SEPT. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2515

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 Aotea District Maori Land Board, by a recommendation made on the twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and six, and received on the tenth 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,” for the purpose of alienation by way of mortgage, all that parcel of land, containing three hundred and forty-six acres three roods, more or less, being the land known as Kai Iwi 5c No. 2:

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 mortgage, the block or parcel of land situate in the Provincial District of Wellington, containing three hundred and forty-six acres three roods, more or less, known as Kai Iwi 5c No. 2, and being the land comprised in partition order of the Native Land Court dated the tenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and four, in favour of Ratana te Urumingi and Te Wharepouri.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Removing Restrictions against Alienation of Native Land.

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 Board, remove any restriction on the alienation of land owned by Maoris: Provided that the decision of the Governor on any recommendation of the Board shall be given within six months from the date of the receipt of such recommendation:

And whereas the Aotea District Maori Land Board, by a recommendation made and passed by the said Board on the twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and six, and received on the tenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and six, recommended the Governor to remove and revoke the restrictions against alienation contained in the instrument of title of the block of land known as Kai Iwi 5c No. 2, so far as to permit the same to be mortgaged:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise 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 Board aforesaid, do hereby remove and revoke the restrictions now existing against the alienation of the land particularised and set out in the Schedule hereto, so far as to permit the said land to be mortgaged.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land, containing 346 acres 3 roods, more or less, being the land known as Kai Iwi 5c No. 2, situate in the Provincial District of Wellington, and comprised in a partition order of the Native Land Court dated the 10th day of May, 1904, containing the following restriction: “Inalienable by sale, or by lease for a longer period than twenty-one years, or by mortgage, except with the consent of the Governor being previously obtained to every such sale, lease, or mortgage.

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

J. CARROLL,
Native Minister.

Removing Restrictions against Alienation of Native Land.

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 Board, remove any restriction on the alienation of land owned by Maoris: Provided that the decision of the Governor on any recommendation of the Board shall be given within six months from the date of the receipt of such recommendation:

And whereas the Aotea District Maori Land Board, by a recommendation made and passed by the said Board on the twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and six, and received on the seventh day of May, one thousand nine hundred and six, recommended the Governor to remove and revoke the restrictions against alienation contained in the instrument of title of the block of land known as Manawakowara No. 1, so far as to permit that part of the said land which is more particularly described in the Schedule hereto to be sold:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise 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 Board aforesaid, do hereby remove and revoke the restrictions now existing against the alienation of the land particularised and set out in the Schedule hereto, so far as to permit the said land to be sold.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land, containing 1 acre 2 roods 21 perches, more or less, lying between the road known as the No. 2 Line as originally surveyed and the deviation of the said road at present in use, being part of the land known as Manawakowara No. 1, situate in the Ikitara Survey District, in the Land District of Wellington, and comprised in a Crown grant dated the 22nd day of September, 1868, containing the following restriction: “Inalienable by sale, or by lease for a longer period than twenty-one years, or by mortgage, except with the consent of the Governor being previously obtained to every such sale, lease, or mortgage.”

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

J. CARROLL,
Native Minister.

Changing the Purpose of a Portion of a Reserve in Nelson Land District.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto forms part of a reserve heretofore duly set apart for a site for public buildings or other purposes of the General Government, being a reserve within Class II of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” and such land has not been vested in trust in any society, body corporate, or trustees:

And whereas it is expedient that such land shall be appropriated for a site for a technical school, being a reserve within Class III of the aforesaid Act:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the second section of “The Public Reserves Act Amendment Act, 1889,” do by this notification declare that the said reserve shall, from and after the twenty-seventh day of September, one thousand nine hundred and six, be appropriated for a site for a technical school under Class III of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881”; and I do hereby direct that this notification shall be published in the New Zealand Gazette.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Nelson Land District, containing by admeasurement 16·8 perches, more or less, being Section No. 1071, Town of Westport (formerly part of the reserve of 13 acres 1 rood described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 3, of the 20th January, 1869, page 28, as a site for public buildings or other purposes of the General Government). Bounded towards the south-east by Wakefield Street, 124·24 links; towards the south-west by Palmerston Street, 84·85 links; towards the north-west by Section No. 1070, 124·24 links;