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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 76

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:

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, all that block or parcel of land particularised and set out in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land, containing 660 acres, more or less, situate at the Chatham Islands, being part of the land known as the Otonga IE No. 4 Block, bounded generally as follows: Commencing at a point on the Mangaehu Stream; thence on a bearing 161° 00' 00" for a distance of 14900 links to the public road; thence along the said road in a north-easterly direction 1961.5, 50.5, 439.8, 3381.3, and 309.5 links ; thence on a bearing 168° 45' 00" for a distance of 15300 links to the Mangaehu Stream by other part of the said block; thence along the said stream to the commencing-point.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Removing Restrictions against Alienation of Native Land.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS application has been made to the Governor by the owner of the land described in the Schedule hereto, praying that the restrictions on the alienation of the said land contained in the Land Transfer certificate of title (Vol. 42, folio 269) bearing date the twenty-eighth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, may be removed: And whereas inquiry has been duly made by the Native Land Court, and the said Court has recommended that such restrictions be removed:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the fifty-second section of "The Native Land Court Act, 1894," and in accordance with the recommendation of the Native Land Court, doth hereby order and declare that all restrictions imposed by the said Land Transfer certificate of title on the alienation of the said land are hereby removed.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Provincial District of Wellington, containing 21 acres and 16 perches, more or less, being a portion of the land known as Section No. 7, Harbour District (Ngahauranga Reserve), and comprised in certificate of title (Vol. 42, folio 269) of the Register-book of the Wellington District, in favour of Taare Waitara, and containing the following restrictions: "Inalienable by sale or mortgage, or by lease for more than twenty-one years."

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

J. CARROLL,
Native Minister.

Removing Restrictions against Alienation of Native Land.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS application has been made to the Governor by the owner of the land described in the Schedule hereto, praying that the restrictions on the alienation of the said land contained in the Land Transfer certificate of title (Vol. 8, folio 107) bearing date the nineteenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, and now contained in partition order of the Native Land Court dated the twenty-fourth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and two, may be removed: And whereas inquiry has been duly made by the Native Land Court, and the said Court has recommended that such restrictions be removed:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the fifty-second section of "The Native Land Court Act, 1894," and in accordance with the recommendation of the Native Land Court, doth hereby order and declare that all restrictions imposed by the said Land Transfer certificate of title and partition order of the Native Land Court on the alienation of the said land are hereby removed.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Mangahao Survey District, in the Provincial District of Wellington, containing 17 acres and 26 perches, more or less, known as Lot 6A of Section 115, Tutaekara Native Reserve, being the land comprised in partition order of the Native Land Court dated the 24th day of October, 1902, in favour of Takana Rangimauioura, and containing the following restrictions: "Inalienable by sale or mortgage except to the Crown, or by lease beyond twenty-one years, in possession and not in reversion, and without fine, premium, or foregift, or agreement or covenant for renewal or for purchase at a future time, except with the consent of the Governor."

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

J. CARROLL,
Native Minister.

Volunteer Regulations amended.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by "The Defence Act. 1886," and "The Defence Act Amendment Act, 1900," I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby amend in the manner and to the extent set forth in the Schedule hereto such of the General Regulations of the Defence Force of New Zealand, made on the eighth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and six, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the same date, as are set forth in the said Schedule. And I do hereby declare that such amended regulations shall come into force on the third day of September, one thousand nine hundred and six.

SCHEDULE.

TRAVELLING-EXPENSES AND TRAVELLING-ALLOWANCES.

REGULATION 385.-After the word "paid," on the eighteenth line, add: "The allowance for half-day on day of return can only be drawn after the claimant has been absent for one full day of twenty-four hours, and arrives at his headquarters after 6 p.m. on the day of return. No claim for meals on day of return will be allowed if the claimant arrived at his headquarters before 8 a.m. If his arrival be after 8 a.m., then an allowance for one meal will be granted; if after 1 p.m., then an allowance for two meals. Claimants who leave their headquarters late in the afternoon, and arrive back at their headquarters on following day before noon, will be entitled to actual reasonable and necessary expenses for dinner, bed, and breakfast. In cases where the half-day's allowance is not payable, then the claimant will (if necessary) be allowed a reasonable sum for cartage or portorage."

CADET VOLUNTEERS.

Regulation 505.-Delete all the words after "members," on the fifth line, and substitute the following :-"In lieu of taking the oath of allegiance; every cadet shall, prior to enrolment, make affirmation in the following form, namely : 'I, A. B., do solemnly, sincerely, and truly declare and affirm that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King Edward the Seventh, and that I will faithfully serve in the Cadet Volunteer Force of the colony until I shall be lawfully discharged.'"

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

ALBERT PITT,
Minister of Defence.

[D./06/833. C.O.F./06/A/403.]