Mar. 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 751

All in the Auckland Land District; as the said areas are delineated upon the plan marked S.G. 38081, deposited in the Head Office of the Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.

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 His 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 twenty-third day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and one.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Boundaries of Borough of Whangarei extended.

(L.S.) RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power vested in me by “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that the districts the boundaries whereof are described in the First Schedule hereto are hereby incorporated into the Borough of Whangarei, and added to the North Ward of the said borough; and I do further proclaim and declare that the boundaries of the North Ward of the said Borough of Whangarei shall be those described in the Second Schedule hereto, and the boundaries of the said borough shall be those described in the Third Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

PROPOSED ADDITION TO THE BOROUGH OF WHANGAREI.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, situated in the Purua and Whangarei Survey Districts, bounded towards the north-west by the Town District of Kamo, as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 72, 19th June, 1884, from the Kamo–Whangarei Road to the easternmost corner of a subdivision of Mair’s grant, the property of George Burnett; thence by the production of the south-eastern boundary-line of that subdivision to the Otaingerei Stream: thence towards the east generally by the right bank of the said Otaingerei Stream to the northern boundary of Block IX., Whangarei Survey District: thence towards the south by the said Block IX. and Block XII., Purua Survey District, to the Kamo–Whangarei Road: and thence towards the west by the east side of that road to the place of commencement.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

NORTH WARD.

Amended Boundaries.

BOUNDED towards the north-west by the Town District of Kamo, as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 72, 19th June, 1884, from the Kamo–Whangarei Road to the easternmost corner of a subdivision of Mair’s grant, the property of George Burnett; thence by the production of the south-eastern boundary-line of that subdivision to the Otaingerei Stream: thence towards the east generally by the said Otaingerei Stream to the Whangarei River; thence by that river and the Waitaua Creek to a point due east of the northernmost corner of Section No. 1, Block IV., Town of Whangarei: thence towards the south generally by a right line to the northernmost corner of the said Section No. 1; thence by Sections Nos. 1 and 2 of the said Block IV. to the westernmost corner of the last-mentioned section; thence by a right line to the nearest point on the northern side of Dent Street; thence by the northern side of Dent Street to Bank Street: thence towards the north-west by a line along the middle of Bank Street: and towards the south generally by a line along the middle of the road running in a westerly direction from the junction of the Bay of Islands Road with Bank Street, and forming the southern boundaries of Sections Nos. 41, 42, 43, and 44, and by the road forming the south-western boundary of the last-mentioned section to the Waiarohia River; thence by that river to the land known as Edmond Weaver’s land, on the west side of the Waiarohia River; thence by that land to Section No. 192, known as Thomas Johnston’s land; and thence by the said Section No. 192 to Section No. 77, Whangarei Parish, Block XII., Purua Survey District: thence again towards the west generally by the said Section No. 77,

by the abutment of a public road, and by Sections Nos. 71, 66, 67, 68, and 69, to the Waiarohia River; thence by that river to Block VIII., Purua Survey District; thence by that block to the Kamo–Whangarei Road; and thence by that road to the place of commencement.

THIRD SCHEDULE.

BOROUGH OF WHANGAREI.

Amended Boundaries.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, situated in the Purua and Whangarei Survey Districts, bounded towards the north-west by the Town District of Kamo, as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 72, 19th June, 1884, from the Kamo–Whangarei Road to the easternmost corner of a subdivision of Mair’s grant, the property of George Burnett; thence by the production of the south-eastern boundary-line of that subdivision to the Otaingerei Stream: thence towards the east generally by the right bank of the said Otaingerei Stream to the Whangarei River; and thence by the right bank of the said Whangarei River and Whangarei Harbour to a point bearing north 65° east from the easternmost corner of Tarewa Block No. 855: thence towards the south-east by a right line to the easternmost corner of that block: thence towards the south-west by the said Tarewa Block to its northernmost corner; thence by a right line across the Maunu Road to the southernmost corner of the Wharowharo No. 2 Block; and thence by the south-western boundary-line of the said Wharowharo No. 2 Block to the westernmost corner of that block: thence towards the west generally by Horahora No. 2 Block and Section No. 77, Parish of Whangarei, Block XII., Purua Survey District, by the abutment of a public road, and by Sections Nos. 71, 66, 67, 68, and 69 to the Waiarohia Stream; thence by the left bank of that stream to Block VIII., Purua Survey District; thence by that block to the Kamo–Whangarei Road; and thence by the eastern side of that road to 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 His 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 twenty-third day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and one.

J. G. WARD.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

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

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twelfth day of March, 1901.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON 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