SEPT. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1401

vided, may, by Order in Council, empower the Native Appellate Court to deal with such application as a valid appeal under “The Native Land Court Act, 1894”: And whereas the Chief Judge has, in respect of the application of Wiari Rangi Kauruora, under section thirty-nine aforesaid, which application bears date the twelfth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, certified as by the said section sixty-two is required: And whereas the said application in all other respects complies with the requirements of the last-mentioned section:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority enabling him in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby empower the Native Appellate Court to deal with the said application as an appeal, under the provisions of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” from the orders of Court hereinafter specified, that is to say:—

The three several orders of the Court, dated the twenty-ninth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, appointing Te Rihi Rewi, Atiria te Kahukoka, and Karauria Materoa to succeed to the interest of Wiki Wiari, deceased, in Ngapakihi, Rangiwaea, and Whakaihuwaka Blocks.

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 House, at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of August, 1898.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR 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 transfer to the Public Trustee, the block or parcel of land known as Section No. 394, Whareama Block, situate in the Provincial District of Wellington, containing one thousand one hundred and fifty acres, more or less, being the land comprised in certificate of title, Vol. lxvi., folio 123.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Notifying Lands in Taranaki for Sale by Public Auction.

RANFURLY, Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one-hundred-and-thirteenth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint Friday, the twenty-eighth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, as the time at which the lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by public auction at Stratford; and I do hereby fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold as those mentioned in the said Schedule hereto opposite the description of such lands respectively.

SCHEDULE.
TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

This township is situate in an important position on the Ohura Road, distant about forty-one miles and a half from Stratford Railway-station, and on the main-road route between that township and Auckland. All the sections are level, cleared, and grassed.

VILLAGE OF MANGAMINGI.
Village Sections.

| 29 | 0 2 9 | 7 0 0 |
| 30 | 0 2 9 | 8 0 0 |
| 31 | 0 2 2 | 7 0 0 |
| 32 | 0 2 6 | 6 10 0 |
| 33 | 2 1 16 | 23 10 0 |
| 34 | 1 3 14 | 18 7 6 |
| 35 | 1 1 24 | 12 12 0 |
| 36 | 1 2 35 | 12 18 0 |
| 43 | 0 1 39 | 6 0 0 |
| 44 | 0 1 39 | 6 0 0 |
| 45 | 0 1 39 | 6 0 0 |
| 46 | 0 1 39 | 5 0 0 |
| 47 | 0 1 39 | 6 10 0 |
| 48 | 0 1 39 | 7 0 0 |
| 49 | 0 1 34 | 7 0 0 |
| 50 | 0 1 3 | 7 0 0 |
| 51 | 0 1 17 | 6 0 0 |
| 52 | 0 2 0 | 7 0 0 |
| 53 | 0 2 0 | 6 10 0 |
| 54 | 0 2 0 | 6 0 0 |
| 55 | 0 2 0 | 6 0 0 |
| 56 | 0 3 38 | 9 7 6 |
| 57 | 1 0 37 | 12 6 3 |
| 58 | 1 2 35 | 15 9 6 |
| 59 | 2 0 35 | 18 5 0 |

Suburban Sections.

| 25 | 19 3 20 | 39 15 0 |
| 26 | 20 0 27 | 60 6 5 |
| 37 | 9 1 32 | 47 5 2 |
| 38 | 11 1 0 | 56 5 0 |
| 39 | 11 1 24 | 57 0 0 |
| 41 | 16 0 4 | 56 1 9 |
| 60 | 5 1 20 | 29 11 3 |
| 61 | 5 3 6 | 29 5 0 |
| 63 | 7 2 30 | 30 15 0 |
| 64 | 7 0 9 | 21 3 4 |
| 65 | 7 1 20 | 40 11 3 |
| 66 | 11 3 27 | 45 17 0 |
| 67 | 12 3 15 | 40 15 8 |
| 69 | 21 0 16 | 42 4 0 |
| 70 | 26 0 35 | 52 8 9 |
| 71 | 27 1 0 | 54 10 0 |

This village is situate on the Rawhitiroa Road, about eleven miles from Eltham Railway-station, this road being the main road connecting Eltham with the country at the head-waters of the Whenuakura and Waitotara Rivers, the road being now made right through, connecting with the Waitotara Valley Road. Dray-road to village; thence a bridle-road. The village sections are all felled and grassed, with the exception of Section 36, which is partly in bush. Of the suburban lands, Section 65 is all felled and grassed; Sections 60, 66, and 67 are partly cleared and grassed; the remaining sections offered for sale are under forest, principally of tawa. The country is partly flat and partly undulating, easy slopes; some of the hillsides are steep, notably on Sections 68, 69, and 70.

Section 12, Block VIII., Ngaire: Area, 33 acres 2 roods; upset price, £67.

This section is situate on the Patea River, about three-quarters of a mile above the Mangamingi Village. A few acres in the south part of the section are steep, the remainder is river-flat; and the whole is covered with forest, principally tawa.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-third day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

JOHN MCKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.