Mar. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 773

time when, and the Town Hall, Kumara, as the place where, the first meeting of the Board shall be held.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Westland Land District, containing by admeasurement 2 acres 2 roods 27 perches, more or less, being Reserves Nos. 221 and 824, Town of Kumara. Bounded towards the north-east by Town Belt South; towards the south-east by Greenstone Road; towards the south-west by Section No. 836; again towards the south-east by Sections Nos. 836, 837, 838, 839, 840, 841, 842, 843, 844, and 845; towards the south-west by E.B. Road; and towards the north-west by Cashman Street: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 52502, deposited in the Head Office, Lands and Survey Department, at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

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

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Domain Board appointed to have Control of the Alexandra Town Belt Domain.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this seventeenth day of March, 1905.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD, K.C.M.G., 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 fourteenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and five, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the twenty-sixth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and five, 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 ALEXANDRA BOROUGH COUNCIL

to be the Alexandra Town Belt 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 Monday, the third day of April, one thousand nine hundred and five, at eight o’clock p.m., as the time when, and the Council Chambers, Alexandra, as the place where, the first meeting of the Board shall be held.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Otago Land District, containing by admeasurement 160 acres 2 roods 17 perches, more or less, being Town Belt, Town of Alexandra. Bounded towards the north-west and north-east by Block VII., Leaning Rock Survey District, 11920 and 7345 links, from the Clutha River to the Manuherikia River; thence towards the south-east by the said Manuherikia River, 1030 links; thence towards the south-west and south-east by the Town of Alexandra, 6570 links and 10330 links, from the said Manuherikia River to the said Clutha River; and thence towards the south by the said Clutha River, 1190 links, to the place of commencement: exclusive of cemetery reserve (10 acres), Section 2, Block XXXVIII., Town of Alexandra, part of Block XIX., Town of Alexandra (dam-site), railway reserve, Crookhaven Street (150 links wide), and three other intersecting road-lines, each 100 links wide, which are within the above-described boundaries: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 52295, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon bordered red.

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

Excepting Land from the Operation of Section 117 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894.”

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PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this fifteenth day of March, 1905.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD, K.C.M.G., 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 bond 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-first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and four, and received on the twentieth day of January, 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 lease, the block or parcel of land, containing five hundred and forty-six acres, being the land known as Nga-urukehu A No. 4:

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, situate in the Provincial District of Wellington, containing five hundred and forty-six acres, being the land known as Ngaurukehu A No. 4, and being the land comprised in partition order of the Native Land Court dated the thirteenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, in favour of Nika Waiata.

AMELIUS M. SMITH,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Excepting Land from the Operation of Section 117 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894.”

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PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this fifteenth day of March, 1905.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD, K.C.M.G., 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 bond 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: