Dec. 7.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

2821

And whereas the Maniapoto-Tuwharetoa District Maori
Land Council, by a recommendation made on the thirteenth
day of May, one thousand nine hundred and five, and
received on the twenty-ninth day of August, one thousand
nine hundred and five, has recommended 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 sale, all that parcel of
land, containing fifteen acres and ten perches, more or
less being the land known as Tokanui C No. 11:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and
authority conferred upon him 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 sale
the block or parcel of land, situate in the Auckland Land
District, containing fifteen acres and ten perches, more or
less, being the land known as Tokanui C No. 11, and being the
land comprised in partition order of the Native Land Court
dated the first day of February, one thousand nine hundred
and four, in favour of Te Anga Toheroa: Provided that the
purchase-money to be paid shall be not less per acre than
the average value per acre of the Tokanui Block as assessed
under "The Government Valuation of Land Act, 1896."

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Excepting Land from the Operation of Section 117 of "The
Native Land Court Act, 1894."

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORD ER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-
seventh day of November, 1905.

Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON 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 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 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 thirteenth day of October,
one thousand nine hundred and four, and received on the
thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and
five, has recommended 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, all that parcel of land, containing five
hundred and twelve acres, more or less, being the land
known as Awarua 3A No. 2E No. 3:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power
and authority conferred upon him 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 for any period not exceeding twenty-one years, the
block or parcel of land, situate in the Wellington Land Dis-
trict, containing five hundred and twelve acres, more or
less, being the land known as Awarua 3A No. 2E No. 3,
being the land comprised in partition order of the Native
Land Court dated the twenty-eighth day of May, one
thousand nine hundred and four, in favour of Ratima
Hakopa and another.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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
for any period not exceeding twenty-one years, the blocks
or parcels of land particularised and set out in the Schedule
hereto.

SCHEDULE.
DESCRIPTION OF BLOCK CALLED PUKETAPU A.

1. All that piece or parcel of land being part of the Puke-
   tapu Block, situate in the Tuhua and Piopiotea Survey
   Districts, containing 640 acres, more or less. Bounded
   commencing at the edge of the totara bush on the Taringa-
   motu side, being a point on a straight line running from
   Hira's hut, and distant therefrom about 10 chains (which is
   situate to the north of the bush forming the north-western
   boundary of the block known as Puketapu A Block), to the
   junction of the Patate or Tunawhararoa Creek with the
   Pungapunga Stream, and continuing a distance from Hira's
   hut along such line to a point a distance of 53·4 chains from
   the said hut; thence at a right angle in a north-easterly
   direction a distance of not exceeding 30 chains; thence in
   a straight line to the junction of the Patate or Tunawhararoa
   Creek with the Pungapunga Stream; thence in a westerly
   direction down the Pungapunga Stream to a cut line distant
   from the above junction along the Pungapunga Stream a
   distance of about 90 chains; thence by a straight line drawn
   in a north-westerly direction to a point on the edge of the
   totara bush on the Taringamotu side, which will, with a
   boundary-line along the edge of the totara bush from the
   last-mentioned point to the point of commencement, include
   640 acres.

DESCRIPTION OF BLOCK CALLED PUKETAPU B.

2. All that piece or parcel of land being other part of the
   said block, containing 640 acres. Bounded on the north-east
   by the south-western boundary of that portion of the
   Puketapu Block called A Block hereinbefore described,
   approximately 100 chains; thence from the south-western
   corner of such last-mentioned boundary (peg XV.) westerly
   along the Pungapunga Stream, a distance approximately of
   40 chains, to a point on the Pungapunga Stream opposite a
   peg numbered XIII.; thence by a straight line westerly
   from the Pungapunga Stream (and opposite the above
   peg XIII.), a distance of 40 chains approximately; thence
   by a straight line drawn in a north-westerly direction to a
   point on the edge of the totara bush on the Taringamotu
   side, a distance approximately of 110 chains, which will,
   with a boundary-line along the edge of the said totara bush
   from the last-mentioned point to the point of commence-
   ment (being the north-west corner of A Block), include
   640 acres.

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 Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-
seventh day of November, 1905.

Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON 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 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 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: