SEPT. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2303

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-sixth day of September, 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 bond 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 of the said Council made on the nineteenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and four, and received on the fourteenth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and four, 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, containing seven hundred acres two roods thirty-five perches, more or less, being the land known as Rangiwaewa 4e No. 2a:

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, containing seven hundred acres two roods thirty-five perches, more or less, being the land known as Rangiwaewa 4e No. 2a, situate in the Provincial District of Wellington, and being the land held under partition order of the Native Land Court dated the fourteenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred, in favour of Henare Haeretuterangi 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-sixth day of September, 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 bond 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 hundred and four, and received on the twelfth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and four, 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, containing one hundred and eighty acres, being part of the land known as Kakepuku No. 4b:

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 containing one hundred and eighty acres, being part of the land known as Kakepuku No. 4b, situate in the Provincial District of Auckland, and being part of the land comprised in Land Transfer certificate of title, Volume cxv., folio 152, dated the twelfth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and three, in favour of Hera Kawhena and others.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Land temporarily reserved in the Otago Land District.

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PLUNKET, 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 particular 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, William Lee, Baron Plunket, 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 Schedule 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.

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SCHEDULE.

All that area in the Otago Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 acre, more or less, being Section No. 25 (Tokarahi Settlement), Block VIII., Maruwenua Survey District. Bounded towards the north by the Tokarahi Railway-station reserve, Block VIII., Maruwenua Survey District; towards the east by Section No. 26 of the said Block VIII.; towards the south by a public road; and towards the west by Section No. 24 of Block VIII. aforesaid: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 19016B, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon bordered red. For a site for a public hall.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-sixth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and four.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

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Branding Registration Districts of Sounds, Marlborough, Awatere, Nelson, Buller, and Westland reconstituted; and Branding Registration Districts of Wairau, Grey, and Inangahua constituted.—Notice No. 903.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS it is expedient that the Sounds, Marlborough, Awatere, Nelson, Buller, and Westland Branding Registration Districts should be reconstituted, and that new Branding Registration Districts, to be known as the Wairau, Grey, and Inangahua Branding Registration Districts, should be constituted:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by “The Stock Act, 1893,” do hereby reconstitute the Sounds, Marlborough, Awatere, Nelson, Buller, and Westland Branding Registration Districts, and do also constitute the Wairau, Grey, and Inangahua Branding Registration Districts, and declare that the said districts shall hereafter be comprised as described in the Schedule hereto; and also do hereby appoint the persons and places named in the said Schedule