570
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 24

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

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-eighth day of March, 1898.

Present:

THE RIGHT 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 bonâ 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 alienation by way of sale, the block or parcel of land known as Whakaware Reserve No. 1, situate in the Provincial District of Wellington, containing ten acres, more or less, and being the land comprised in an order of the Native Land Court, dated the twentieth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, in favour of Kewetone Papaka and Reremoana Tohikura.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-eighth day of March, 1898.

Present:

THE RIGHT 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 bonâ 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 alienation by way of sale, the block or parcel of land known as Tokanui A, situate in the Provincial District of Auckland, containing four hundred and fifty-seven acres, more or less, being the land comprised in an order of the Native Land Court, dated the twenty-ninth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety, in favour of Makareti Hinewai.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Extending Time for Reception of Application for Relief by Validation Court.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this thirty-first day of March, 1898.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE A. J. CADMAN PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section sixteen of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1896,” as amended by section two of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1897,” it is enacted that no application under the provisions of “The Native Land (Validation of Titles) Act, 1893,” shall be received after the thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six; provided that the Governor in Council may, on sufficient cause to his satisfaction being shown for omission to lodge any application within the time thereinbefore specified, extend the time for the reception of such application to any date not later than the thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight:

And whereas one Robert Thompson Batley, of Moawhango, in the Provincial District of Wellington, settler, hath applied for an extension of time in which to lodge an application under the provisions of the said “Native Land (Validation of Titles) Act, 1893,” in respect of the land known as Section No. 13E, of Awarua, No. 2c Block, and hath shown sufficient cause, to the Governor’s satisfaction, for omission to lodge such application within the time prescribed:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities contained in “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1896,” and its amendment as aforesaid, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby extend the time for the reception of the said application by the said Robert Thompson Batley, in respect of the land hereinbefore mentioned, to the thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Powers delegated to the East Gore (Gordon) Domain Board under “The Public Domains Act, 1881.”

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this thirty-first day of March, 1898.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE A. J. CADMAN PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by “The Public Domains Act, 1881,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council thereof, doth hereby revoke a certain Order in Council, dated the third day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, making delegation of certain powers in manner as therein appears; and doth, with the like advice and consent, by this present Order, delegate, but only with respect to the piece or parcel of land described in the Schedule hereto, all the powers conferred by the Act aforesaid, except the powers under or conferred by sections five and twelve thereof, to the under-mentioned persons, who shall be known as the East Gore (Gordon) Public Domain Board, namely,—

John McGibbon, jun.,
Frederick Wallis,
Andrew Martin,
George Penney,
The Rev. John Alexander Asher,
Alexander Simpson,
William Boyne, and
The Mayor of Gore (ex officio)

(hereinafter referred to as “the Board”), subject to the stipulations hereinafter contained, that is to say,—

1. The Board shall meet for the transaction of business on the first Monday in each month, at eight o’clock p.m., at the Provincial Hotel, East Gore, or at such other time or place as may from time to time be fixed by the Board. The first meeting shall be held on Monday, the second day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.