1388
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 41

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 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 known as Drury Domain, and be managed, administered, and dealt with in manner directed by the said Act.

SCHEDULE.
DRURY DOMAIN.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 3 acres and 32 perches, more or less, being Allotment No. 85 of Section No. 8 of the Village of Drury. Bounded towards the north by Section No. 22 of the Parish of Opaheke; towards the south-east by Section No. 23 of the said parish; towards the south-west by the abutment of a road, and by Allotments Nos. 81, 82, 83, and 84 of Section No. 8 of the Village of Drury; and towards the west by the abutment of a road: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 54716/1a, deposited in the Head Office. Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon coloured 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 twenty-third day of May, 1906.

Present:
THE HONOURABLE W. HALL-JONES 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 bonâ 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 Tairawhiti District Maori Land Council, by a recommendation made on the eighteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and five, and received on the eleventh day of May, one thousand nine hundred and six, 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 known as Maraetaha No. 2 Section No. 5, to enable the said land to be sold:

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, the block or parcel of land, containing eight hundred and fifty-seven acres two roods, more or less, situate in the Provincial District of Auckland, known as Maraetaha No. 2 Section No. 5, and being the whole of the land comprised in Land Transfer certificate of title, Vol. 37, folio 244, of the Register-book, at Gisborne.

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 twenty-third day of May, 1906.

Present:
THE HONOURABLE W. HALL-JONES 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 bonâ 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 Ikaroa Maori Land Board, by a recommendation made on the thirtieth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and six, and received on the third day of May, one thousand nine hundred and six, 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 known as Ngawhakaakupe No. 1a, to enable the said land to be sold:

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, the block or parcel of land containing 1,513 acres 1 rood 1·5 perches, more or less, situate in the Provincial District of Wellington, known as Ngawhakaakupe No. 1a, and being the land comprised in Land Transfer certificate of title, Vol. cxx, folio 277, on the Register of the Wellington District.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Notice of Intention to exchange a Reserve in the Auckland Land District for other Land.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” it is, amongst other things, enacted that the Governor may declare his intention to make, change, exchange, 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 in the case of any reserve made under the authority of section one hundred and forty-four of “The Land Act, 1877,” 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, or if it shall, in the opinion of the Governor, be expedient to exchange any of the land comprised in such reserve for other land of equal value, to be dedicated to one or more purposes named in the said Class II, the Governor may, by notice gazetted, make such change, exchange, or dedication, as the case may be, 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 exchange the reserve described in the first column of the Schedule hereto for the land described in the second column of the said Schedule.