Feb. 23.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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towards the east by said Section No. 17 and by Section No. 20 of the last-mentioned parish; towards the south by a public road; and towards the west by Block XI., Mangonui Survey District.

All that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 245 acres, more or less, situate in Block III., Kaeo Survey District, Whangaroa County, being Te Huia Kauri-gum Reserve, set apart by Order in Council dated 21st February, 1902, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 18, of the 6th March, 1902, page 528. Bounded towards the north generally by Section No. 1 of Block III., Kaeo Survey District, by Section No. 4 of the Parish of Mahinepua, and by a public road; towards the east by the Touwai Block, and by Section No. 3A of Block III., Kaeo Survey District; towards the south-east by Lot No. 27 of the subdivision of land granted to W. Spickman; and towards the west by Section No. 2 of Block III. aforesaid.

All that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 517 acres 3 roods 16 perches, more or less, situate in Block IV., Kaeo Survey District, Whangaroa County, being the Mahinepua Kauri-gum Reserve, set apart by Order in Council dated the 26th June, 1899, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 56, of the 29th June, 1899, page 1214. Bounded towards the north-east by the Whakara Block; towards the south-east by a public road; towards the south-west by a public road; again towards the south-east by land granted to J. Shepherd (No. 14 O.L.C.); towards the west by a stream; and towards the north-west by the Touwai Block, by Section No. 8 of the Parish of Mahinepua, and by land granted to J. Shepherd (No. 14 O.L.C.) to the point of commencement.

All that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 47 acres 1 rood 4 perches, more or less, situate in Block IV., Kaeo Survey District, Whangaroa County, being the Taraire Kauri-gum Reserve, set apart by Order in Council dated 29th January, 1900, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 14, of 15th February, 1900, page 364. Bounded towards the north-east by south-west portion of Section No. 62 of the Parish of Kaeo; towards the south-east and towards the south by a public road; and towards the north-west by a public road to the point of commencement.

All that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 600 acres, more or less, situated in Block IV., Kaeo Survey District, and Block I., Kerikeri Survey District, Whangaroa County, being the Takou Kauri-gum Reserve, set apart by Order in Council dated the 20th December, 1898, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 93, of the 21st December, 1898, page 2074. Bounded towards the north by the Mahimahi Block; towards the east by Section No. 1 of Block I., Kerikeri Survey District, to a point due east of the north-east corner of Section No. 1, Block IV., Kaeo Survey District; towards the south by a line due west to said north-east corner, and by Section No. 1 of said Block IV.; and towards the west generally by a public road, by Section No. 4 of said Block IV., and by Te-Kapa-o-te-awha Stream to the Mahimahi Block aforesaid.

All that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 960 acres, more or less, situate in Blocks IV. and VIII., Kaeo Survey District, and Blocks I. and II., Kerikeri Survey District, Whangaroa County, being the Takou Kauri-gum Reserve Extension, set apart by Order in Council dated the 26th June, 1899, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 56, of 29th June, 1899, page 1214. Bounded towards the north by the Takou Kauri-gum Reserve, set apart by Order in Council dated the 20th December, 1898, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 93, of the 21st December, 1898, page 2074; towards the north-east by Section No. 1 of Block I., Kerikeri Survey District; towards the south by land granted to J. H. Davis (No. 19, O.L.C.); towards the west and again towards the south by Section No. 1 of Block VIII., Kaeo Survey District; and again towards the west by Section No. 1 of Block IV., Kaeo Survey District.

As the same are delineated on the plan marked S.G. 37704F, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon bordered red.

All that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 600 acres, more or less, situate in Block VI., Kaeo Survey District, Whangaroa County, being the Omaunu Kauri-gum Reserve, set apart by Order in Council dated 20th December, 1898, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 93, of 21st December, 1898, page 2074; as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 37704, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Withdrawing Land from the Operation of “The Kauri-gum Industry Act, 1898.”

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this sixteenth day of February, 1905.

Present:

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

WHEREAS by “The Kauri-gum Industry Amendment Act, 1902” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is enacted that the Governor may by Order in Council declare that land set apart under “The Kauri-gum Industry Act, 1898” (hereinafter termed “the principal Act”), as a kauri-gum reserve, and which is no longer required for the purpose of gum-digging, shall be no longer subject to the principal Act, and shall thereafter be dealt with by the Land Board as ordinary Crown land; provided that such Order in Council shall only be issued in pursuance of a resolution of the Land Board, supported by such independent evidence as the Governor in Council deems necessary:

And whereas the Land Board of the Auckland Land District has duly passed a resolution recommending that the portion of the Pairatahi Kauri-gum Reserve described in the Schedule hereto be excepted from the operation of the principal Act, and it is expedient to give effect to such recommendation:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby order and declare that the portion of the Pairatahi Kauri-gum Reserve described in the Schedule hereto shall be no longer subject to the provisions of the principal Act, and shall hereafter be dealt with by the Land Board as ordinary Crown land.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 220 acres, more or less, being portion of the Pairatahi Kauri-gum Reserve (set apart by Order in Council dated the 22nd September, 1902, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 76, of the 25th September, 1902, page 2142). Bounded towards the north generally by the high-water mark of Rangaunu Bay; towards the east by the left bank of the Koterutaaraukai River; towards the south by land granted to J. Davis (O.L.C. No. 31); and towards the west by a right line proceeding due north from the north-western corner of the land last mentioned to the high-water mark of Rangaunu Bay aforesaid: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 52713, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Increasing the Holding-area of Land to Settlers in Ngamatea Village Settlement, Wellington Land District.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this sixteenth day of February, 1905.

Present:

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

WHEREAS by an Order in Council issued on the fourth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, under the authority of section one hundred and sixty-nine of “The Land Act, 1892,” fixing the terms and conditions upon which lands in the Ngamatea and Mangamahu Village Settlements should be disposed of, it was provided that no lessee should hold more than one allotment in the said village settlements:

And whereas it is expedient to allow one person to hold two allotments in the Ngamatea Village Settlement:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in pursuance of all powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony of New Zealand, doth hereby amend the Order in Council aforesaid so far as it affects the number of allotments that may be held in the Ngamatea Village Settlement, and doth by this present Order declare that on and after the date hereof any settler