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acres two roods, situate in the Provincial District of Wellington, known as part of Rakautaua No. 1b No. 1, and being part of the land comprised in a 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; and all that piece or parcel of land, containing eighty-three acres, situate in the Provincial District of Wellington, known as part of Rakautaua No. 1b No. 2, and being part of the land comprised in a 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.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting-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 eighteenth day of January, 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 lease, the block or parcel of land known as Te Amo-o-te-rangi No. 1, situate in the Provincial District of Auckland. Bounded on the north by the Ngutu-o-te-moana Block, on the east by the Te Foro-o-te-ngohi-moana Nos. 1 and 2 Blocks, on the south by the Warawarakaina Block, and on the west by the Te Amo-o-te-rangi No. 2 Block and the Waihou River to the commencing-point, and containing ten acres two roods eight perches, 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 eighteenth day of January, 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, the blocks or parcels of land mentioned and particularised in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

All that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Provincial District of Wellington, containing 670 acres, more or less, known as Subdivision 9 of Ruanui No. 1. Bounded on the north by Subdivisions 8 and 10 of Ruanui No. 1, 7599 links and 8126·1 links respectively; on the east by Subdivisions 6 and 7, 3140 links and 2856·7 links respectively; on the south by Subdivision 6, 8197·3 links, and by the Omarae Stream; and on the west by the Turakina River. Being the whole of the land comprised in and described by certificate of title in the District Land Registry Office, at Wellington, Vol. xcvi., folio 172.

All that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Provincial District of Wellington, containing 1,161 acres, more or less, known as Subdivision No. 1r of the Raketapauma Block. Bounded on the north, 5256·8 links, by the adjoining land known as Raketapauma Block 1c; on the north-east, 9750·0 links, by the adjoining Block No. 1r; on the south-east, 12649·8 links, by the adjoining Block No. 1n; and on the west, 17110·5 links, by the adjoining Block No. 1x. Being the whole of the land comprised in and described by the provisional title in the office of the District Land Registrar at Wellington, Vol. iii., folio 157.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.