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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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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 Te Ikaroa District Maori Land Council,
by a recommendation made on the seventh day of October,
one thousand nine hundred and four, and received on
the seventh day of December, one thousand nine hun-
dred and four, has recommended the Governor to ex-
cept from the operation of section one hundred and
seventeen of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” all the
share or interest of Hui te Miha in the blocks or parcels of
land known respectively as Kawakawa No. 2, Matakitaki
No. 2, Te Kopi, and Hinana No. 3b, situate in the Wai-
arapa District, to enable the said Hui te Miha to assign
his said share or interest of the rents arising from the said
blocks to the Public Trustee:

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,” all those blocks or parcels of land, situate in the
Wairarapa District, known respectively as Kawakawa No. 2,
Matakitaki No. 2, Te Kopi, and Hinana No. 3b, for the
purpose of enabling Hui te Miha to assign his interest in
the rents arising from the said lands to the Public Trustee.

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

Withdrawing Land from the Operation of “The Kauri-gum Industry Act, 1898.”

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-
sixth day of January, 1905.

Present:

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

WHEREAS by “The Kauri-gum Industry Amendment Act, 1902” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is enacted that the Governor may by Order in Council declare that land set apart under “The Kauri-gum Industry Act, 1898” (hereinafter termed “the principal Act”), as a kauri-gum reserve, and which is no longer required for the purpose of gum-digging, shall be no longer subject to the principal Act, and shall thereafter be dealt with by the Land Board as ordinary Crown land; provided that such Order in Council shall only be issued in pursuance of a resolution of the Land Board, supported by such independent evidence as the Governor in Council deems necessary:

And whereas the Land Board of the Auckland Land District has duly passed a resolution recommending that the Whangape Kauri-gum Reserve described in the Schedule hereto be excepted from the operation of the principal Act, and it is expedient to give effect to such recommendation:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby order and declare that the Whangape Kauri-gum Reserve described in the Schedule hereto shall be no longer subject to the provisions of the principal Act, and shall hereafter be dealt with by the Land Board as ordinary Crown land.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 17,000 acres, more or less, situate in Blocks V., VI., VII., IX., X., XI., and XIV., Rangiriri Survey District, being the Whangape Kauri-gum Reserve, set apart by Order in Council dated the 3rd April, 1901, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 36, of the 11th April, 1901, page 869; as the same is delineated on plan marked S.G. 37704A¹ deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.

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

Authorising the Exchange of a Reserve in Hawke’s Bay Land District for other Land.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-
sixth day of January, 1905.

Present:

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

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the first column of the Schedule hereto has been duly set apart for cemetery purposes: And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient to exchange the said land for that described in the second column of the Schedule hereto:

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,” and the third section of “The Public Reserves Act Amendment Act, 1889,” doth hereby declare that the said land described in the first column of the Schedule hereto may be exchanged for the land described in the second column of the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

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

Authorising the Exchange of a Portion of a Reserve in Canterbury Land District for other Land.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-
sixth day of January, 1905.

Present:

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

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the first column of the Schedule hereto forms part of a reserve heretofore duly set apart for the growth and preservation of timber: And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient to exchange the said land for that described in the second column of the said Schedule:

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,” and the third section of “The Public Reserves Act Amendment Act,