1928
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 86

Land taken for a Road, Section 34, Oreti, and Section 3 of 105, Taringatura, Survey Districts.

(L.S.)
RANFURLY, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken, under “The Public Works Act, 1894,” for road purposes:
And whereas the Southland County Council has laid before the Governor a memorial, accompanied by a map, and also the statutory declaration required by the said Act:
Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by “The Public Works Act, 1894,” and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in that behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that, from and after the date of the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette, the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is hereby taken for the purposes of a road.

SCHEDULE.

In the Southland Land District: as the same are more particularly delineated upon the plan marked as above mentioned, deposited in the Head Office of the Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured as above noted.

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

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Lands.

God save the Queen!

Canceling Proclamation taking Lands for Roads in Raglan County.

(L.S.)
RANFURLY, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the twenty-second section of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” it is, among other things, enacted that in any case where a Proclamation has been issued taking lands for any public work, and where, before such Proclamation has been registered by the District Land Registrar, as by the said Act provided, it is found that such Proclamation is incorrect in form or description, the Governor may by a subsequent Proclamation cancel and annul such first-mentioned Proclamation, or any part thereof: And whereas a Proclamation made under the said Act, dated the twenty-fourth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, taking lands for roads in Raglan County, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, was incorrect in description, and such Proclamation has not been registered by the District Land Registrar, as provided by the said Act:
Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by “The Public Works Act, 1894,” do by this Proclamation hereby cancel and annul the said Proclamation dated the twenty-fourth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, taking lands for roads in Raglan County.

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 sixteenth day of October, 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 sixteenth day of October, 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 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 sale to the Superior of the Roman Catholic Mission amongst the Maoris of the Auckland Diocese, for the purposes of a Roman Catholic mission-station, all that parcel of land, containing one hundred acres, more or less, situate in the Provincial District of Auckland, and being part of the land known as Waihapa No. 3A, held under order of the Native Land Court, dated the fourteenth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, in favour of Rameka te Tirarau.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Conferring Jurisdiction on Native Land Court.

RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this sixteenth day of October, 1899.

Present:
His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by section fourteen of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” it is enacted that the Native Land Court shall, as regards all lands within the meaning of subsection ten of section fourteen aforesaid, have jurisdiction as in the said subsection mentioned: Provided that the Court shall not proceed to exercise such jurisdiction unless the Governor in Council shall by Order authorise the same to be done:
And whereas the land specified in the Schedule hereto is land in respect whereof the Court has jurisdiction as aforesaid, and it is expedient that the Court should be authorised to exercise the same:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby authorise the said Court to exercise in respect of the said land the jurisdiction conferred as aforesaid—that is to say, to determine whether or not the said land or any part thereof was, on the investigation of title thereto, intended by the Native Land Court, or by the nominal owner or owners of such land, to be held by