JULY 7. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1683

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 hun-
dred 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 Auckland Land District, con-
taining one hundred and twenty-five acres, more or less,
known as Hauturu East No 1c No. 2, and being the land
comprised in partition order of the Native Land Court dated
the twenty-fourth day of May, one thousand eight hundred
and ninety-five, in favour of Hiiti Henare.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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 opera-
tion 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 exclu-
sively 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 Aotea District Maori Land Council, by
a recommendation made on the seventeenth day of Sep-
tember, one thousand nine hundred and two, and received
on the sixteenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred
and four, has recommended His Excellency the Governor
to 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 known as Rangiwaea No. 4f No. 7:

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 hun-
dred 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 Wellin-
ton, known as Rangiwaea No. 4f No. 7, containing one hun-
dred and four acres three roods, more or less, and being the
land comprised in partition order of the Native Land Court
dated the fourteenth day of June, one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-nine, in favour of Edward George
McDonnell.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Declaring Road in Masterton County to be County Road.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this fourth day
of July, 1904.

Present:

His EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance of the powers vested in him by “The
Public Works Act, 1894,” and of all other powers

in anywise enabling him in this behalf, 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, doth hereby order and declare that the
road described in the Schedule hereto shall, on and after
the date of this Order in Council, be a county road.

SCHEDULE.

HUTEWAI ROAD.

ALL that road in the Masterton County, Wellington Land
District, commencing at its junction with the Alfredton-
Weber Road, in Section 21, Block VII., Puketoi Survey
District, and proceeding thence generally northerly until
it junctions with the Kuware Road, near the northernmost
corner of Section 16, Block III., Puketoi Survey District, a
distance of three miles and a half, or thereabouts: as
the said road is delineated on the plan marked R. 977,
deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at
Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and is coloured
green and marked A.B. thereon.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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 opera-
tion 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 exclu-
sively 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 fourth day of March, one thousand nine hun-
dred and four, and received on the twenty-fifth day of May,
one thousand nine hundred and four, recommended His
Excellency the Governor to except the block or parcel of
land known as Rangitoto-Tuhua No. 67c, containing ten
acres, more or less, from the operation of section one hun-
dred 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 hun-
dred 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 situate in the Provincial District of Auck-
land, and known as Rangitoto-Tuhua No. 67c, containing
ten acres, more or less, and held under partition order of
the Native Land Court dated the twenty-seventh day of
February, one thousand nine hundred and four, in favour of
Manawaiti Taohua and others.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.