Mar. 13.] • THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 627

Exchange of a Portion of a Reserve in Taranaki for other Land.

RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this fourth day of March, 1902.

Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the first column of the Schedule hereto forms part of the land which was permanently set apart as a public cemetery on the twenty-third day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five: And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient to exchange the said land for that described in the second column of the Schedule hereto:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, and in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the fourth section of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” and the third section of “The Public Reserves Act Amendment Act, 1889,” doth hereby declare that the portion of the said reserve described in the first column of the Schedule hereto may be exchanged for the land described in the second column of the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Increasing the Holding-area of Land to Settlers in the Levin Village Settlement, Wellington.

RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this fourth day of March, 1902.

Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Order in Council issued on the twenty-seventh day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, under the authority of section one hundred and sixty-three of “The Land Act, 1885,” fixing the terms and conditions upon which village-settlement lands should be disposed of, it was provided that no lessee would be allowed to acquire more than one allotment:

And whereas by Orders in Council of the eleventh day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, and the second day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, issued under section one hundred and sixty-nine of “The Land Act, 1892,” it was also provided that no lessee would be allowed to hold more than one allotment in the Levin Village Settlement:

And whereas the Levin Village Settlement was, by Proclamations of the ninth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, and the sixth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, set apart for selection under the terms and conditions of the aforesaid Orders in Council:

And whereas it is expedient to allow one person to hold more than one allotment in the Levin Village Settlement, provided that the total area acquired does not exceed twenty acres:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in pursuance of all powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony of New Zealand, doth hereby amend the Orders in Council aforesaid so far as they affect the area in which the land in the Levin Village Settlement shall be held, and doth declare that on and after the date hereof any settler in the Levin Village Settlement aforesaid may apply for and acquire more than one allotment, provided that the total area acquired does not exceed twenty acres; and it is hereby further declared that all the provisions of the Orders in Council of the twenty-seventh day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, the eleventh day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, and the second day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, aforesaid, shall apply, except as regards the area in which the sections may be held, to the Levin Village Settlement aforesaid.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Excepting Land 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 eighth day of March, 1902.

Present:
THE HONOURABLE W. C. WALKER 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:

And whereas William Muhunga Broughton, of Omahu, in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay, being the owner of the lands known as Omahu No. 3cA and Omahu No. 4B, has applied to be allowed to sell or mortgage the said lands, and also his estate and interest in the land known as Omahu No. 3cB, under the following leases: (1) Lease, Mere Taki to William Muhunga Broughton, dated the twenty-sixth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, registered number 1729; (2) lease, Henare Tomoana to William Muhunga Broughton, dated the twenty-ninth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, registered number 1730; (3) lease, Pene te Uamairangi to William Muhunga Broughton, dated the twenty-ninth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, registered number 1731; (4) lease, Hene te Wharemake to William Muhunga Broughton, dated the twenty-fifth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, registered number 1741; (5) lease, Te Urihei to William Muhunga Broughton, dated the ninth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, registered number 1937; (6) lease, Otene Meihana to William Muhunga Broughton, dated the fourth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, registered number 1938:

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 or mortgage, the blocks or parcels of land known as Omahu No. 3cA, containing four hundred and seventy-seven acres, more or less, and Omahu No. 4B, containing ninety-three acres two roods nine perches, more or less, held under partition orders of the Native Land Court dated the fifth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, and the tenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, respectively, in favour of William Muhunga Broughton, and all the estate and interest of the said William Muhunga Broughton in the abovementioned leases of the block and parcel of land known as Omahu No. 3cB.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.