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upon such map, and described in the Schedule hereto, is hereby taken for scenery-preservation purposes as aforesaid; and the said land shall vest in His Majesty the King as from the sixteenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and seven.

SCHEDULE.

The parcel of land mentioned hereunder :-

In the Land District of Hawke's Bay; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 22322, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of 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-seventh day of February, 1907.

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 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 :

And whereas the Ikaroa District Maori Land Board, by a recommendation made on the fourteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and six, and received on the twenty-fourth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and seven, 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 to the Government Advances to Settlers Department, the block or parcel of land known as Mangatainoka K No. 2c:

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 to the Government Advances to Settlers Department, the block or parcel of land particularised and set out in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

All that piece or parcel of land, containing 1,525 acres, more or less, known as Mangatainoka K No. 2c, being the land comprised in certificate of title, Vol. 149, folio 209, of the Register-book of the Wellington District.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting 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-seventh day of February, 1907.

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 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 :

And whereas the Aotea District Maori Land Board, by a recommendation made on the twenty-third day of January, one thousand nine hundred and seven, and received on the thirtieth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and seven, 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 sale, the block or parcel of land known as Urewera No. 1c No. 6:

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 particularised and set out in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

All that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Kariori and Ruapehu Survey Districts, in the Land District of Wellington, containing 647 acres, more or less, known as Urewera No. 1c No. 6, and being the whole of the land comprised in a partition order of the Native Land Court bearing date the 15th day of July, 1905, in favour of Ema Wiremu Hipango and others.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting 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 fifth day of March, 1907.

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 bona fide in occupation of and has made improvements on such land, or has paid money to Native