Num. 58.

1681

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1904.

Lands taken for a Road in Block XV., Wangapeka Survey District, Waimea County.

(L.S.)

PLUNKET, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers conferred by section thirteen of “The Land Act, 1892,” and its amendments, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, with the consent of the owner of the land hereinafter mentioned, and with the consent of the Waimea County Council, being the local authority in whose district the said land is situated, do by this notice hereby proclaim as taken for a road the land in Wangapeka Survey District hereinafter described, that is to say,—

In the Nelson Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked and coloured as above mentioned, deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable William Lee, Baron Plunket, Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, 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 fourth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and four.

JAS. McGOWAN,
For Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

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

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this fourth day of July, 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 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 the Maniapoto-Tuwharetoa District Maori Land Council, by a recommendation of the said Council made on the fifth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and three, and received on the twenty-first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and four, recommended His Excellency the Governor to except the block or parcel of land known as Kinohaku East No. 4r, Section No. 2, 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,

ERRATA.—In Schedule to Order in Council dated 17th May, 1904, published in New Zealand Gazette No. 47, pages 1439-40, of the 2nd June, 1904, for “Okoho” Road read “Okoke.” Mangaopapa Road: for “Sections 7 and 2,” Block II., Ngatimaru Survey District, read “Sections 7 and 21.” Okoke Road: for “Block XI.” read “Block IX.,” Upper Waitara Survey District.

In New Zealand Gazette No. 26, of the 24th March, 1904, page 899, for “Alfred John Stringer,” appointed Lieutenant, Pay- and Quarter-master, 1st Battalion Nelson Mounted Rifle Volunteers, read “John Alfred Stringer.”