Jan. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 15

Conferring Jurisdiction on Native Land Court.

GLASGOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this sixteenth day of December, 1896.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON 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 subsection 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, under section twenty-six of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1896,” 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 parcel of land, containing 1,050 acres, more or less, known as Section 1676 of Blocks VIII., IX., and XII., situate in the Kanieri and Turiwhati Survey Districts, in the Provincial District of Westland.

All that parcel of land, containing 492 acres 2 roods, more or less, known as Section 1152, situate in the Arahura Survey District, in the Provincial District of Westland.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Conferring Jurisdiction on Native Land Court.

GLASGOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-first day of December, 1896.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR 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 subsection 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 parcel of land in the Provincial District of Auckland, situate at Kennedy’s Bay, in the District of Coromandel, and known as Harataunga No. 2 Block, containing 546 acres, more or less.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Vesting a Reserve in the Opotiki Acclimatisation Society.

GLASGOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-first day of December, 1896.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto was permanently set apart as a reserve for acclimatisation purposes on the second day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six:

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient to vest the said land in the Opotiki Acclimatisation Society:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, and in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the fourth section of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” doth hereby declare that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the reserve described in the Schedule hereto shall become vested in “The Opotiki Acclimatisation Society,” in trust, as a reserve for acclimatisation purposes.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Auckland Land District, being Section No. 12 of the Suburbs of Opotiki, containing by admeasurement 11 acres and 28 perches, more or less. Bounded towards the north-east by a road, 100 links wide, along the banks of a stream; towards the east by Section No. 11 of the Suburbs of Opotiki, 1755 links; towards the south by a public road, 729 links; and towards the west by a public road, 100 links wide, running along the bank of the Waioeka River, to the point of commencement: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Vesting a Reserve in the Picton Road Board.

GLASGOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-first day of December, 1896.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto was permanently reserved as a quarry reserve on the seventeenth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five:

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient that the said land should be vested in the Picton Road Board:

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, and in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the fourth section of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” doth hereby declare that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the reserve mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall become vested in “The Inhabitants of the Picton Road District,” in trust, as a quarry reserve.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Marlborough Land District, containing by admeasurement 34 acres, more or less, and being Section No. 60, District of Picton Suburban, Cloudy Bay Survey District. Bounded towards the north by Section No. 99; towards the east by Sections Nos. 100 and 150; towards the south by said Section No. 150 and by Sections Nos. 57 and 103; and towards the west by a public road: as the same is more particularly delineated on the official map in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Blenheim.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.