JUNE 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1571

the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in
the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red
and marked A.B.

HOROUTA–PUKEOKAHU ROAD.

All that portion of the road in the Wellington Land Dis-
trict, Rangitikei County, known as the Horouta–Pukeokahu
Road, commencing at and including the bridge over the
Moawhango River at Horouta, and proceeding in an easterly
direction through Section 39, Block IV., Hautapu; thence
in a northerly direction along part frontage of Section 40,
Block I., Ruahine, frontage of Section 38 and part frontage
of Section 36, Block XIII., Pukeokahu Survey District;
terminating at the junction of the Moawhango Valley Road,
being a distance of 2 miles 48 chains or thereabouts: as
the said road is more particularly delineated on the plan
marked R. 5161ez, deposited in the office of the Chief En-
gineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land
District, thereon coloured green and marked B.C.

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 House, at Wellington, this twentieth
day of June, 1904.

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 ex-
clusively 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 pur-
chase 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 the Maniapoto-Tuwharetoa District Maori
Land Council has recommended that the block or parcel of
land situate in the Provincial District of Auckland, and
known as Pirongia West No. 3B Section 2E No. 2B, as the
same is described in the Schedule hereto, be excepted
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, except so far as regards one-
fifth share each of the interests of Hape Toataua (alias
Hape te Ake), Kohuru Toataua (alias Kohuru te Ake), Kiipi
Toataua, and Te Au Toataua (alias Te Au te Ake) :

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,
all that block or parcel of land described in the Schedule
hereto, except so far as regards one-fifth share each of the
interests of Hape Toataua (alias Hape te Ake), Kohuru
Toataua (alias Kohuru te Ake), Kiipi Toataua, and Te Au
Toataua (alias Te Au te Ake) in the said land so described
in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that block or parcel of land situate in the Provincial
District of Auckland, and known as Pirongia West No. 3B
Section No. 2E No. 2B, containing 903 acres, more or less,
and held under partition order of the Native Land Court
dated the 22nd day of April, 1902, in favour of Hone Ruki
and others.

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 House, at Wellington, this twentieth
day of June, 1904.

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 ex-
clusively 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 pur-
chase 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 the Maniapoto-Tuwharetoa District Maori
Land Council has recommended that the block or parcel of
land known as Te Kuiti No. 2B No. 2 be excepted 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:

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 block or parcel of land situate in the Provincial District
of Auckland, containing three hundred and seventy-eight
acres two roods, more or less, known as Te Kuiti No. 2B
No. 2, and being the land comprised in partition order of
the Native Land Court dated the eighth July, one thousand
nine hundred and two, in favour of Rangitakina Wiri and
others.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Land temporarily reserved in the Otago Land District.

RANFURLY, Governor.

WHEREAS by the two-hundred-and-thirty-fifth section
of “The Land Act, 1892,” it is enacted that the
Governor may from time to time, either by general or parti-
cular description, and whether the same has been surveyed
or not, reserve from sale temporarily, notwithstanding that
the same may be then held under pastoral license, any
Crown lands which in his opinion are required for any of
the purposes in the said section mentioned:

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 vested in me by
the said Act, do hereby temporarily reserve from sale the
land in the Otago Land District described in the Sche-
dule hereunder written, for the purpose in the said Schedule
specified at the end of the description of the land so intended
to be temporarily reserved.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Otago Land District, containing by
admeasurement 3 roods 14 perches, more or less, being
Section No. 8A, Block I., Otokia Survey District (formerly
part of Section No. 1A, Duncan Settlement). Bounded
towards the north-east by a public road, and towards the
south-east, south-west, and north-west by Section No. 1A
(Duncan Settlement) of Block I., Otokia Survey District:
as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 19275A,
deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and
Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District,
and thereon coloured red. For a gravel reserve.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this sixteenth day of June, one thousand nine
hundred and four.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.