Feb. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 343

Warrant exempting Crown Land in the Nelson Land District
from the Operation of “The Mining Act, 1898.”

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RANFURLY, Governor.

WHEREAS by section twenty of “The Mining Act, 1898,” it is, inter alia, enacted that the Governor may from time to time, by notice in the Gazette, exempt any Crown lands from mining, or from any specified mining purpose, or from that Act or any specified provisions of that Act; and that the lands to which any such notice relates shall be specified therein by words of particular description:

And whereas it is desirable that the land specified in the Schedule hereto should be exempted from mining, or from any specified mining purpose, or from “The Mining Act, 1898,” or from any specified provisions of that Act:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and in exercise of the hereinbefore-in-part-recited Act, and of all powers and authorities in anywise enabling me in that behalf, do hereby exempt the land particularly described in the Schedule hereto from mining, or from any specified mining purpose, or from the operations of “The Mining Act, 1898,” or from any specified provisions of the said Act.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Nelson Land District, situated in Blocks VII., VIII., X., XI., and XII., Tadmor Survey District. Bounded towards the north by the northern boundary of Section No. 1, Block VII., and its production to the Tadmor River; thence towards the east by that river to a point in line with the northern boundary of Section No. 8, Block VII.; thence again towards the north by a right line to and by the northern boundary of the said Section No. 8, and by the northern boundary of Section No. 4, Block VIII.; again towards the east generally by the eastern boundaries of Sections Nos. 4, 5, and 6, Block VIII., the eastern boundary of Section No. 11, Block XII., and the eastern boundaries of Sections Nos. 2, 3, 24, and 25, Block XI., to the southernmost corner of the last-mentioned section; thence towards the south generally by the southern and western boundaries of the said Section No. 25 to a point in line with the southern boundary of Section No. 27, thence by a right line to and by the southern boundary of that section, by the southern boundary of Section No. 29, across a road, and by the southern boundary of Section No. 31 to the eastern boundary of Block X., and thence by the eastern and southern boundaries of Block X. to the south-western corner of Section No. 7, Block X.; thence towards the west generally by the western boundary of that section to a point in line with the south-western boundary of Section No. 17, thence by a right line to and by that boundary and by the north-western boundaries of Sections Nos. 17, 11, and 8, to a point in line with the western boundary of Section No. 14, thence by a right line to and by that boundary and by the western boundaries of Sections Nos. 15 and 12, Block X., by the north-western boundaries of Sections Nos. 18 and 19, Block X., by the north-western boundary of Section No. 38, Block XI., by the north-western boundaries of Sections Nos. 24, 23, and 25, Block VII., and the western boundaries of Sections Nos. 26, 27, 28, 29, and 1, Block VII., to the northern boundary of the last-mentioned section, the place of commencement.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twenty-ninth day of January, one thousand
nine hundred and one.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

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Warrant exempting Crown Lands from the Operation of
“The Mining Act, 1898.”

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RANFURLY, Governor.

WHEREAS by section twenty of “The Mining Act, 1898,” it is, inter alia, enacted that the Governor may from time to time, by notice in the Gazette, exempt any Crown lands from mining, or from any specified mining purpose, or from that Act or any specified provisions of that Act; and that the lands to which any such notice relates shall be specified therein by words of particular description:

And whereas it is desirable that the lands specified in the Schedule hereto should be exempted from mining, or from any specified mining purpose, or from “The Mining Act, 1898,” or from any specified provisions of that Act:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and in exercise of the hereinbefore-in-part-recited Act, and of all powers and authorities in anywise enabling me in that behalf, do hereby exempt the lands particularly described in the Schedule hereto from mining, or from any specified mining purpose, or from the operations of “The Mining Act, 1898,” or from any specified provisions of the said Act.

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SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Westland Land District, containing by admeasurement 13,000 acres, more or less, situated in Totara, Whitcombe Pass, and Waitaha Survey Districts. Bounded towards the north-east by the Rangitoto Road from the Kakapotahi River to Watershed Saddle, thence by a right line bearing south 18° east to Allen’s Creek; thence towards the south by a right line bearing due west 225 chains; thence towards the south-west by a right line bearing north 18° west through Trig. Station H.D., 600 chains; and thence towards the north by a right line bearing due east to the confluence of the Waitaha and Kakapotahi Rivers, and thence by the south bank of the Kakapotahi River to the place of commencement.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor
this fifth day of February, one thousand nine
hundred and one.

C. H. MILLS,
For Minister of Lands.

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Varying Restrictions on Alienation of Native Land.

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RANFURLY, Governor.

WHEREAS application has been made to the Governor by the owners of the land described in the Schedule hereto, praying that the restrictions on the alienation of such land contained in Land Transfer certificate of title, Volume Twenty, folio thirty-nine, Auckland Register, may be varied so as to permit the owners to lease the said land: And whereas inquiry has been duly made by the Native Land Court, and the said Court has recommended that such restrictions be varied to allow of the land being leased for twenty-one years:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the fifty-second section of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” and in accordance with the recommendation of the Native Land Court, doth hereby order and declare that the restrictions imposed by the said Land Transfer certificate of title on the alienation of the said land are hereby varied to the extent that the owners may lease the said land for any period not exceeding twenty-one years.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land, containing 4,314 acres, more or less, situate in the Provincial District of Auckland, known as Allotment No. 99, Parish of Onewhero, held under Land Transfer certificate of title, Volume 20, folio 39, Auckland Register, in favour of Patoromo Titoko and others, and containing the following restrictions: “Absolutely inalienable by gift, sale, lease, or mortgage.”

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this seventh day of February, one thousand nine
hundred and one.

J. CARROLL,
Native Minister.

Approved in Council.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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