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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 32

21846, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured as above.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable William Lee, Baron Plunket, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-seventh day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seven.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Native Land in Purahotangihia Block, Puketapu Survey District, taken for Scenery-preservation Purposes.

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 the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is Native land and is required to be taken for scenery-preservation purposes:

And whereas the said land is held or occupied by Native owners under a title which is not derived from the Crown:

And whereas a map of the said land has been prepared in duplicate, as required by the eighty-ninth section of “The Public Works Act, 1905”:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in him by “The Public Works Act, 1905,” and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby declare that the land shown 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.

Native Land in Rotoiti Survey District taken for Electric-lighting Purposes.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this nineteenth day of March, 1907.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken for electric-lighting purposes:

And whereas the said land is held or occupied by Native owners, and the title thereto is not derived from the Crown:

And whereas a map of the said land has been prepared in duplicate, as required by the eighty-ninth section of “The Public Works Act, 1905”:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in him by “The Public Works Act, 1905,” and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby declare that the land shown upon such map, and described in the Schedule hereto, is hereby taken for electric-lighting purposes as aforesaid; and the said land shall vest in His Majesty the King as from the twenty-first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and seven.

SCHEDULE.

The parcels of land mentioned hereunder:—

All in the Land District of Auckland; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 21695, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured red and blue.

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-sixth 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 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 twenty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and six, and received on the twenty-first day of February, 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 Pukengaki No. 1A:

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.