May 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1011

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 30 acres, more or less, being Reserve No. 1633, situate in the Alford Survey District, the boundaries whereof commence at a point on the road forming the eastern boundary of Reserve No. 1631, the same being 1 chain south of the south-eastern corner thereof; thence southerly following the said road a distance of 22 chains, and extending westerly 13 chains 75 links in a rectangular block, being partly bounded on the northward by Reserve No. 1632. Also,—

All that parcel of land in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 89 acres 2 roods, more or less, being Reserve No. 2639, situate in the Alford Survey District. Bounded towards the north-east by Section No. 17772, 1538 links, also by a line bearing 140° 16′ 30″, 650 links; towards the north-west by Section No. 34048, 2472 links, by a line bearing 50° 16′ 30″, 1541 links, and by Section No. 17772, 500 links; towards the south-east by Section No. 17773, 686 links, and by Section No. 26962, 3519 links; and towards the south-west by the River Ashburton: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less.

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 Buildings, at Wellington, this fifteenth day of May, 1899.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. C. WALKER PRESIDING 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, all that block or parcel of land, situate in the Provincial District of Wellington, containing eighty-three acres, more or less, known as part of Rakautaua No. 1b No. 2, and being part of the land comprised in partition order of the Native Land Court, dated the sixteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, in favour of Utiku te Ki.

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 Buildings, at Wellington, this fifteenth day of May, 1899.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. C. WALKER PRESIDING 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, all that block or parcel of land, situate in the Provincial District of Wellington, containing eighty-nine acres two roods, more or less, known as part of Rakautaua No. 1b No. 1, being part of the land comprised in partition order of the Native Land Court, dated the sixteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, in favour of Hapeta Pitimou.

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 Buildings, at Wellington, this fifteenth day of May, 1899.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. C. WALKER PRESIDING 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 Anahira Reina Barns, of Wanganui, in the Provincial District of Wellington, 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 twenty-first day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, under the hand of Robert Ward, Esquire, a Judge of the Native Land Court of New Zealand, and the seal of the said Court, it was certified that the said Anahira Reina Barns 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 Anahira Reina Barns to mortgage the land set out in the Schedule hereto to a lending department of the Government as aforesaid.

SCHEDULE.

All that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Provincial District of Wellington, known as Pohonuiatane No. 3b, containing 1,245 acres 2 roods, more or less, being the whole of the land comprised in Land Transfer certificate, Vol. xcvi., folio 276, in favour of Anahira Reina Barns.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.