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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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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 pro-
visions of this section shall be confirmed by the Court
in terms of section fifty-three of the said Act:
And whereas the Waikato District Maori Land Board,
by a recommendation made on the twenty-ninth day of
November, one thousand nine hundred and six, and received
on the twelfth day of December, 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 sale, the block or parcel of land known as Te
Huru-o-te-Matuku:
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 by public auction, at an upset price of £225, the block
or parcel of land particularised and set out in the Schedule
hereto.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land, situate at Ohinemuri, in
the Land District of Auckland, containing 14 acres 3 roods,
more or less, known as Te Huru-o-te-Matuku, and being the
whole of the land comprised in an order of the Native Land
Court bearing date the 27th day of February, 1897, in favour
of Haora Tareranui and Paraku Rapana.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Recreation Reserves in Wellington Land District brought
under “The Public Domains Act, 1881.”

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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.

BY virtue of the powers and authorities vested in me by
the twenty-fourth section of “The Public Reserves
Act, 1881,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of
the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby
order and declare that the reserves for recreation in the
Wellington Land District described in the Schedule hereto
shall be and the same are hereby brought under the operation
of and declared to be subject to the provisions of “The
Public Domains Act, 1881”; and such reserves shall here-
after form part of Taihape Domain, and be managed,
administered, and dealt with in manner directed by the
said Act.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, containing
by admeasurement 4 acres 1 rood 3 perches, more or less,
being Section No. 96, Block XIV, Ohinewairua Survey Dis-
trict, and being a closed road adjoining Section No. 6,
Block XVII, Taihape Township, Sections Nos. 41, 38, 40, 39,
Suburbs of Taihape Township, as proclaimed in New Zea-
land Gazette No. 41, of 31st May, 1906 (page 1379): also
All that area in the Wellington Land District, containing
by admeasurement 1 rood 20 perches, more or less, being
Section No. 97, Block XIV, Ohinewairua Survey District, and
being a closed road adjoining Sections Nos. 42 and 43, Suburbs
of Taihape Township, as proclaimed in New Zealand Gazette
No. 41, of 31st May, 1906 (page 1379): also
All that area in the Wellington Land District, containing
by admeasurement 1 acre and 16 perches, more or less, being
Section No. 98, Block XIV, Ohinewairua Survey District,
and being a closed road adjoining Block X, Taihape Town-
ship, and Section No. 43, Suburbs of Taihape Township, as
proclaimed in New Zealand Gazette No. 41, of 31st May,
1906 (page 1379): also
All that area in the Wellington Land District, containing
by admeasurement 2 acres 1 rood 13 perches, more or less,
being Section No. 99, Block XIV, Ohinewairua Survey Dis-
trict, and being a closed road adjoining Block X, Taihape
Township, and Sections Nos. 44 and 43, Suburbs of Taihape
Township, as proclaimed in New Zealand Gazette No. 41, of
31st May, 1906 (page 1379).
As the same are delineated on the plan marked S.G. 55971,
deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wel-
ington, and thereon coloured green.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Terms and Conditions of Lease of Village-homestead Allot-
ments in Tapui Village Settlement, Wellington Land
District.

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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 the one-hundred-and-sixty-ninth section
of “The Land Act, 1892,” it is enacted that the
Governor in Council may fix the terms and conditions upon
which the lands in any village settlement shall be disposed
of, subject as in the said section is provided: And whereas
by a Proclamation made under the said Act on the ninth
day of February, one thousand nine hundred and seven,
and published in the New Zealand Gazette on the fourteenth
day of February, one thousand nine hundred and seven, the
lands described in the First Schedule hereto have been set
apart under the said Act and declared open for lease as a
village settlement, and it is expedient to fix the terms and
conditions upon which the said lands shall be disposed of:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers
and authorities conferred by the said Act, and by and with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said
colony, doth hereby fix the terms and conditions on which
the lands mentioned in the First Schedule hereto shall be
disposed of by way of lease in perpetuity, and which said
terms and conditions are set forth in the Second Schedule
hereto.

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FIRST SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—WEST TAUPŌ COUNTY.—TAPUI
VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

Village-homestead Allotments.

These allotments consist of river-flats, well watered, and
situated in the North Waimarino Block on the left bank of
the Wanganui River, close to Taumarunui and Manunui.
Access is from Taumarunui or Manunui, which are about a
mile to a mile and a half distant by unformed road across
river-faces. Access can also be obtained from the main
coach-road by crossing the Wanganui River in a canoe.

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SECOND SCHEDULE.

1. THE lands enumerated above are first-class lands, and are
   village-homestead allotments open for selection on lease in
   perpetuity under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892”
   (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”).
2. The day on which the said lands shall be open for
   selection shall be Wednesday, the 24th day of April, 1907.
3. The rentals stated above shall be the prices at which
   the lands shall be open for selection.
4. Applications for leases shall be made in manner as
   provided in Part I of the said Act; and all such applications
   shall be made to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Wel-
   ington; and leases will be issued in accordance with the
   provisions of Part I aforesaid.
5. Each applicant shall state his or her residence, occu-
   pation, and condition in life (namely, whether married or
   single), and will be required to make the declaration pre-
   scribed in Schedule C of the said Act.