1254
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 52

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 Tokerau District Maori Land Council,
by recommendations made and passed by the said Council
on the nineteenth day of January, one thousand nine hun-
dred and five, and received on the seventh day of March,
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,” the blocks or parcels of land particularised and set
out in the Schedule hereto, to enable the said lands 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 upon him 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
for any period not exceeding twenty-one years, the blocks
or parcels of land particularised and set out in the Schedule
hereto, being the lands known as Paparoa No. 2A, Paparoa
No. 2B, and Paparoa No. 2C.

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SCHEDULE.

1. All that block or parcel of land situated in the Auckland
   Land District, containing 411 acres 2 roods, more or less,
   known as Paparoa No. 2A, and being the land comprised in
   partition order of the Native Land Court, dated the 19th
   May, 1903, in favour of Ihapera Weneti and others.

2. All that block or parcel of land situated in the Auck-
   land Land District, containing 473 acres, more or less,
   known as Paparoa No. 2B, and being the land comprised in
   partition order of the Native Land Court, dated the 21st
   May, 1903, in favour of Heretina Manukau and others.

3. All that block or parcel of land situated in the Auck-
   land Land District, containing 1,497 acres and 12 perches,
   more or less, known as Paparoa No. 2C, and being the land
   comprised in partition order of the Native Land Court,
   dated the 21st May, 1903, in favour of Heni Hoterini and
   others.

ALEX. WILLIS,
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 twenty-
second day of May, 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 opera-
tion 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 exclu-
sively 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 pur-
chase 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 fourth
day of March, one thousand nine hundred and four, and
received on the eighth day of December, one thousand
nine hundred and four, 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 transfer to the Public
Trustee, in trust for Hape Hakopa, a minor, the block or
parcel of land, containing ten acres, being the land known
as Awarua No. 2c No. 13c:

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 transfer
to the Public Trustee, in trust for Hape Hakopa, a minor,
the block or parcel of land, situate in the Wellington Land
District, containing ten acres, more or less, known as Awarua
No. 2c No. 13c, being the land comprised in an order of the
Native Land Court dated the thirteenth day of August, one
thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, in favour of Hakopa
te Ahunga.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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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 twenty-
second day of May, 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 opera-
tion 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 exclu-
sively 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 eleventh day of October,
one thousand nine hundred and four, and received on the
twentieth day of February, one thousand nine hundred
and five, has recommended His Excellency 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 known as Ngaurukehu A No. 1:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and
authority conferred upon him 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
for any period not exceeding seventeen years, the block or
parcel of land, situate in the Wellington Land District,
known as Ngaurukehu A No. 1, containing five hundred
and fifty-three acres, more or less, and being the land com-
prised in partition order of the Native Land Court dated
the thirteenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred
and ninety-three, in favour of Patahipa Matakinu and
others.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.