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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 16

Member of Land Commission appointed.

(L.S.)
PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by a Warrant issued under my hand and the Public Seal of the Colony on the twenty-seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and five, certain persons named therein were appointed a Commission for the purpose of making inquiry into certain questions affecting Crown lands:

And whereas Walter Scott Reid, Esquire, has tendered his resignation as member and Chairman of the said Commission, and the same has been accepted:

And whereas James McKerrow, Esquire, has been appointed Chairman:

And whereas it is expedient to appoint a member in the place of the said Walter Scott Reid:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, 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 pursuance of the powers conferred by “The Commissioners Act, 1903,” and of all other powers enabling me in that behalf, do hereby appoint

WILLIAM ARTHUR McCUTCHAN, Esquire,

of Whangamomona, to be a member of the said Commission, in the place of the said Walter Scott Reid.

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 sixteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and five.

R. J. SEDDON,
For Minister of Lands.

Approved in Council.

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

Removing Restrictions against Alienation of Native Land.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by section fourteen of “The Maori Land Laws Amendment Act, 1903,” it is enacted that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act, or in any Crown grant or other instrument of title, the Governor may, on the recommendation of the Council, remove any restriction on the alienation of land owned by Maoris: Provided that the decision of the Governor on any recommendation of the Council shall be given within six months from the date of the receipt of such recommendation:

And whereas the Aotea District Maori Land Council, by recommendations made and passed by the said Council on the seventeenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and four, and received on the twenty-fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and five, recommended the Governor to vary the restrictions against alienation contained in the instrument of title of the blocks of land particularised and set out in the Schedule hereunder written, so far as to permit the said lands to be leased:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon and vested in me by the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities thereunto enabling, and in accordance with the recommendation of the Aotea District Maori Land Council aforesaid, do hereby vary or remove and revoke the restrictions now existing against the alienation of the blocks of land particularised and set out in the Schedule hereto, so far as to permit the said lands to be leased.

SCHEDULE.

ALL those parcels of land, situate in the Provincial District of Wellington, containing respectively 551 acres, 274 acres, and 600 acres, known as Motukawa No. 2B, Section No. 23, Motukawa No. 2B, Section No. 24, and Motukawa No. 2B, Section No. 25, being the lands comprised in orders of the Native Land Court dated respectively the 19th day of June, 1899, and the 7th day of November, 1900, in favour of Toia Ngarangi, and containing the following restriction:
“Inalienable.”

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this sixteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and five.

J. CARROLL.

Rural Lands in Nelson Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

(L.S.)
PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by section one hundred and thirty-six of “The Land Act, 1892,” and section two of “The Bush and Swamp Crown Lands Settlement Act, 1903,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby declare and provide as follows, that is to say,–

1. The rural lands described in the Schedule hereto are hereby set apart for disposal by way of selection on and after the twelfth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and five, at the respective prices specified in the said Schedules.

2. The said lands may be selected on lease in perpetuity only, as provided by section one hundred and twenty-one of “The Land Act, 1892,” as they contain, or are supposed to contain, metal, mineral, or valuable stone, and shall not be purchased for cash.

3. For the purposes of “The Bush and Swamp Crown Lands Settlement Act, 1903,” the lands enumerated in the First Schedule hereto shall be deemed to be “light-bush land,” the lands in the Second Schedule shall be deemed to be “swamp land,” and the land in the Third Schedule shall be deemed to be “scrub land.”

4. No general rate shall be levied or collected by any local authority from the said lands for the period of three years in the case of light-bush land or swamp land and two years in the case of scrub land, from the date from which in each case respectively such lands are disposed of, and no local authority shall have power to levy or collect any such rate from such lands during such period.

5. After the first half-year’s rent has been paid by the selector the further instalments of rent payable by him for a period of three years in the case of light-bush land or swamp land and two years in the case of scrub land shall not be demanded; provided that if at any time during the first five years of his occupancy the selector disposes of his interest in the land the rent so conceded shall be paid by him in full, and thereupon the Land Board may remit such instalments of rent payable by the incoming tenant, not exceeding in the aggregate the amount of rent previously conceded to the selector, as the Board shall think fit.

SCHEDULES.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—INANGAHUA COUNTY.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

SECOND-CLASS LIGHT-BUSH LAND.

Burnett Survey District.

| 4 | XI. | 235 0 0 | 0 4·32 | 2 2 4 |
| 3 | XII. | 225 0 0 | 0 4·32 | 2 0 6 |
| 4 | " | 171 0 0 | 0 3·6 | 1 5 8" |

Rahu Survey District.

| 4 | III. | 605 0 0 | 0 6·24 | 7 17 3 |
| 3 | IV. | 518 0 0 | 0 3·12 | 3 7 4 |
| 1 | VII. | 915 0 0 | 0 6·48 | 12 7 0 |
| 3 | " | 734 0 0 | 0 4·8 | 7 6 10 |
| 5 | " | 436 0 0 | 0 3·6 | 3 5 5 |
| 6 | " | 722 0 0 | 0 4·8 | 7 4 5 |
| 1 | VIII. | 312 0 0 | 0 4·32 | 2 16 2 |
| 2 | " | 322 0 0 | 0 3·6 | 2 8 3 |
| 4 | " | 271 0 0 | 0 3·12 | 1 15 3 |
| 3 | " | 676 0 0 | 0 4·32 | 6 1 8 |
| 6 | " | 498 0 0 | 0 3·6 | 3 14 8 |
| 2 | XI. | 1,064 0 0 | 0 3·36 | 7 9 0 |
| 1 | XII. | 474 0 0 | 0 4·32 | 4 5 4 |
| 2 | " | 493 0 0 | 0 3·6 | 3 14 0 |
| 3 | " | 627 0 0 | 0 3·6 | 4 14 0 |
| 2 | XV. | 570 0 0 | 0 3·6 | 4 5 6 |
| 3 | " | 664 0 0 | 0 4·32 | 5 19 6 |
| 6 | " | 320 0 0 | 0 3·6 | 2 8 0 |
| 8 | " | 404 2 24 | 0 3·6 | 3 0 8 |
| 1 | XVI. | 305 0 0 | 0 3·12 | 1 19 8 |
| 2 | " | 302 0 0 | 0 3·12 | 1 19 3 |

Lewis Survey District.

| 1 | III. | 520 0 0 | 0 4·68 | 5 1 5 |
| 4 | " | 489 2 0 | 0 3·6 | 3 13 5 |
| 5 | " | 512 2 0 | 0 4·08 | 4 7 2 |
| 7 | " | 1,143 0 0 | 0 3·6 | 8 11 5 |
| 8 | " | 1,148 0 0 | 0 3·6 | 8 12 2 |