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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 95

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

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Commissioner of State Forests.

Approved in Council.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Excepting Land from Operation of Section 117 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894.”

RANFURLY, Governor.
By his Deputy,
ROBERT STOUT.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirteenth day of November, 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 lease, all that block or parcel of land, situate in the Provincial District of Wellington, containing one hundred and forty acres, more or less, known as Ruatangata No. 1c No. 3, and being the land comprised in a partition order of the Native Land Court, dated the twenty-seventh day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, in favour of Karena te Manaotawhaki.

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.
By his Deputy,
ROBERT STOUT.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirteenth day of November, 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 Hoeroa Tiopira, of Utiku, 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 bearing date the fifteenth day of August, 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 Hoeroa Tiopira 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 Hoeroa Tiopira to mortgage the land set out in the Schedule hereto to a lending department of the Government as aforesaid.

SCHEDULE.

All that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay, known as Pukehamoamoa A, containing 742 acres 2 roods, more or less, being the whole of the land comprised in a partition order of the Native Land Court, dated the 17th day of December, 1897, in favour of Hoeroa Tiopira.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Altering Date of Election of Councillors, and of Annual Meeting, Hobson County.

RANFURLY, Governor.
By his Deputy,
ROBERT STOUT.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirteenth day of November, 1899.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by “The Counties Act, 1886” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is provided that the general election of members of the various County Councils throughout the colony shall be held on the second Wednesday in November, and that the said Councils shall hold an annual meeting on the fourth Wednesday in November: And whereas it is expedient to extend the time for holding such election and such annual meeting as hereinafter mentioned:

Now, therefore, His Excellency Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by section three hundred and twenty-two of the said Act, and of all other powers in any wise enabling him in this behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby extend the time for holding the general election of Councillors for the Ridings of Aratapu, Kopuru, Kaihu, Dargaville, and Tangowahine, in the County of Hobson; and doth hereby order and declare that in the aforesaid ridings the said general election shall be held and take place on Saturday, the twenty-fifth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine; and doth further order and declare that the annual meeting of the Council of the said County of Hobson shall be held on Saturday, the second day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Auckland Provincial Industrial Association incorporated under “The Industrial Societies Act, 1883.”

RANFURLY, Governor.
By his Deputy,
ROBERT STOUT.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirteenth day of November, 1899.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by “The Industrial Societies Act, 1883,” 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 incorporate the members of the Auckland Provincial Industrial Association into a body corporate under the said Act, by the style and title of “The Auckland Provincial Industrial Association.”

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.