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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 58

Land at Pitt Island, Chatham Islands, taken for Boat-harbour Purposes.

(L.S.)
RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule here-to is required to be taken, under “The Public Works Act, 1894,” for a certain public work, to wit, the construction of a wharf and landing-shed for boat-harbour purposes at Pitt Island, Chatham Islands:

And whereas all conditions precedent required by law to be observed and performed prior to the issue of this Proclamation have been observed and performed:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities in me vested by “The Public Works Act, 1894,” and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that, from and after the date of the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette, the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is hereby taken for the purpose of constructing a wharf and landing-shed as aforesaid.

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SCHEDULE.

The parcel of land mentioned in list hereunder:—

In the Land District of Wellington; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 19595, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly; Knight Grand Cross 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 tenth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and two.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

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Land withdrawn from Matapouri Village-homestead Settlement, Taranaki Land District.

(L.S.)
RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the sixth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby declare that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the Proclamation of the twenty-eighth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, so far as it relates to the section described in the Schedule hereto, shall be and the same is hereby revoked; and do proclaim and declare that the said section is hereby withdrawn from selection as a village-homestead allotment.

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SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

Kapara Survey District. — Matapouri Village-homestead Settlement.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly; Knight Grand Cross 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 fourteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and two.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

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

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this fourteenth day of July, 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 Wellington, containing four acres, more or less, known as Okurupatu A No. 2, Subdivision No. 2, being the whole of the land comprised in partition order of the Native Land Court, dated the ninth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, in favour of Matire Kawana.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Appointing Judges, &c., of Cook and other Islands Land Titles Court.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this fourteenth day of July, 1902.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by “The Cook and other Islands Government Act, 1901,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand did, by Order in Council dated the seventh day of July, one thousand nine hundred and two, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the tenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and two, constitute and appoint a tribunal to be called “The Cook and other Islands Land Titles Court,” with the jurisdiction and powers in the said Order in Council set forth:

And whereas it is expedient to appoint Judges and officers of the said Court so established as aforesaid:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by “The Cook and other Islands Government Act, 1901,” and of every other power and authority enabling him in that behalf, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand,