Dec. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2621

And with the like advice and consent as aforesaid doth hereby also order that this delegation shall take effect in respect of the parcel of Crown land described in the Schedule hereto.

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SCHEDULE.

All that area in the Auckland Land District, being Allotment No. 54 and part of Allotment No. 11, both of Section 12 of the Suburbs of Auckland, containing by admeasurement 121 acres and 28 perches, more or less. Bounded towards the north-east generally by Allotment No. 9 of Section 12 of the Suburbs of Auckland, 383 links, and by other part of Allotment No. 11 of the same section, 67, 976, 125, 254, 1153, 298, 266, 234, and 1280 links; towards the south-east generally by Allotment No. 13 of the section aforesaid, 4735 links, and by a public road, 109 and 1465 links; towards the south-west by a public road, 1173 links; and towards the north-west by Allotment No. 12 of Section 12 aforesaid, 1455, 1635, and 1370 links, to the point of commencement: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Conferring Jurisdiction on the Native Land Court to inquire into and determine all Questions in Dispute as to the Boundaries of the Huatau Block, otherwise known as Odeland’s Land Claims.

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RANFURLY, Governor.

By his Deputy,

ROBERT STOUT.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of November, 1902.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by section fourteen of “The Native and Maori Land Laws Amendment Act, 1902,” it is enacted that the Governor may, by Order in Council, confer on the Native Land Court jurisdiction to inquire into and determine all questions in dispute as to the boundaries of the Huatau Block, otherwise known as Odeland’s Land Claims, in the Hokianga County, and to adjudicate upon as Native land any land now in possession of or claimed by the Crown which the Court shall find ought not to have been included in the Crown grant to James Scott Odeland of the said land:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred on him by the said section fourteen of “The Native and Maori Land Laws Amendment Act, 1902,” or otherwise howsoever, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby order and declare that the Native Land Court shall have jurisdiction to inquire into and determine the several matters aforesaid, and any and every matter or question incident thereto, and to do all acts necessary to be done for the purpose aforesaid.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

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RANFURLY, Governor.

By his Deputy,

ROBERT STOUT.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of November, 1902.

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, the blocks or parcels of land particularised and set out in the Schedule hereto.

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SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land, containing 551 acres, situate in the Provincial District of Wellington, known as Motukawa No. 2B, Section No. 23, being the land comprised in partition order of the Native Land Court, dated the 19th day of June, 1899, in favour of Toia Ngarangi.

All that parcel of land, situate in the Provincial District of Wellington, containing 274 acres, more or less, and known as Motukawa No. 2B, Section No. 24, being the land comprised in partition order of the Native Land Court, dated the 19th day of June, 1899, in favour of Toia Ngarangi.

All that parcel of land, containing 600 acres, more or less, situate in the Provincial District of Wellington, known as Motukawa No. 2B, Section No. 25, being the land comprised in exchange order of the Native Land Court, dated the 7th day of November, 1900, in favour of Toia Ngarangi.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

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RANFURLY, Governor.

By his Deputy,

ROBERT STOUT.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of November, 1902.

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, all that block or parcel of land situate in the Provincial District of Auckland, containing two hundred acres, more or less, known as Horahia Opou No. 2A, being the land comprised in partition order of the Native Land Court, dated the second day of August, one thousand nine hundred and two, in favour of Hohepa Mataitaua and another.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.