pekamu, dated the 12th December, 1889, to Samuel Marsden Baker, of Foxton, gentleman.

WHAREPU B.

No. 89-32. Mortgage from Hamiora te Hungaoterangi to A. Southey Baker, of Palmerston North, solicitor.

"The Native Lands Frauds Prevention Act, 1881," and the Native Lands Frauds Prevention Act 1881 Amendment Acts, 1888 and 1889.

Native Land Court Office,
Wellington, 31st December, 1889.

NOTICE is hereby given that a Trust Commissioner will, under the authority and for the purposes of the said Acts, hold a Court at the Native Land Court Office, Grey-town, Wairarapa, on Saturday, the 11th day of January, 1890, for investigating the cases mentioned in the Schedule hereunder, at which time and place all persons interested in the said cases, and having objections to any of the dealings, are hereby notified to attend.

W. BRIDSON,
Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

MAIRIIRIKAPUA.

89-221. LEASE dated the 20th day of December, 1888, from Wi Waka Kahukura and others to Robert Cameron and another.

MANAIA, LOT 1 OF SECTION 107.

89-222. Lease dated the 30th day of October, 1889, from Karaitiana Korou and others to Alfred Tinsley.

MANAIA, LOT 2 OF SECTION 107.

89-223. Lease dated the 4th day of November, 1889, from Erihapeti Whakamairu and others to James Hourigan.

MANAIA, LOTS 4 AND 5 OF SECTION 107.

89-224. Lease dated the 19th day of November, 1889, from Hapeta Whakamairu and others to James Hourigan.

MANAIA, LOT 3 OF SECTION 107.

89-227. Lease dated the 9th day of November, 1889, from Arapata Haruru and others to James Hourigan.

Crown Lands Notices.

Sections, Town of Levin, to be sold by Auction.

Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 20th December, 1889.

IT is hereby notified, in terms of "The Land Act, 1885," that the sections in the Town of Levin enumerated in the accompanying Schedule will be offered for sale for cash by public auction, at the Crown Lands Office, Wellington, on Friday, the 31st January, 1890, at noon.

Plans and particulars can be obtained at this office.

One-fifth of the purchase-money must be deposited on the fall of the hammer, and the balance within thirty days, or the deposit will be forfeited.

There are no limitations or restrictions incumbent upon purchasers of town lands for cash.

All sections unsold at the auction will be withdrawn till further notice.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.