Feb 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 249

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.

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SCHEDULE.

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

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Recreation Reserve in Auckland Land District brought under “The Public Domains Act, 1881.”

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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.

BY virtue of the powers and authorities vested in me by the twenty-fourth section of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby order and declare that the reserve for public recreation in the Auckland Land District described in the Schedule hereto shall be and the same is hereby brought under the operation of and declared to be subject to the provisions of “The Public Domains Act, 1881”; and such domain shall hereafter be managed, administered, and dealt with in manner directed by the said Act.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 3 acres 1 rood 24 perches, more or less, being Section No. 2, Block VII., Township of Mackaytown. Bounded towards the north by Section No. 1, Block VII., Township of Mackaytown; towards the east by the main road; towards the south-east by a public road; and towards the west by the Ohinemuri River: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 44407, 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.

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Removing Restrictions against Alienation of Native Land.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by section fourteen of “The Maori Land Laws Amendment Act, 1903,” it is enacted that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act, or in any Crown grant or other instrument of title, the Governor may, on the recommendation of the Council, remove any restriction on the alienation of land owned by Maoris: Provided that the decision of the Governor on any recommendation of the Council shall be given within six months from the date of the receipt of such recommendation:

And whereas the Aotea District Maori Land Council, by a recommendation made and passed by the said Council on the second day of August, one thousand nine hundred and four, and received on the thirty-first day of October, one thousand nine hundred and four, recommended the Governor to vary or remove and revoke the restrictions against alienation contained in the instrument of title of the block of land known as Awarua No. 3A No. 2J, particulars of which land are set out in the Schedule hereunder written, so far as to permit the said land to be leased:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers conferred upon and vested in me by the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities me thereunto enabling, and in accordance with the recommendation of the Aotea District Maori Land Council aforesaid, do hereby remove and revoke the restrictions now existing against the alienation of the block of land particularised and set out in the Schedule hereto, so far as to permit the said land to be leased.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Provincial District of Wellington, containing 261 acres, more or less, known as Awarua No. 3A No. 2J, being the land comprised in partition order of the Native Land Court dated the 13th day of August, 1896, in favour of Potaka Taiuru, and containing the following restriction: “Inalienable.”

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and five.

J. CARROLL.

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Removing Restrictions against Alienation of Native Land.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by section fourteen of “The Maori Land Laws Amendment Act, 1903,” it is enacted that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act, or in any Crown grant or other instrument of title, the Governor may, on the recommendation of the Council, remove any restriction on the alienation of land owned by Maoris: Provided that the decision of the Governor on any recommendation of the Council shall be given within six months from the date of the receipt of such recommendation:

And whereas the Tokerau District Maori Land Council, by a recommendation made and passed by the said Council on the twenty-eighth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and four, and received on the seventeenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and four, recommended the Governor to remove the restrictions against the alienation of the land known as Manginahae No. 2, particulars of which land are set out in the Schedule hereunder written:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers conferred upon and vested in me by the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities me thereunto enabling, and in accordance with the recommendation of the Tokerau District Maori Land Council aforesaid, do hereby remove and revoke the restrictions now existing against the alienation of the block of land particularised and set out in the Schedule hereto.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Provincial District of Auckland, containing 21 acres, known as Manginahae No. 2, being the land comprised in Land Transfer certificate of title, Vol. 49, folio 14, in favour of Tiopira Kinake.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-ninth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and five.

J. CARROLL.

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Rural Land in Auckland Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by section one hundred and thirty-six of “The Land Act, 1892,” and section two of “The Bush and Swamp Crown Lands Settlement Act, 1903,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby declare and provide as follows, that is to say:—

1. The rural land described in the Schedule hereto is hereby set apart for disposal by way of selection on and after the twenty-second day of March, one thousand nine