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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 1

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

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this nineteenth day of December, 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 portion of Te Kopuru No. 5 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 portion of Te Kopuru No. 5 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 320 acres 1 rood 14 perches, more or less, being Sections Nos. 123 and 138 of the Parish of Kopuru, and forming part of Te Kopuru No. 5 Kauri-gum Reserve, set apart by Order in Council dated the 26th day of October, 1903, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 83, of the 29th October, 1903, page 2291. Bounded towards the north-east by Section No. 44 of the Parish of Kopuru; towards the east by Section No. 57 of the said parish; towards the south by a public road; towards the south-west by Section No. 137 of the parish aforesaid; and towards the north-west by the Oturei Block to the point of commencement: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 51291/5, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon edged red.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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 nineteenth day of December, 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 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 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 Waiariki District Maori Land Council, by a recommendation made and passed by the said Council on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and five, and received on the sixth day of October, 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 block or parcel of land particularised and set out in the Schedule hereto, to enable the said land 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 a period of twenty-one years with the right of renewal for a further period of twenty-one years, the block or parcel of land particularised and set out in the Schedule hereto: Provided that the rent to be reserved shall be on the basis of not less than five per centum per annum on the capital value of the land as assessed under “The Government Valuation of Land Act, 1896.”

SCHEDULE.

ALL that block or parcel of land, situate in the Auckland Land District, containing 1,089 acres 1 rood 18 perches, more or less, known as Hikutawatawa Block, being the land comprised in certificate of title, Vol. 52, folio 163, on the Auckland Register.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Revoking Order in Council licensing Trustees for the New Brighton Lifeboat and Fishing Association to use and occupy a Part of Foreshore at New Brighton.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this nineteenth day of December, 1905.

Present:

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

WHEREAS by an Order in Council dated the fourth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 97, of the fourteenth day of December in the same year, His Excellency the Governor in Council did, in pursuance of the provisions of “The Harbours Act Amendment Act, 1883,” license the New Brighton Lifeboat and Fishing Association of New Brighton (hereinafter called “the association”) to use and occupy a part of the foreshore at New Brighton for the purpose of constructing and maintaining thereon a boatshed in the position shown on, and in accordance with, plan marked M.D. 1892, and deposited in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington, and upon and subject to the terms and conditions therein set forth:

And whereas the said association desires that the said license should be revoked:

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 all the powers enabling him in that behalf, doth hereby revoke and determine the said recited Order in Council of the fourth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, and the rights and privileges granted thereby.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Validating an Irregularity in the Notifications of the Proposal to borrow £1,500 and in the Voting-paper with respect to the Number of Years for which the Loan was to be raised not being stated.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this nineteenth day of December, 1905.

Present:

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

WHEREAS the Waikato County Council lately proposed to raise a special loan of fifteen hundred