786

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

No. 36

70, and 3 of 70, all of Block IV., Moeraki Survey District; and also parts of Sections Nos. 4 and 7 of Block I., Hawksbury Survey District: as the said area is delineated upon the plan marked S.G. 19113, deposited in the Head Office of the Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon edged with red.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable David, Earl of Glasgow; Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this fourteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.

JOHN MCKENZIE,

Minister of Lands.

God SAVE THE QUEEN!

Military Districts abolished and reconstituted.

(L.S.)

GLASGOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by a Proclamation bearing date the second day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, issued under the provisions of "The Defence Act, 1886" (hereinafter termed "the said Act"), a district called the Otago District was, inter alia, constituted under the said Act: And whereas it is expedient to abolish such district as described in the said Proclamation, and to constitute in lieu thereof the two districts hereinafter set forth: Now, therefore, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred on me by the said Act, do hereby abolish the said Otago District as constituted by the hereinbefore-recited Proclamation, and in lieu thereof, and for the purposes of the said Act, do hereby constitute, as and from the eighteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, the two districts described in the Schedule hereto; and do hereby declare that each of such districts shall be called and known by the name set opposite the description thereof in the said Schedule. And I do hereby declare that so much of the said recited Proclamation as refers to the constitution of the said Otago District is hereby revoked as and from the date last aforesaid.

SCHEDULE.

Description of District.

Name of District.

1. NORTH OTAGO DISTRICT.

North Otago.

Bounded on the north by the Waitaki River; on the east by the sea from the mouth of the Waitaki River to the Waikouaiti River; thence on the south by a line bearing N. 59° W. sixty miles inland; and on the west from the inland extremity of the southern boundary to a point sixty miles inland from the mouth of the Waitaki River.

2. SOUTH OTAGO DISTRICT.

South Otago.

Bounded on the north by the North Otago District, hereinbefore described; on the south-east by the sea from the Waikouaiti River to the mouth of the Clutha River; on the south-west by that river and the Pomahaka River to the junction of the Pomahaka and Waipahi Rivers, and thence by the railway-line to Kelso from Waipahi; on the west by a line joining Kelso and the inland extremity of the southern boundary of the North Otago District aforesaid.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable David, Earl of Glasgow; Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Auckland, this eighteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.

R. J. SEDDON,

Minister of Defence.

God SAVE THE QUEEN!

Excepting Land from Operation of Section 117 of "The Native Land Court Act, 1894."

GLASGOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this seventh day of May, 1896.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section four of "The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1895," it is enacted that the Governor may by Order in Council except from the operation of section one hundred and seventeen of "The Native Land Court Act, 1894" (hereinafter called "the said Act"), for a limited period or otherwise, and either generally or for such purposes and subject to such restrictions as shall be in such Order specified, any land, wheresoever situate, which is for the time being subject to the operation of the said section, or any interest therein or right over the same; or may in like manner make such exception in favour exclusively of any lessee or other person who has been bona fide in occupation of and has made improvements on such land, or has paid money to Native owners for lease or purchase thereof prior to the passing of the said Act: Provided that no Order in Council under the provisions of this section shall take effect until after the expiration of two months from the date of the publication thereof in the Gazette: Provided also that every alienation under the provisions of this section shall be confirmed by the Court in terms of section fifty-three of the said Act:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by section four of "The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1895," and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby except from the operation of section one hundred and seventeen of "The Native Land Court Act, 1894," for the purpose of absolute alienation by way of sale to Alexander Macdonald, of Kuripapango, all the estate, right, title, and interest of Hohepa Wharo, of Taupo, an aboriginal Native of New Zealand, being an undivided share in the block or parcel of land known as Kohurau No. 2, situate in the Provincial District of Hawke's Bay, containing seven thousand five hundred and sixty-two acres, more or less, and being the whole of the land comprised in the memorial of ownership, volume one, folio seventy-two, of the Native Land Court Rolls of the Hawke's Bay District.

ALEX. WILLIS,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

Excepting Land from Operation of Section 117 of "The Native Land Court Act, 1894."

GLASGOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this seventh day of May, 1896.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section four of "The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1895," it is enacted that the Governor may by Order in Council except from the operation of section one hundred and seventeen of "The Native Land Court Act, 1894" (hereinafter called "the said Act"), for a limited period or otherwise, and either generally or for such purposes and subject to such restrictions as shall be in such Order specified, any land, wheresoever situate, which is for the time being subject to the operation of the said section, or any interest therein or right over the same; or may in like manner make such exception in favour exclusively of any lessee or other person who has been bona fide in occupation of and has made improvements on such land, or has paid money to Native owners for lease or purchase thereof prior to the passing of the said Act: Provided that no Order in Council under the provisions of this section shall take effect until after the expiration of two months from the date of the publication thereof in the Gazette: Provided also that every alienation under the provisions of this section shall be confirmed by the Court in terms of section fifty-three of the said Act:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by section four of "The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1895," and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said