14 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 2

And whereas the Maniapoto-Tuwharetoa District Maori Land Council, by a recommendation made on the fourth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and four, and received on the twenty-fifth 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 Kinohaku East 4r, Section No. 3, to enable the said land to be leased:

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 lease, the block or parcel of land, containing 813 acres 2 roods, situate in the Provincial District of Auckland, known as Kinohaku East No. 4r, Section No. 3, and being the land comprised in order of the Native Land Court dated the sixteenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and one, in favour of Hihi te Toko and others.

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

Recreation Reserve in Auckland Land District brought under “The Public Domains Act, 1881.”

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-third day of December, 1904.

Present:

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

BY virtue of the powers and authorities vested in me by the twenty-fourth section of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby order and declare that the reserve for public recreation in Auckland Land District described in the Schedule hereto shall be and the same is hereby brought under the operation of and declared to be subject to the provisions of “The Public Domains Act, 1881”; and such domain shall hereafter be managed, administered, and dealt with in manner directed by the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Auckland Land District, being Section No. 23 of the Rotorua Rural Sections, containing by admeasurement 46 acres 3 roods 17 perches, more or less. Bounded towards the north by Section No. 22 of the Rotorua Suburban Sections, 1515 links; towards the north-east by a public road, 2455 links; towards the east by Section No. 26 of the Rotorua Rural Sections, 111 links; towards the south by Section No. 24 of the Rotorua Rural Sections, 2783 links; and towards the west by Fenton Street, 2000 links, to the point of commencement: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 44604, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.

F. D. THOMSON,
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 on the twenty-fourth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and two, the fifth day of July, the twenty-fifth day of April, and the thirteenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and four, and received on the tenth day of September and the twenty-eighth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and four, has recommended His Excellency the Governor to vary or remove and revoke the restrictions contained in the instruments 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 exercise and pursuance of the powers conferred upon and vested in me by the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities me thereunto enabling, and in accordance with the recommendation of the Aotea District Maori Land Council aforesaid, do hereby remove and revoke the restrictions contained in the instruments of title 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 pieces or parcels of land, situate in the Provincial District of Wellington, containing respectively 77 acres 2 roods 4·7 perches, 22 acres 32 perches, and 72 acres, being parts of the land known as Ruatangata No. 1e No. 5, and being parts of the land comprised in partition order of the Native Land Court dated the 27th day of November, 1900, and containing the following restrictions: “Inalienable by sale, or lease, or mortgage, except with the consent of the Governor being previously obtained to every such sale, lease, or mortgage.”

All that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Provincial District of Wellington, containing 103 acres 2 roods 9 perches, being part of the land known as Ruatangata No. 1e No. 6, and being part of the land comprised in partition order of the Native Land Court dated the 27th day of November, 1900, and containing the following restrictions: “Inalienable by sale, or lease, or mortgage, except with the consent of the Governor being previously obtained to every such sale, lease, or mortgage.”

All those pieces or parcels of land, situate in the Provincial District of Wellington, containing respectively 5 acres and 9 acres 2 roods, being parts of the land known as Awarua 4c No. 9b, and being parts of the land comprised in partition order of the Native Land Court dated the 18th day of January, 1899, and containing the following restriction: “Inalienable.”

All that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Provincial District of Wellington, containing 8 acres, being part of the land known as Awarua 4c No. 9c, and being part of the land comprised in partition order of the Native Land Court dated the 18th day of January, 1899, and containing the following restriction: “Inalienable.”

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-third day of December, one thousand nine hundred and four.

J. CARROLL.

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 a recommendation made and passed by the said Council on the twenty-sixth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and four, and received on the eighth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and four, recommended His Excellency the Governor to vary or remove and revoke the restrictions against alienation contained in the instrument of title of the blocks of land known as Section 105a and Section 105b, Otaki, particulars of which land are set out in the Schedule hereunder written, to enable the said lands to be sold:

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 me thereunto enabling, and in accordance with the recommendation of the Aotea District Maori Land Council aforesaid, do hereby remove and revoke the restrictions now existing against the alienation of the blocks of land particularised and set out in the Schedule hereto, to enable the said lands to be sold.