Mar. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 575

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 fourth day of March, 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 the Government Advances to Settlers Office Superintendent, the blocks or parcels of land mentioned and particularised in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Motupuha and Ohinewairua Survey Districts, in the Provincial District of Wellington, known as Section No. 1b No. 1, Oruamatua-Kaimanawa Block, containing 886 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the north by Section No. 1b No. 2, Oruamatua-Kaimanawa; towards the east by Sections Nos. 1c and 1d, Oruamatua-Kaimanawa; towards the south by the Awarua No. 2 Block and the Makomiko Stream; towards the west by Sections No. 1a No. 2b and No. 1a No. 2a, the Taupiri Stream, and Section 2L, Oruamatua-Kaimanawa, to the starting-point. Being the whole of the land comprised in partition order of the Native Land Court, dated the 20th day of October, 1898, in favour of Hiraka te Rango and Te Rina Pine.

All that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Motupuha and Ohinewairua Survey Districts, in the Provincial District of Wellington, known as Owhaoko D No. 3, containing 5,724 acres 1 rood 20 perches, more or less. Bounded towards the north by Owhaoko D8; towards the south-east by Owhaoko D2; towards the south by Owhaoko C; towards the north-west by Owhaoko D7; and towards the west by Owhaoko D1 to the starting-point. Being the whole of the land comprised in partition order of the Native Land Court, dated the 11th day of July, 1894, in favour of Heta Tanguru.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Authorising Native to mortgage Land under Section 6 of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1897.”

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

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

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section six of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1897,” it is enacted that the Governor may, by Order in Council, authorise any Native owning land in severalty to mortgage such land to any lending department of the Government, and that in such case the mortgage shall operate in all respects as if the mortgagor were other than a Native, and accordingly none of the restrictions, limitations, or provisions of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” or any other Act affecting Native lands, or lands owned or held by Natives, shall apply, anything in any such Act to the contrary notwithstanding: And whereas Hiraka te Rango, of Hastings, in the Provin-

cial District of Hawke’s Bay, in the Colony of New Zealand, being the owner in severalty of the block or parcel of land mentioned and particularised in the Schedule hereto, has applied to be allowed to mortgage the said block of land: And whereas, by certificate bearing date the fifteenth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, under the hand of George Boutflower Davy, Esquire, Chief Judge of the Native Land Court of New Zealand, and the seal of the said Court, it was certified that the said Hiraka te Rango possesses, irrespective of the land proposed to be mortgaged, other land sufficient for his maintenance.

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred by the Act aforesaid, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby authorise the said Hiraka te Rango to mortgage the lands set out in the Schedule hereto to the Government Advances to Settlers Office, being a lending department of the Government as aforesaid.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Motupuha and Ohinewairua Survey Districts, in the Provincial District of Wellington, known as Section No. 1a No. 1, Oruamatua-Kaimanawa Block, containing 2,000 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the north by the Taupiri Stream; towards the east by Sections No. 1a No. 2a and No. 1a No. 2b, Oruamatua-Kaimanawa; towards the south and south-west by the Makomiko Stream; and towards the west by the Moawhango River to the starting-point. Being the whole of the land comprised in partition order of the Native Land Court, dated the 30th day of September, 1897, in favour of Hiraka te Rango.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Authorising Native to mortgage Land under Section 6 of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1897.”

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

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

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section six of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1897,” it is enacted that the Governor may, by Order in Council, authorise any Native owning land in severalty to mortgage such land to any lending department of the Government, and that in such case the mortgage shall operate in all respects as if the mortgagor were other than a Native, and accordingly none of the restrictions, limitations, or provisions of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” or any other Act affecting Native land, or lands owned or held by Natives, shall apply, anything in any such Act to the contrary notwithstanding: And whereas Te Rina Pine, of Hastings, in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay, in the Colony of New Zealand, being the owner in severalty of the block or parcel of land mentioned and particularised in the Schedule hereto, has applied to be allowed to mortgage the said block of land: And whereas, by certificate bearing date the fifteenth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, under the hand of George Boutflower Davy, Chief Judge of the Native Land Court of New Zealand, and the seal of the said Court, it was certified that the said Te Rina Pine possesses, irrespective of the land proposed to be mortgaged, other land sufficient for her maintenance:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred by the Act aforesaid, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby authorise the said Te Rina Pine to mortgage the land set out in the Schedule hereto to the Government Advances to Settlers Office, being a lending department of the Government as aforesaid.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Motupuha and Ohinewairua Survey Districts, in the Provincial District of Wellington, known as Section No. 1a No. 2b, Oruamatua-Kaimanawa Block, containing 527 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the north by Section No. 1a No. 2a, Oruamatua-Kaimanawa; towards the east by Section No. 1b No. 1, Oruamatua-Kaimanawa; towards the south by the Makomiko Stream; towards the west by Section No. 1a No. 1, Oruamatua-Kaimanawa, to the starting-point. Being the whole of the land comprised in partition order of the Native Land Court, dated the 20th day of October, 1898, in favour of Te Rina Pine.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.