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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 107

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 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 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:

And whereas the Aotea District Maori Land Council, by a recommendation made on the twenty-fifth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and four, and received on the twenty-third day of October, one thousand nine hundred 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, the block of land containing fifty-five acres one rood thirty-eight perches, more or less, and known as Pakaraka No. 1c:

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 District, containing fifty-five acres one rood thirty-eight perches, more or less, known as Pakaraka No. 1c, and being the land comprised in partition order of the Native Land Court dated the fourteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred, in favour of Huhana Manakore and others.

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 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 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:

And whereas the Ikaroa District Maori Land Council, by a recommendation made on the twenty-third day of May, one thousand nine hundred and five, and received on the fourteenth 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 sale to Iraia te Whaiti and Mary Ann Sutherland (carrying on business as sheep-farmers as “Te Whaiti and Sinclair”), the shares or interests of Ruihi Aporo in the blocks or parcels of land situate in the Wellington Land District, and known as Te Kawakawa No. 2, Matakitaki No. 2, and Te Kopi No. 1 of No. 2:

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—

1. The undivided share of Ruihi Aporo, equivalent to two thousand nine hundred acres, more or less, in the block known as Te Kawakawa No. 2, which block contains six thousand five hundred and ninety acres, and is the land comprised in a partition order of the Native Land Court dated the twenty-second day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety, in favour of Ruihi Aporo and others;

2. The undivided share of Ruihi Aporo, equivalent to one hundred and seventy-two acres two roods, more or less, in the block known as Matakitaki No. 2, which block contains six hundred and ninety acres, and is the land comprised in a partition order of the Native Land Court dated the twenty-fifth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety, in favour of Ruihi Aporo and others;

3. The undivided share of Ruihi Aporo, equivalent to one hundred and eighty-nine acres three roods, more or less, in the block known as Te Kopi No. 1 of No. 2, which block contains seven hundred and fifty-nine acres, and is the land comprised in a partition order of the Native Land Court dated the twenty-third day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety, in favour of Ruihi Aporo and others:

And His Excellency the Governor, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by section twenty-six of “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900,” and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby, the above-mentioned lands being broken and suitable for pastoral purposes only, increase the area of land that may be acquired by the said Iraia te Whaiti and Mary Ann Sutherland to such an extent as will enable them to lawfully purchase the said shares of the said Ruihi Aporo in the blocks aforesaid.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Vesting a Reserve in the Waihola Athenæum (Incorporated).

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 the land described in the Schedule hereto has been permanently reserved for a site for an athenæum:

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient to vest the said reserve in the Waihola Athenæum (Incorporated):

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, and in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the fourth section of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” doth hereby declare that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the reserve mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall become vested in “The Waihola Athenæum (Incorporated),” in trust, for a site for an athenæum,