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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 68

Also all that area in the Auckland Land District bounded towards the north generally by a right line from the source of the Waikoukou River to the northernmost corner of Section No. 97, Paremoremo Parish; thence by Pukeatua and Okura Parishes to the sea: thence towards the east generally by the sea to the mouth of the Wairau Stream: thence towards the south generally by the said Wairau Stream and its northern branch, through Sections Nos. 105, 113, and 112, Parish of Takapuna, to its source; thence by a right line to the source of Hellyer’s Creek; thence by the said Hellyer’s Creek to Waitemata Harbour; thence by the waters of the said Waitemata Harbour, by Brigham’s Creek and Waipareira Parish to the Kumeu River: and thence towards the west generally by that river and the Waikoukou River to the source of the latter river, the place of commencement.

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 fourth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister of Mines.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

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 eighth day of August, 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 Rora te Oiroa Potaka, otherwise called Rora Utiku, of Rata, in the Provincial District of Wellington, in the Colony of New Zealand, being the owner in severalty of the blocks or parcels of land mentioned and particularised in the Schedule hereto, has applied to be allowed to mortgage the said blocks of land: And whereas, by certificate bearing date the twenty-sixth day of May, 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 Rora te Oiroa Potaka, otherwise called Rora Utiku, 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 Rora te Oiroa Potaka, otherwise called Rora Utiku, to mortgage the lands set out in the Schedule hereto to a lending department of the Government as aforesaid.

SCHEDULE.

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 eighth day of August, 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 Waikari Karaitiana, of Moawhango, in the Provincial District of Wellington, in the Colony of New Zealand, being the owner in severalty of the blocks or parcels of land mentioned and particularised in the Schedule hereto, has applied to be allowed to mortgage the said blocks or parcels of land: And whereas, by certificate bearing date the tenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, under the hand of William Gilbert Mair, Esquire, a Judge of the Native Land Court of New Zealand, and the seal of the said Court, it was certified that the said Waikari Karaitiana 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 Waikari Karaitiana to mortgage the lands set out in the Schedule hereto to a lending department of the Government as aforesaid.

SCHEDULE.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations under “The Coal-mines Act, 1891.”

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fourth day of July, 1899.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and in exercise of all powers and authorities conferred upon him by “The Coal-mines Act, 1891,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby revoke the Order in Council of the twenty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, making regulations prescribing the terms and conditions for the issue of certificates of competency for the office of manager of a mine, and for regulating the examinations to be held with respect to the necessary knowledge and requirements in working a mine, and in lieu thereof doth hereby make the regulations set forth in the Schedule hereto; and doth hereby further declare that such regulations shall come into force on the date of the publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette,