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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, 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, doth hereby order and declare that the road known as the Waiohine Valley Road, described in the Schedule hereto, shall, on and after the date of this Order in Council, be a county road.

SCHEDULE.
WAIOHINE VALLEY ROAD.
All that road in the Wellington Land District, commencing at its junction with the Matarawa Road, on the western boundary of Section 218, Block IX., Tiffin Survey District, and proceeding thence generally north and north-westerly through Sections 216, 222, 354, 5, and 6, Block IX., Tiffin Survey District, and thence along the left bank of the Waiohine River to the north-west corner of Section 4, Block IV., Tiffin Survey District, in the Wairarapa South County; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked R. 1098, and deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and coloured blue and marked A.B. thereon.

F. D. THOMSON,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Amending the Regulations under “The Native Townships Act, 1895.”

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twentieth day of December, 1904.

Present:
THE HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the fourth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, certain regulations were made under “The Native Townships Act, 1895” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”): And whereas regulation three thereof was amended by Order in Council dated the twenty-fifth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and four, and it is expedient to revoke such last-mentioned Order in Council, and to make other provision in lieu thereof:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers 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 revoke the said Order in Council of the twenty-fifth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and four, and do hereby amend regulation three of the regulations made by the said Order in Council of the fourth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, by the addition thereto of the following paragraph, namely:—

(9.) When no valid bid or tender is received for any allotment hereafter advertised for disposal under the provisions of the said Act, such allotment may at any time within twelve months from the date of the auction or opening of tenders be taken up, subject to all the provisions of the said Act and these regulations, at the upset price or rental; and if not so taken up within the said period of twelve months such allotment may be leased for any term not exceeding five years, upon such conditions not inconsistent with the provisions of the said Act as the Commissioner thinks fit.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Domain Board appointed to have Control of the Waipu North Domain.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twentieth day of December, 1904.

Present:
THE HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section nine of “The Domain Boards Act, 1904” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time, by Order in Council gazetted, appoint any local authority to be the Domain Board having, subject to “The Public Domains Act, 1881,” control of any public domain:

And whereas by an Order in Council made under the provisions of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” on the twenty-sixth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and four, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the third day of November, one thousand nine hundred and four, the land described in the Schedule hereto was brought under the operation of and declared to be subject to the provisions of “The Public Domains Act, 1881”:

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 pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby appoint

THE WAIPU NORTH ROAD BOARD

to be the Waipu North Domain Board having control of the land described in the said Schedule hereto for the purposes of and subject to the provisions of the said Act, and doth hereby appoint Thursday, the sixteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and five, at seven o’clock p.m., as the time when, and the office of the Waipu North Road Board, Waipu, as the place where, the first meeting of the Board shall be held.

SCHEDULE.
All that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 21 acres, more or less, being Section No. 195A of the Parish of Waipu. Bounded towards the north-east generally by a public road, and by Section No. 231A of the Parish of Waipu; towards the south-west by Sections Nos. 313 and 363 of the said parish; and towards the north-west generally by a public road: as the same is delineated on plan marked S.G. 51764A, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.

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 twentieth day of December, 1904.

Present:
THE HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD 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 fifth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and four, and received on the fourth day of November, 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 Raketapauma No. 1r, to enable said land to be sold:

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 sale, the block or parcel of land, containing one thousand one hundred and sixty-one acres, more or less, situate in the Provincial District of Wellington, known as Raketapauma No. 1r, and being the land comprised in partition order of the Native Land Court dated the twenty-seventh day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, in favour of Pene te Mamae and another.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.