Mar. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 441

Confering Jurisdiction on Native Land Court.

GLASGOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this sixth day
of March, 1895.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR P. A. BUCKLEY, K.C.M.G.,
PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section fourteen of “The Native Land
Court Act, 1894,” it is enacted that the Native Land
Court shall, as regards all lands within the meaning of sub-
section ten of section fourteen aforesaid, have jurisdiction as
in the said subsection mentioned: Provided that the Court
shall not proceed to exercise such jurisdiction unless the
Governor in Council shall by order authorise the same to be
done: And whereas the lands specified in the Schedule
hereto are lands in respect whereof the Court has jurisdic-
tion as aforesaid, and it is expedient that the Court should
be authorised to exercise the same:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby authorise
the said Court to exercise in respect of the said lands the
jurisdiction conferred as aforesaid—that is to say, to deter-
mine whether or not the said lands or any of them were, on
the investigation of title thereto, or partition thereof, in-
tended by the Native Land Court, or by the nominal owner
or owners of such land (whether such nominal owner or
owners be a tribe, hapu, or section thereof respectively, or a
definite individual or individuals), to be held by the nominal
owner or owners in trust for Natives not named in the title ;
and to determine who are the Natives (if any) entitled bene-
ficially to any land so held in trust, and to order the inclusion
of such Natives in the title, either together with or in lieu
of the nominal owners or any of them—and for the purpose
aforesaid to order the cancellation or amendment of any
existing instrument of title, and the issue of such new Crown
grants or other instruments of title as may be necessary ;
and generally to exercise in respect of the said land all the
jurisdiction and powers conferred on the Native Land Court
by subsection ten of section fourteen of “The Native Land
Court Act, 1894.”

SCHEDULE.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Confering Jurisdiction on Native Land Court.

GLASGOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this sixth day
of March, 1895.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR P. A. BUCKLEY, K.C.M.G.,
PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section fourteen of “The Native Land
Court Act, 1894,” it is enacted that the Native Land
Court shall, as regards all lands within the meaning of sub-
section ten of section fourteen aforesaid, have jurisdiction
as in the said subsection mentioned: Provided that the Court
shall not proceed to exercise such jurisdiction unless the
Governor in Council shall by order authorise the same to be
done: And whereas the land specified in the Schedule
hereto is land in respect whereof the Court has jurisdiction
as aforesaid, and it is expedient that the Court should be
authorised to exercise the same:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby authorise
the said Court to exercise in respect of the said land the
jurisdiction conferred as aforesaid—that is to say, to determine
whether or not the said land or any part thereof was, on the
investigation of title thereto, intended by the Native Land
Court, or by the nominal owner or owners of such land, to be
held by such nominal owner or owners in trust for Natives
not named in the title, and to determine who are the Natives

(if any) entitled beneficially to such land, and to order the
inclusion of such Natives in the title, either together with
or in lieu of the nominal owners or any of them—and for
the purpose aforesaid to order the cancellation or amendment
of any existing instrument of title, and the issue of such
new Crown grants or other instruments of title as may be
necessary, and generally to exercise in respect of the said
land all the jurisdiction and powers conferred on the Native
Land Court by subsection ten of section fourteen of “The
Native Land Court Act, 1894.”

SCHEDULE.

ALL that block of land known as the Tamaki Block, contain-
ing 34,090 acres 2 roods 10 perches, more or less, situate
partly in the Provincial District of Hawke's Bay and partly
in the Provincial District of Wellington.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Land brought within the Jurisdiction of the Native Land
Court Act.

GLASGOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this sixth day
of March, 1895.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR P. A. BUCKLEY, K.C.M.G.,
PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the ownership of the block of land known
as “Te Kapuiro Native Reserve,” on the bank of the
Rangitikei River, requires to be ascertained:

And whereas it is expedient that the title to the said land
be brought within the jurisdiction of the Native Land Court
in order that the same may be finally decided and dealt with:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers
and authorities conferred upon him by “The Native Land
Court Act, 1894,” and acting by and with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth
hereby order and declare that the investigation and determi-
ation of the ownership of the said land, and also of the
relative interests of the persons entitled thereto, and also of
any successors, and also of any other matter or question
which may arise in relation thereto, shall be and the same
are hereby brought within the jurisdiction of the Native
Land Court established under the said Act.

And it is further declared that this order shall take effect
on and after the eleventh day of March, one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-five.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Shooting Season for Imported and Native Game, License-
fee, &c., North Canterbury District.

GLASGOW, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “The Animals
Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same,
I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of
New Zealand, do hereby notify that quail and hares may be
taken or killed within the North Canterbury District, con-
sisting of the Counties of Cheviot, Ashley, Akaroa, and
Selwyn, from the first day of April, one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-five, to the thirty-first day of July, one
thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, both inclusive
(subject nevertheless to the restrictions in the said Acts
mentioned); and that cock pheasants may be taken or killed
in the said district from the first day of April, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-five, to the thirtieth day of June,
one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, both inclusive
(also subject to the restrictions in the said Acts mentioned).
And I do further notify that licenses to take or kill such
game within the said district shall be issued on payment of
the sum of twenty shillings each, and that licenses to sell
game and native game shall be issued on payment of the sum
of five pounds each; and the Chief Postmaster at Christchurch
is hereby appointed to sign and issue the said licenses.

And I do further declare that native game, excepting tui,
huia, white heron, and crested grebe, may be taken or killed
within the above-mentioned district from the first day of
April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, to the
thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-five, both days inclusive.

And I do also declare that no cylinder or box exceeding
two feet six inches in depth shall be used for the purpose of
taking or killing wild duck or other native or imported game
on any lake or stream in the above-mentioned district.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this fourth day of March, one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-five. P. A. BUCKLEY.