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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 102

Maungatua Land-drainage District, County of Taieri, constituted.

RANFURLY, Governor.
By his Deputy,
ROBERT STOUT.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this fourth day of December, 1899.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS in accordance with the provisions of the fifth section of “The Land Drainage Act, 1893,” a majority of the ratepayers in the district described in the Schedule hereto, situated in the County of Taieri, have presented a petition to His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand praying that the land comprised in the said district be constituted a drainage district under the provisions of the said Act:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority contained in the fifth section of “The Land Drainage Act, 1893,” 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 constitute and declare the block of land described in the said petition and in the Schedule hereto to be a district for the purposes of Part I. of the said Act, and to be called by the name of the “Maungatua Drainage District”; and also, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority contained in the ninth section of the said Act, doth hereby declare that the Board of Trustees for the said district shall consist of five members, to be elected under and in accordance with the said Act.

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SCHEDULE.

MAUNGATUA DRAINAGE DISTRICT.

All that area in the Otago Land District, Maungatua Survey District, bounded towards the north-west by the road from Outram to Berwick, forming the north-western boundaries of Sections Nos. 10, 8, 6, 4, and 2, Block II., from the westernmost corner of Section No. 10 aforesaid to the westernmost corner of Section No. 20, Block I.: thence towards the north-east by said Section No. 20 and Section No. 42, Block V., to the road forming the south-western boundary of said Section No. 42; thence by that road across Lee’s Creek and by the road forming the south-western boundaries of Sections Nos. 32 and 29, Block V., to the northernmost corner of Section No. 39: thence towards the south-east by Sections Nos. 39 and 38, said Block V., to the road forming the south-western boundary of the last-mentioned section, and by a right line across that road: thence again towards the north-east by the said road forming the south-western boundaries of Sections Nos. 38, 26, and 25, Block V. aforesaid, to the south-eastern boundary-line of Allotment No. 39 of original Section No. 79, Block VI.: thence again towards the south-east by the south-eastern boundary-lines of Allotments Nos. 39, 38, and 37, and the north-eastern boundary-line of Allotment No. 36, to the road along the north-western side of the Main Trunk Railway-line; and thence by that road to the south-western boundary-line of Allotment No. 34: thence towards the south-west generally by the south-western boundary-line of said Allotment No. 34 to the road forming the south-eastern boundaries of Allotments Nos. 47, 48, and 49 of original Section No. 37, said Block VI.; thence by that road to the south-western boundary-line of the last-mentioned allotment; thence by that boundary-line, and the north-western boundary-line of Allotments Nos. 49 and 48, and the south-western boundary-line of Allotment No. 56, to the road forming the north-western boundary of said Allotment No. 56; thence by that road to a point in line with the south-western boundary-line of Allotment No. 4 of original Sections Nos. 37 and 38; thence by a right line to and by the south-western boundary-line, and part of the north-western boundary-line of that allotment, by the south-western boundary-lines of Allotments Nos. 8 and 11 of original Section No. 38, and the north-western boundary-line of the last-mentioned allotment, to the road forming the north-eastern boundary of that allotment; thence by the road forming the north-eastern boundaries of Sections Nos. 46, 39, and 47 to the drain which intersects the last-mentioned section; thence by that drain to the road along the north-western side of Lake Waipori; thence by that road to Section No. 8; and thence by Sections Nos. 8, 7, and 6, Block VI. aforesaid, and Sections Nos. 14 and 12, Block II., to the place of commencement.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

RANFURLY, Governor.
By his Deputy,
ROBERT STOUT.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this fourth day of December, 1899.

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 mortgage to a lending department of the Government, the blocks or parcels of land mentioned and particularised in the Schedule hereto.

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SCHEDULE.

All that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Provincial District of Wellington, known as Oruamatua-Kaimanawa No. 2J, containing 325 acres, more or less, being the whole of the land comprised in a partition order of the Native Land Court, dated the 29th day of September, 1897, in favour of Tairu te Rango and others.

All that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Provincial District of Wellington, containing 1,349 acres 2 roods, more or less, being part of the land known as Oruamatua-Kaimanawa No. 2N, and being part of the land comprised in a partition order of the Native Land Court, dated the 29th day of September, 1897, in favour of Tairu te Rango and others.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

RANFURLY, Governor.
By his Deputy,
ROBERT STOUT.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this fourth day of December, 1899.

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