1776
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 79

on the plan marked S.G. 38722, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon shown in red.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly; Knight Commander 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 thirty-first day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

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 thirty-first day of October, 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 lease, the block or parcel of land known as Himatangi No. 38, situate in the Provincial District of Wellington, containing one hundred and twenty-six acres one rood thirty perches, more or less, being the land comprised in partition order of the Native Land Court, dated the eleventh day of November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, in favour of Wereta te Kahoriki.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Native Land proposed to be taken for a Gravel-pit in Block VII., Heretaunga Survey District.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirty-first day of October, 1898.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto are required to be taken for a public work, to wit, for the purposes of a gravel-pit, and road leading thereto, in Block VII., Heretaunga Survey District:

And whereas the said lands are held or occupied by Native owners under a title which is not derived from the Crown: And whereas a map in duplicate has been prepared of the said lands by the Hawke’s Bay County Council, as required by the eighty-eighth section of “The Public Works Act, 1894”:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by the eighty-eighth section of the said Act, and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, 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 declare that the land shown upon such map, and described in the Schedule hereto, shall be deemed to be taken for the purposes of the said gravel-pit, and road thereto, and the said land shall vest in the Hawke’s Bay County Council, as from the fifteenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

SCHEDULE.

THE parcel of land mentioned in list hereunder:—

In the Hawke’s Bay Land District; as the said parcel of land is more particularly delineated on the plan marked as above mentioned, deposited in the Head Office of the Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon edged with red.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Vesting Management of Panmure Wharf in Panmure Township Road Board.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirty-first day of October, 1898.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section fourteen of “The Harbours Act, 1878” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is enacted that the Governor in Council may vest the management of any wharf the property of Her Majesty in any local governing body or person, upon such terms and conditions as the Governor in Council thinks fit:

And whereas it is thought desirable to vest in the Panmure Township Road Board the management of the wharf at Panmure, which is shown on plan marked P.W.D. 18140, and deposited in the Office of the Public Works Department, at Wellington, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth:

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 pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him by the said fourteenth section of the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities in anywise enabling him in that behalf, doth hereby vest the management of the Panmure wharf, which is shown on plan marked P.W.D. 18140, in the Panmure Township Road Board, subject to the following conditions, viz.:—

CONDITIONS OF MANAGEMENT.

1. All Her Majesty’s subjects shall, at all reasonable times, and upon payment of the proper dues, have free and full liberty to use the above-mentioned wharf, and rights of ingress and egress thereto and therefrom.

2. Her Majesty, or the Governor, and all officers in the Government service acting in the execution of their duty, shall at all times have free ingress, passage, and egress into, over, and out of the wharf without payment.

3. The Panmure Township Road Board (hereinafter referred to as “the Board”) shall maintain and keep the above-mentioned wharf, and all erections on or in connection therewith, in good order and repair; and shall at all times permit to be erected and exhibited therefrom any lights for the guidance of vessels, and shall maintain at its own cost any such lights: Provided that no new light shall be exhibited until after it has been approved by the Minister for the time being having charge of the Marine Department (hereinafter referred to as “the said Minister”).

4. Any person authorised by the said Minister, or any officer acting with his approval, may at all reasonable times enter upon the said wharf, and any buildings erected thereon or in connection therewith, and view the state of repairs thereof; and, upon his leaving at or posting to the last-known address of the Board a notice in writing of any defect or want of repair in such wharf, or in the buildings connected therewith, requiring the Board, within a reasonable time, to be therein prescribed, to make good or repair the same, the Board shall, with all convenient