Lands set apart for Settlement.

(L.S.)

PLUNKET, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the seventy-third section of "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1901" (herein termed "the said Act"), it is, amongst other things, enacted that, before certain moneys therein mentioned shall be expended upon any block of land, it shall be necessary that the same be proclaimed as set apart for settlement:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of every power and authority enabling me in this behalf, and for the purposes of the said Act, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim the land described in the Schedule hereto as set apart for settlement.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Te Rerenga Block (7,991 Acres, more or less).

As the same is delineated upon the plan marked as above mentioned, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured as above noted.

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 third day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and four.

T. Y. DUNCAN,

Minister of Lands

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Validating the Public Notification in connection with a Loan of £1,800 applied for by the Akitio County Council.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-third day of November, 1904.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Akitio County Council lately proposed to raise a loan of one thousand eight hundred pounds under "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1901," for the purpose of metalling the Huia Road from the Alfredton-Weber Road to the junction of the Waihoki Road: And whereas the public notification of the meeting of ratepayers to consider the said loan was published in the Pahiatua Herald, but not published not more than seven days and not less than ten days before such meeting, as required by section nine of "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1901": And whereas it appears that the ratepayers have not been misled by such irregularity, and it is expedient to validate the same:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers

conferred by section ten of "The Local Bodies' Loans Amendment Act, 1902," and acting by and with the consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby declare that such public notification of the intention to raise the said loan shall be deemed and taken to be as valid as though the said notification had been properly published, and that the proceedings relative to the said loan shall not be called in question by reason only of the irregularity aforesaid.

J. F. ANDREWS,

Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

The Wallace Agricultural and Pastoral Association incorporated.—Notice No. 918.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-third day of November, 1904.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by "The Agricultural and Pastoral Societies Act, 1877," His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby incorporate the members of the Wallace Agricultural and Pastoral Association, and such persons as shall hereafter be admitted members of the said association agreeably to the rules of the said association and the provisions of the said Act, into a body corporate under the said Act, under the style and title of "The Wallace Agricultural and Pastoral Association."

J. F. ANDREWS,

Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

The Amberley Breeders' Association incorporated.—Notice No. 919.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-third day of November, 1904.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by "The Agricultural and Pastoral Societies Act, 1877," His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby incorporate the members of the Amberley Breeders' Association, and such persons as shall hereafter be admitted members of the said association agreeably to the rules of the said association and the provisions of the said Act, into a body corporate under the said Act, under the style and title of "The Amberley Breeders' Association."

J. F. ANDREWS,

Acting 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 Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of November, 1904.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. HALL-JONES PRESIDING 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, wherever 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: