974
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 37

hereof, the reserve mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall become vested in “The Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the Rangitikei County,” in trust, as a reserve for the deposit of road-material.

SCHEDULE.

All that area in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 10 acres 2 roods 32 perches, more or less, being Section No. 22, Block IV., Tiriraukawa Survey District. Bounded towards the north by Murray’s Track; towards the east by Section No. 17 in the said Block IV.; towards the south-east and south by Quarry Road; and towards the west and north-west by Murray’s Track: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 53495, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

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

Vesting Reserves in the Picton Borough Council.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this tenth day of April, 1905.

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

WHEREAS the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto have been permanently reserved for the purpose stated in the said Schedule:

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient that the said lands should be vested in the Picton Borough Council:

Now, therefore, 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, and in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the fourth section of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” doth hereby declare that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the reserves mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall become vested in “The Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Picton,” in trust, as reserves for the purpose specified in the last column of the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting 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 tenth day of April, 1905.

Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON 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 bona 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 Maniapoto-Tuwharetoa District Maori Land Council, by a recommendation made on the sixteenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and four, and received on the twenty-third day of February, 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 500 acres, being part of the land known as Pirongia West No. 3b, Section No. 2a:

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 Auckland, containing 500 acres, being part of the land known as Pirongia West No. 3b, Section No. 2a, and part of the land comprised in partition order of the Native Land Court dated the fifth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, in favour of Ani Ngaiwi and others.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting 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 tenth day of April, 1905.

Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON 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 bona 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 Maniapoto-Tuwharetoa District Maori Land Council, by a recommendation made on the eighteenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and four, and received on the fifth 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, all that block or parcel of land, containing twenty-five acres, being part of the land known as Kinohaku West F, Section 1b No. 2a, except in so far as regards the interest of Ruka te Aratapu in the said land:

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, all that block or parcel of land, situate in the Provincial District of Auckland, containing twenty-five acres, more or less, being part of the land known as Kinohaku West F, Section 1b No. 2a, and part of the land comprised in partition order of the Native Land Court dated the twenty-fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and four, in favour of Ruka te Aratapu and others: Provided that such exception as aforesaid shall not apply to or in any way affect the share or interest of Ruka te Aratapu in the said land.

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