Mar. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 777

Defining District within which Liquor shall not be supplied to Maoris.

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 forty-six of “The Licensing Acts Amendment Act, 1904,” it is enacted that every person (whether a licensed person or not) who supplies liquor to any Maori for consumption off the premises within such parts of the colony as may be defined by the Governor in Council and gazetted is liable to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds:

And whereas it is expedient to define a part of the colony as aforesaid within which liquor shall not be supplied to Maoris for consumption off the premises:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power conferred upon him by the said section forty-six of “The Licensing Acts Amendment Act, 1904,” and acting by and with the consent and advice of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby define the part of the colony known as the Taranaki Maori Council District, the boundaries whereof are set out in the Schedule hereto, and doth hereby declare such part of the colony to be a district within which liquor shall not be supplied to any Maori for consumption off the premises.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI DISTRICT.

Bounded towards the north by the Maniapoto Maori Council District, as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 1, 7th January, 1901, from the sea at Parininihi (White Cliffs) to the Ohura River: thence towards the east generally by the Ohura River to its confluence with the Wanganui River; thence by the Wanganui River to its confluence with the Mangawaiiti Stream; thence by that stream to its source; thence by a right line to Whakaihuwaka Mountain (Mount Humphries); thence by a right line to the nearest source of the Omaru Stream; thence by that stream to its confluence with the Waitotara River; thence by the Waitotara River to the ocean: thence towards the south-west and north-west generally by the ocean to the place of commencement.

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 a recommendation made and passed by the said Council on the eighteenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and five, and received on the eighteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and five, recommended the Governor to vary or remove and revoke the restrictions against alienation contained in the instrument of title of the block of land known as Ruatangata No. 1E No. 1, particulars of which land are set out in the Schedule hereunder written, so far as to permit a portion of the said land, containing 64 acres 2 roods 32 perches, 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 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 block of land particularised and set out in the Schedule hereto, so far as to permit a portion of the said land, containing 64 acres 2 roods 32 perches, to be leased.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Provincial District of Wellington, containing 235 acres, more or less, known as Ruatangata No. 1E No. 1, being the land comprised in partition order of the Native Land Court dated the 27th day of November, 1900, in favour of Heni Haimona and another, and containing the following restriction: “Inalienable by sale, lease, or mortgage, except with the consent of the Governor being previously obtained to every such sale, lease, or mortgage.”

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

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 eleventh day of October, one thousand nine hundred and four, and received on the twenty-ninth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and four, recommended the Governor to vary or remove and revoke the restrictions against alienation contained in the instrument of title of the block of land particularised and set out in the Schedule hereunder written, so far as to permit the said land 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 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 block of land particularised and set out in the Schedule hereto, so far as to permit the said land to be leased.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land, situate in the Provincial District of Wellington, containing 630 acres 2 roods, more or less, known as Awarua 4c No. 12A, being the land comprised in partition order of the Native Land Court dated the 9th day of June, 1904, in favour of Te Rangiwhakabaua and another, and containing the following restriction: “Inalienable.”

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

ALBERT PITT,
For Native Minister.

Removing Restrictions against Alienation of Native Lands.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS application has been made to the Governor by the owners of the lands described in the Schedule hereto, praying that the restrictions on the alienation of the said lands contained in the Native Land Court certificate of title bearing date the sixth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one, and now contained in partition orders of the Native Land Court bearing date the nineteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and three, may be removed: And whereas inquiry has been duly made by the Native Land Court, and the said Court has recommended that such restrictions be removed:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the fifty-second section of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” and in accordance with the recommendation of the Native Land Court, doth hereby order and declare that all restrictions imposed by the said Native Land Court certificate of title and partition orders on the alienation of the said lands are hereby removed.