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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 sec-
tion 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, all
that block or parcel of land, situate in the Provincial District
of Wellington, containing one thousand six hundred and
ninety-five acres two roods, more or less, and known as
Oruamatua-Kaimanawa No. 2P, being the whole of the land
comprised in a partition order of the Native Land Court,
dated the twenty-ninth day of September, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-seven, in favour of Ngamako 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 opera-
tion 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 ex-
clusively 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 to
the Hawke’s Bay Education Board, all that block or parcel
of land, situate in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay,
containing two acres, more or less, being part of the land
known as Omahu No. 2G, and being part of the land com-
prised in partition order of the Native Land Court dated
the twenty-third day of July, one thousand eight hundred
and ninety-seven, in favour of Wereta Rouru.

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 ex-
clusively 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 pur-
chase 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 Rora Potaka, all that block or parcel of land,
situate in the Provincial District of Wellington, containing
five hundred and forty-eight acres, more or less, known
as Maungakaretu No. 3B, and being the land comprised in a
partition order of the Native Land Court, dated the thir-
teenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-nine, in favour of Watarawi Hohaia 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 ex-
clusively 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 pur-
chase 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, all that block or parcel of land, situate in the Provincial
District of Auckland, containing two hundred and fifty-six
acres, more or less, known as Mahoenui E No. 2, and being
the land comprised in a partition order of the Native Land
Court, dated the twenty-eighth day of June, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-nine, in favour of Arapata Ranga-
hiataki and others.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.