Aug. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1885

Revoking Order in Council of 10th December, 1903, and reducing to 1s. the Pound the Duty on Black-twist Tobacco imported into the Cook and other Islands where the Invoice Value at the Time of Importation does not exceed 1s. the Pound.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this second day of August, 1905.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN exercise of the powers conferred upon him by “The Cook and other Islands Government Act Amendment Act, 1902,” and “The Cook and other Islands Government Act Amendment Act, 1903,” and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, 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, doth hereby modify the New Zealand Customs tariff in its application to goods imported into the Cook and other Islands aforesaid by declaring and directing as follows:—

1. On the first day of October, one thousand nine hundred and five, the Order in Council of the tenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and three (reducing to one shilling the pound the duty on certain tobacco imported into the said Islands), shall be and be deemed to be revoked.

2. The duty on black-twist tobacco imported into the said Islands on and after the said first day of October, one thousand nine hundred and five, shall be one shilling the pound (in lieu of three shillings and sixpence the pound as fixed by “The Customs and Excise Duties Act, 1888”) where the Collector is satisfied that the genuine invoice value at the time of importation does not exceed one shilling the pound.

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 House, at Wellington, this second day of August, 1905.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor 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 Aotea District Maori Land Council, by a recommendation made on the seventeenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and five, and received on the fifteenth 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 sale, a portion of the block or parcel of land situate at Otaki, and known as Titokitoki No. 3c No. 2, as the said portion is more particularly described in the Schedule hereto:

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 sale, all that parcel of land described in the Schedule hereto, being part of the land known as Titokitoki No. 3c No. 2, and being part of the land comprised in an order of the Native Land Court on investigation of title, dated the tenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and one, in favour of Mere Ruiha Hakaraia and four others.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land, containing 1 rood 31 perches, more or less, being part of the land situate at Otaki, and known as Titokitoki No. 3c No. 2, and being the share or interest of Mere Ruiha Hakaraia in the said Titokitoki No. 3c No. 2.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Excepting Lands 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 House, at Wellington, this second day of August, 1905.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor 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 Aotea District Maori Land Council, by recommendations made on the thirteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and five, and received on the twenty-eighth day of June, 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, for the purpose of alienation by way of lease:

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.

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SCHEDULE.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.