JUNE 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1213

And whereas it is expedient that the said several matters should be brought within the jurisdiction of the Native Land Court in order that the same may be effectively dealt with:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the fifteenth section of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby order and declare that the investigation and determination of the ownership of the land described in the Schedule hereto, and of the relative shares or interests of any Natives therein, and also the determination of any matter or question which may arise in relation to the premises, or which it shall be necessary to determine for the purpose aforesaid, shall be and the same are hereby brought within the jurisdiction of the Native Land Court established under the said Act.

And it is hereby further declared that this Order shall take effect on and after the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land, situate at Petone, in the Provincial District of Wellington, being part of Section No. 4 on the plan of the public map of the Hutt District, the boundaries of which are as follows, that is to say: Bounded on the north and east, 300 links and 523·5 links respectively, by other parts of the said Section No. 4; on the south, 301·1 links or thereabouts, by a public road; and on the west, 549·2 links, by Section No. 3 on the plan of the Hutt District.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

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RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-eighth day of June, 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 Hakopa te Ahunga, of Moawhango, 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 under the hand of William James Butler, Esquire, a Judge of the Native Land Court of New Zealand, and the seal of the said Court, it was certified that the said Hakopa te Ahunga 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 Hakopa te Ahunga to mortgage the land set out in the Schedule hereto to a lending department of the Government as aforesaid.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Provincial District of Wellington, known as Oruamatua-Kaimanawa No. 1c, containing 2,111 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 Hakopa te Ahunga.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Powers delegated to the Carleton Domain Board under “The Public Domains Act, 1881.”

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RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-sixth day of June, 1899.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by “The Public Domains Act, 1881,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council thereof, doth hereby revoke a certain Order in Council, dated the twenty-fourth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, making delegation of certain powers in manner as therein appears; and doth, with the like advice and consent, by this present Order, delegate, but only with respect to the piece or parcel of land described in the Schedule hereto, all the powers conferred by the Act aforesaid, except the powers under or conferred by sections five and twelve thereof, to the under-mentioned persons, who shall be known as the Carleton Public Domain Board, namely,—

JOHN O’HALLORAN,
ROBERT BENNETT,
JOHN SKURR,
JOSEPH INCH,
HENRICK STEFFENS,
ALEXANDER MODERATE, and
JOHN COWENS

(herein referred to as “the Board”), subject to the stipulations hereinafter contained, that is to say,—

1. The Board shall meet for the transaction of business on the third Wednesday in each month, at eight o’clock p.m., at Carleton, or at such other time or place as may from time to time be fixed by the Board. The first meeting shall be held on Wednesday, the nineteenth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.

2. Special meetings may be convened by the Chairman or by any two members of the Board, provided that two days’ notice of such meeting be given to each member, specifying the business to be transacted at such special meeting; and no other business than that so specified shall be transacted at such meeting.

3. Any three of the said Board shall form a quorum. Any meeting may be adjourned from time to time.

4. The members of the Board shall, at their first meeting, and thereafter at an annual meeting to be held on the third Wednesday in January in every succeeding year thereafter, elect one of themselves to be Chairman, who may join in the discussion, and shall have an original as well as a casting vote. The Chairman shall hold office until the election of his successor.

5. If at any meeting the Chairman is not present at the time appointed for holding the same, the members present shall choose some one of their number to be chairman of such meeting.

6. If, by resignation, death, or incapacity, or otherwise, the office of Chairman shall be or become vacant, the members may at any monthly or special meeting appoint a Chairman.

7. All questions shall be determined by the majority of votes of the members of the Board present at a meeting.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Land District of Canterbury, containing by admeasurement 7 acres 2 roods, more or less, being Section No. 2808 (in red), formerly part of Reserve No. 361, situate in Block V., Mairaki Survey District. Bounded northwards by a line parallel to the road north of Section No. 4643, and 1250 links distant therefrom, 1000 links; towards the eastward, southward, and westward by Section No. 15239, 750, 1000, and 750 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the map deposited in the District Survey Office, Christchurch.

Also,—

All that parcel of land in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 6 acres 1 rood, more or less, being Section No. 2858 (in red), formerly part of Reserve No. 361, and situate in Block V., Mairaki Survey District. Bounded northwards by a line parallel to the road north of Section No. 4643, and 555·6 links distant therefrom, 900 links; eastward by a right-of-way, 694·4 links; southward by Reserve No. 2808, 900 links; and westward by Section No. 15239, 694·4 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan deposited in the Survey Office, Christchurch.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.