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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 56

Native Land Court Act, 1894,” for the purpose of alienation by way of lease, except so far as regards the share or interest of Hiriaka Tanirau in the said described land:

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 as described in the Schedule hereto, except as regards the share or interest of Hiriaka Tanirau in the land so described.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that block or parcel of land, situate in the Provincial District of Auckland, containing 455 acres 1 rood 39 perches, more or less, known as Kinohaku East No. 4H, Section No. 4, held under partition order of the Native Land Court dated 19th April, 1901, in favour of Hakopa te Rarauhe and others.

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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PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-seventh 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 exclusively of any lessee or other person who has been bona 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 the Maniapoto-Tuwharetoa District Maori Land Council has recommended that the block or parcel of land known as Pirongia West No. 1 Section 2B, as the same is described in the Schedule hereto, situate in the Auckland Provincial District, 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 in so far as regards the share or interest of Ihaia Whatihua, and twenty-five acres of the share or interest of Te No Kaora:

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 in so far as regards the share or interest of Ihaia Whatihua, and twenty-five acres of the share or interest of Te No Kaora, in the said land described in the Schedule hereto.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that block or parcel of land situate in the Provincial District of Auckland, and known as Pirongia West No. 1 Section 2B, containing 948 acres, more or less, and held under partition order of the Native Land Court dated the ninth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, in favour of Hone Kaora and others.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Authorising the Exchange of a Reserve in the Wellington Land District for other Land.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-seventh day of June, 1904.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land described in the first column of the Schedule hereto forms the land which was permanently set apart for gravel purposes on the seventeenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight: 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,” doth hereby declare that 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.

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SCHEDULE.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Land taken for a Native School at Te Kopua.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-seventh day of June, 1904.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is required for a certain public work, to wit, a Native school:

And whereas the Native owners have agreed to make a free gift of the said land to His Majesty the King, and it has been made to appear that such agreement is sufficient for the purposes intended to be effected thereby:

And whereas by an order of the Native Land Court, on investigation of title, bearing date the twenty-second day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, certain aboriginal natives, as in the said order mentioned, were declared to be the owners of the Te Kopua Block, within which the said land is situated:

And whereas, as required by “The Public Works Act, 1894,” a map has been prepared showing accurately the position and extent of the said land, and such map is hereto attached:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred by “The Public Works Act, 1894,” and “The Public Works Acts Amendment Act, 1900,” and acting by and with the advice and consent