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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 50

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 Administrator of the Government 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 alienation by way of mortgage, the block or parcel of land known as “Ngaurukehu A No. 7,” situate in the Provincial District of Wellington, containing five hundred and fifty-three acres, more or less, and being the land comprised in a partition order of the Native Land Court dated the thirteenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, in favour of Toia Erina.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Land brought within the Jurisdiction of the Native Land Court.

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirty-first day of May, 1897.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE GOVERNMENT IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the ownership of the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto requires to be ascertained, and it is also necessary to determine the relative shares or interests of the Native owners of the said land:

And whereas it is expedient that the said several matters should 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 Administrator of the Government 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 determination of the ownership of the land described in the Schedule hereto, and of the relative shares or interests of any Natives therein, and also the determination of any matter or question which may arise in relation to the premises, shall be and the same are hereby brought within the jurisdiction of the Native Land Court established under the said Act.

And it is hereby further declared that this order shall take effect on and after the fourth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Auckland Land District situate in Block IX., Rangaunu Survey District, and containing by admeasurement 340 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the north-east by the waters of Doubtless Bay; towards the south generally by the Awapoko River and Whakautu Stream; and towards the north-west by a line, 7080 links, to the point of commencement: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Owaka Recreation-ground brought under “The Public Domains Act, 1881.”

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirty-first day of May, 1897.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE GOVERNMENT IN COUNCIL.

BY virtue of the powers and authorities vested in me by the twenty-fourth section of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” I, James Prendergast, the Administrator of the Government of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby order and declare that the reserve made for public recreation in the Otago Land District, and known as the Owaka Recreation-ground, and described in the Schedule hereto, shall be and the same is hereby brought under the operation of and declared to be subject to the provisions of “The Public Domains Act, 1881”; and such domain shall hereafter be managed, administered, and dealt with in manner directed by the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Otago Land District, containing by admeasurement 12 acres 1 rood 32 perches, more or less, being Sections Nos. 31, 53, 54, 55, 58, 59, 60, and 61, Block VI., Glenomaru Survey District.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Hyde Recreation-ground brought under “The Public Domains Act, 1881.”

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirty-first day of May, 1897.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE GOVERNMENT IN COUNCIL.

BY virtue of the powers and authorities vested in me by the twenty-fourth section of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” I, James Prendergast, the Administrator of the Government of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby order and declare that the reserve made for public recreation in the Otago Land District, and described in the Schedule hereto, shall be and the same is hereby brought under the operation of and declared to be subject to the provisions of “The Public Domains Act, 1881”; and such domain shall hereafter be managed, administered, and dealt with in manner directed by the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Otago Land District, containing by admeasurement 79 acres 2 roods 29 perches, more or less, being Sections Nos. 51, 52, 54, 55, 57, and 58 of Block VII., Rock and Pillar District. Bounded towards the north by Crown lands, 1328 links; towards the east by a road-line, 3646 links; towards the south by Section 42 of same block, 2866 links, also by Section 59, 1216 links; and towards the west by Crown lands, 2844 links; and intersected by a road-line, 100 links wide: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less; as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Dunedin.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Oruawharo Recreation-ground brought under “The Public Domains Act, 1881.”

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirty-first day of May, 1897.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE GOVERNMENT IN COUNCIL.

BY virtue of the powers and authorities vested in me by the twenty-fourth section of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” I, James Prendergast, the Administrator of the Government of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby order and declare that the reserve made for public recreation in the Auckland Land District, and described in the Schedule hereto, shall be and the same is hereby brought under the operation of and declared to be subject to the provisions of “The Public Domains Act, 1881”; and such domain shall hereafter be managed, administered, and dealt with in manner directed by the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Auckland Land District, being Section No. 40a of the Parish of Oruawharo, containing by admeasurement 54 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the east by a public road, 900 and 650 links; towards the south-east by a public road, 34, 20, and 1287 links; towards