May 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1189

Land temporarily reserved in the Wellington Land District.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by the two-hundred-and-thirty-fifth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time, either by general or particular description, and whether the same has been surveyed or not, reserve from sale temporarily, notwithstanding that the same may be then held under pastoral license, any Crown lands which in his opinion are required for any of the purposes in the said section mentioned:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by the said Act, do hereby temporarily reserve from sale the land in the Wellington Land District described in the Schedule hereunder written, for the purpose in the said Schedule specified at the end of the description of the land so intended to be temporarily reserved.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 rood 2 perches, more or less, being Section No. 21c, Suburbs of Mangaweka, Block X., Hautapu Survey District. Bounded towards the north-east by Section No. 21a, Block X., Hautapu Survey District; towards the south-east by the top of the cliffs on the right bank of the Rangitikei River; towards the south-west by Section No. 22 of Block X. aforesaid; and towards the north-west by Sections Nos. 21d and 21b of the said Block X.: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 53712, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red. For a recreation reserve.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Notifying Transfer of Maori Lands to the Aotea District Maori Land Council.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by the twentieth section of “The Maori Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1904,” it is enacted that when any land has been transferred to the Council under the provisions of “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900,” the Governor shall publish in the Gazette and Kahiti a notice of the transfer, a description of the land, and the conditions upon which it has been transferred; and the Registrar, upon being served with such notice and copies of the Gazette and Kahiti in which it is published, together with the orders of the Court or the Council (if any) determining the ownership of the land, and all succession orders affecting the same, shall register the Council as the proprietor of the land, and shall record the said orders as notice of a trust on behalf of the Natives named therein as provided by section one hundred and twenty-two of “The Land Transfer Act, 1885,” and the Council shall thereupon hold and administer such land, subject to the said conditions and trust: Provided that no lease equivalent to a lease in perpetuity as defined by “The Land Act, 1892,” shall be granted by the Council without the consent of the Governor on its being shown to his satisfaction that the land is of such inferior quality or is so situated as not to be disposable on any other tenure:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities in me vested by the said twentieth section of “The Maori Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1904,” and otherwise howsoever, do hereby notify that the Maori lands mentioned and described in the first column of the Schedule hereto have been transferred to the Aotea District Maori Land Council, under the provisions of “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900,” and its amendments.

SCHEDULE.

FIRST COLUMN.

Name and Description of Land transferred to the Aotea District Maori Land Council.

Horowhenua No. 11b No. 36 No. 1b Block, containing 157 acres or thereabouts, less 8 acres excluded from transfer, situated in Block I., Waiopehu Survey District. Bounded towards the north-east by Subdivisions No. 2L, No. 6, and No. 2J of the Horowhenua No. 11b No. 36; towards the south-east by Subdivision No. 1A of the said block; towards the south-west by the Kawiu Road; towards the north-west and north-east by other portion of Subdivision No. 1b of the Horowhenua No. 11b No. 36 Block aforesaid; and again towards the north-west by a road.

Horowhenua No. 11b No. 36 No. 1d Block, containing 25 acres or thereabouts, less 4 acres excluded from transfer, situated in Block XIII., Mount Robinson Survey District. Bounded on the north-east by Subdivision No. 2L No. 4 of the Horowhenua No. 11b No. 36 Block and a road; on the south-east by a road; on the south-west by Subdivision No. 1c of the Horowhenua No. 11b No. 36 Block; and on the north-west and south-west by the portion of Subdivision No. 11b No. 36 Block excluded from the transfer; and again on the north-west by a road.

Horowhenua No. 11b No. 36 No. 2l No. 4, portion containing 50 acres or thereabouts, situated in Block XIII., Mount Robinson Survey District. Bounded towards the north-east by Subdivision No. 2L No. 1; towards the south-east by Subdivision No. 2L No. 5; towards the south-west by Subdivision No. 1d and a road; and towards the north-west by the portion of Horowhenua No. 11b No. 36 No. 2L No. 4 Block not included in the transfer.

Horowhenua No. 11b No. 36 No. 2l No. 5 Block, containing 20 acres 1 rood 26 perches or thereabouts, situated in Block XIII., Mount Robinson Survey District. Bounded towards the north-east by Subdivision No. 2L No. 1 of the Horowhenua No. 11b No. 36 Block; towards the south-east and south-west by roads; and towards the north-west by Subdivision No. 2L No. 4 of the Horowhenua No. 11b No. 36 Block.

Horowhenua No. 11b No. 36 No. 2l No. 6 Block, containing 44 acres and 38 perches or thereabouts, situated in Block I., Waiopehu Survey District. Bounded towards the north-east by Subdivision No. 2L No. 1 of the Horowhenua No. 11b No. 36 Block; towards the south-east by Subdivisions Nos. 2K and 2J; and towards the south-west by Subdivision No. 1b of the Horowhenua No. 11b No. 36 Block; and towards the north-west by a road.

SECOND COLUMN.

Conditions upon which the Land has been transferred.

As more particularly defined in a deed of trust executed between the Native owners and the Council, to lease the said land or any part thereof by public auction or public tender, at the best reasonable rent that can thereby be obtained, without taking any fine, premium, or foregift, for a term of twenty-one years in possession, under and subject to such covenants and provisions as the Council thinks fit.

The Council may assign the rents and income arising out of the lands to secure any debt owing or liability incurred by the Native owners and not barred by any statutes of limitation, and may borrow and take up at interest any sum of money upon the security of the rents and income, and may execute any assignment by way of mortgage of such rents and income, with or without power to sell the said rents and income or any part thereof (but not to sell the fee-simple or any lesser estate), for securing payment of any such debt or liability not barred as aforesaid or any moneys borrowed as aforesaid, and may enter into such covenants and provisions as the mortgagee may require.