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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 84

And whereas the Aotea District Maori Land Council, by recommendations made on the twentieth day of July and the thirteenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and four, and received on the eighth day of August, 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.

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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 eighteenth day of September, 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 sixteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and three, and received on the nineteenth day of August, 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 parcel of land, containing one hundred and thirty-eight acres three roods thirty perches, more or less, being the land known as Raketa-pauma 5a No. 2 :

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 block or parcel of land, situate in the Wellington Land District, containing one hundred and thirty-eight acres three roods thirty perches, more or less, being the land known as Raketa-pauma 5a No. 2, and being the land comprised in partition order of the Native Land Court dated the fifth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, in favour of Haimona Teoti and others.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Notice of Intention to change the Purpose of a Reserve in the Auckland Land District.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” it is, amongst other things, enacted that the Governor may declare his intention to change or alter the dedication of any public reserve now or hereafter vested in His Majesty or the Governor for any of the purposes named in Class II. of the Schedule to the said Act, whether the same be granted or not; and if it shall, in the opinion of the Governor, be expedient to change the purpose of such reserve or any part thereof from the purpose or presumed purpose for which it was set apart to any other purpose, the Governor may, by notice gazetted, declare his intention to make such change, and in such notice declare the manner and terms in which the same is intended to be so made :

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” aforesaid, declare my intention to change the specific purpose of the reserve described in the first column of the Schedule hereto from that named therein to that named in the second column thereof.

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SCHEDULE.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

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Appointment of Members of the Conciliation Board, Westland.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS the Registrar is satisfied that the industrial unions of employers and of workers (being the electing authorities) have failed to elect any members of the Board of Conciliation in and for the Westland Industrial District :

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by “The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1900,” I, William Lee,