Dec. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 2881

And whereas the Maniapoto-Tuwharetoa District Maori Land Council, by a recommendation made on the fourteenth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and four, and received on the twenty-seventh day of October, 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,” the block or parcel of land known as Karuotewhenua B No. 2b No. 5, to enable the interests of Matekino Riria and Te Awe Riria in the said land to be leased:

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 acting 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 shares or interests of Matekino Riria and Te Awe Riria in the block or parcel of land, situate in the Provincial District of Auckland, known as Karuotewhenua B No. 2b No. 5, and being the land comprised in partition order of the Native Land Court dated the twenty-eighth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and one, in favour of Arapata Rangituataka and others.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Empowering Native Appellate Court to hear Appeal under Section 62 of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1895.”

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 sixty-two of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1895,” it is provided that in any case in which application has been or shall be made to the Chief Judge of the Native Land Court, under section thirty-nine of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” in respect of any order of the Court determining the succession to the estate of any Native deceased, the Governor, on being certified by the Chief Judge as in the said section is provided, may, by Order in Council, empower the Native Appellate Court to deal with such application as a valid appeal under “The Native Land Court Act, 1894”: And whereas the Chief Judge has, in respect of the application of Katarina Hapoki under section thirty-nine aforesaid, certified as by the said section sixty-two is required: And whereas the said application in all other respects complies with the requirements of the last-mentioned section:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority enabling him in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby empower the Native Appellate Court to deal with the said application as an appeal, under the provisions of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” from the order of Court hereinafter specified, that is to say,–

The order of the Court, dated the tenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and two, appointing Te Keepa te Ngatoro and others to succeed to the interest of Epiha Paikau, deceased, in Urenui Town Section 85.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Empowering Native Appellate Court to hear Appeal under Section 62 of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1895.”

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 sixty-two of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1895,” it is provided that in any case in which application has been or shall be made to the Chief Judge of the Native Land Court, under section thirty-nine of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” in respect of any order of the Court determining the succession to the estate of any Native deceased, the Governor, on being certified by the Chief Judge as in the said section is provided, may, by Order in Council, empower the Native Appellate Court to deal with such application as a valid appeal under “The Native Land Court Act, 1894”: And whereas the Chief Judge has, in respect of the application of Katarina Hapoki under section thirty-nine aforesaid, certified as by the said section sixty-two is required: And whereas the said application in all other respects complies with the requirements of the last-mentioned section:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority enabling him in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby empower the Native Appellate Court to deal with the said application as an appeal, under the provisions of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” from the order of Court hereinafter specified, that is to say,–

The order of the Court, dated the eighth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and two, appointing Te Keepa te Ngatoro and others to succeed to the interest of Warena, deceased, in Waitara, Section 56, Block VII., and Section 1, Block XI.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Warden appointed.

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 eleven of “The Mining Act, 1898,” it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time appoint fit persons to be Wardens, who shall hold office during the Governor’s pleasure:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by the said section eleven of “The Mining Act, 1898,” and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby appoint

WILLIAM GLENDINNING RIDDELL, Esq.,

to be a Warden, to hold and exercise the duties of such office under and subject to the provisions of the said Act during pleasure, on and from the first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and four.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Domain Board appointed to have Control of the Pukehu Domain.

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 two of “The Domain Boards Act, 1904” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time, with respect to any public domain, appoint such person or persons (not exceeding nine) as he thinks fit to be a Domain Board, having, subject to “The Public Domains Act, 1881,” control of such domain:

And whereas the land described in the Schedule hereto was, under the provisions of “The Public Domains Act, 1881,” constituted a public domain by an Order in Council made and issued on the thirteenth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 68, of the fifteenth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight:

And whereas it appears expedient to appoint a Domain Board to control the said domain:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice of the Executive Council of the said Colony of New Zealand, doth hereby appoint

John Moloney,
James Tynan,
Frederick Watson,
Jacob Huwiler,
John Crawford, and
Albert Orgen

to be the Pukehu Domain Board having the control of the land described in the said Schedule hereto for the purposes