July 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1839

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land in Hawke’s Bay Land District, containing by admeasurement 6 acres 2 roods, more or less, being Section No. 151, Town of Frasertown, Taramarama Survey District. Bounded towards the east by Stout Street; towards the south by Sections Nos. 66, 65, 64, 63, 62, 61, 60, 59, 58, 57, and 56; and towards the north-west by Russell Parade North: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Extension of Time for Preparation of County Rolls, Takaka County.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of July, 1904.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS it has been made to appear that, owing to unavoidable circumstances, the preparation of the rolls for the County of Takaka, and the taking of certain steps consequent on such preparation, cannot be made and taken within the times limited by “The Counties Act, 1886,” and it is expedient to extend the said times respectively:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers conferred upon him by “The Counties Act Amendment Act, 1903,” and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby order and declare that the several dates mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall be the respective dates for taking the several steps set out in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

1. For preparing the rolls for ridings within the County of Takaka: Until the 30th July, 1904.

2. Time for which such rolls shall be open for inspection: From the 5th August, 1904, to the 23rd August, 1904.

3. Time for appeals against the said rolls: Until the 7th September, 1904.

4. Revision Courts may sit for hearing applications with reference to the said rolls, and adjourn: Until the 30th September, 1904.

5. Time when the said rolls, having been duly corrected and signed, shall come into force: On the 1st October, 1904.

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 twenty-fifth 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 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 Aotea District Maori Land Council, by a recommendation made on the seventeenth day of September, 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 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 Wellington, known as Rangiwaea No. 4f No. 7, containing three hundred and eighty-eight acres, 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 and others.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Land brought within the Jurisdiction of the Native Land Court.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of July, 1904.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS the ownership of the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto requires to be ascertained, and it is also necessary to determine the relative shares or interests of the Native owners of the said land:

And whereas it is expedient that the several matters should be brought within the jurisdiction of the Native Land Court in order that the same may be effectively dealt with:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by “The Land Titles Protection Act, 1902,” and the fifteenth section of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby order and declare that the investigation and determination of the ownership of the land described in the Schedule hereto, and of the relative shares or interests of any Natives therein, and also the determination of any matter or question which may arise in relation to the premises, or which it shall be necessary to determine for the purpose aforesaid, shall be and the same are hereby brought within the jurisdiction of the Native Land Court established under the said Act.

And it is hereby further declared that this Order shall take effect on and after the thirtieth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and four.

SCHEDULE.

All that piece or parcel of land, containing by admeasurement 45 acres, be the same more or less, being the land known as the Moeraki Township Reserve.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Licensing James Morris and others to use and occupy a Part of the Foreshore at Matakohe, Kaipara, as a Site for a Wharf.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of July, 1904.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS, there being no Harbour Board empowered to grant the license hereinafter mentioned under “The Harbours Act Amendment Act, 1883” (hereinafter called “the said Act”), James Morris, Ebenezer Stricket, Ernest Smith, John Cartwright, and Arthur Henry Kempthorne, of Kaipara (hereinafter called “the licensees”) have, as trustees for the inhabitants of the district, applied to the Governor in Council for a license under the