Num. 60.

1301

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1899.

Land in Southland withdrawn from Selection as Village Homesteads.

(L.S.)

RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the sixth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby declare that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the Proclamation of the twenty-second day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, so far as it relates to the section enumerated in the Schedule hereto, shall be and the same is hereby revoked; and do proclaim and declare that the said section is hereby withdrawn from selection as village-homestead allotments.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION No. 6, Block VII., Waikawa Survey District.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this fifth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN !

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 tenth day of July, 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 bona 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 seven hundred and seventy-one acres three roods thirty-six perches, more or less, and known as Pahaoa No. 4B, being the whole of the land comprised in a partition order of the Native Land Court, dated the twenty-fourth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, in favour of Rawinia te Huki and others.

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 tenth day of July, 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