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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 35

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Nukumaru Survey District, in the Land District of Wellington, containing 100 acres 3 roods 13 perches, more or less, known as Kai Iwi No. 6g, and being the whole of the land comprised in certificate of title, Vol. 105, folio 109, of the Register-book of the Wellington District.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Excepting Land from the Operation of Section 117 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894.”

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PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twelfth day of April, 1907.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR 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 bond 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 twentieth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seven, and received on the twenty-second day of March, 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 Mairekura C:

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.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land, containing 352 acres, more or less, known as Mairekura C, and comprised in certificate of title, Vol. 151, folio 89, of the Register-book of the Wellington District, in favour of Ema Hipango and others.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Conferring Jurisdiction on Native Land Court.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this eleventh day of April, 1907.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section fourteen of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” it is enacted that the Native Land Court shall, as regards all lands within the meaning of subsection ten of section fourteen aforesaid, have jurisdiction as in the said subsection mentioned: Provided that the Court shall not proceed to exercise such jurisdiction unless the Governor in Council shall by Order authorise the same to be done:

And whereas the land specified in the Schedule hereto is land in respect whereof the Court has jurisdiction as aforesaid, and it is expedient that the Court should be authorised to exercise the same:

Now, therefore, 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 authorise the said Court to exercise in respect of the said land the jurisdiction conferred as aforesaid—that is to say, to determine whether or not the said land, or any part thereof, was, on the investigation of the title thereto, intended by the Native Land Court, or by the nominal owner or owners of such land, to be held by such nominal owner or owners in trust for Natives not named in the title, and to determine who are the Natives (if any) entitled beneficially to such land, and to order the inclusion of such Natives in the title, either together with or in lieu of the nominal owners or any of them, and for the purpose aforesaid to order the cancellation or amendment of any existing instrument of title, and the issue of such new Crown grants or other instruments of title as may be necessary, and generally to exercise in respect of the said land all the jurisdiction and powers conferred on the Native Land Court by subsection ten of section fourteen of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894”: And it is hereby declared that this Order is made under the provisions in that behalf of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” and of “The Land Titles Protection Act, 1902,” and that this Order shall operate accordingly as a consent of the Governor in Council to the proceedings hereby authorised.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land, containing 1,575 acres, more or less, situate in the Hawke’s Bay Land District, and known as Section No. 200, Block VIII, Woodville Survey District, being part of the Ahuaturanga Block (excepting thereout an area of 33 acres 2 roods 16·6 perches, which has been vested in His Majesty by Proclamations dated the 19th day of February, 1889, and the 19th day of October, 1895).

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Vesting Land in the Aotea District Maori Land Board under “The Maori Land Settlement Act, 1905,” and “The Maori Land Settlement Act Amendment Act, 1906.”

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PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twelfth day of April, 1907.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section four of “The Maori Land Settlement Act Amendment Act, 1906,” it is enacted that any Maori land which, in the opinion of the Native Minister, is not properly occupied by the Maori owners, but is suitable for Maori settlement, may, on the recommendation of the Board, be dealt with under the provisions of sections eight to fifteen of “The Maori Land Settlement Act, 1905,” as amended by the said section four:

And whereas the Aotea District Maori Land Board, by a recommendation dated the twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seven, has recommended that the land named and described in the Schedule hereto shall be dealt with as aforesaid:

And whereas the Native Minister is satisfied and of opinion that the said land is not properly occupied by the Maori owners, but is suitable for Maori settlement:

And whereas by section eight of “The Maori Land Settlement Act, 1905,” as amended by section four of “The Maori Land Settlement Act Amendment Act, 1906,” it is provided that the Governor may, by Order in Council, declare that such land is vested in the Board for an estate in fee-simple in possession, subject nevertheless to all valid encumbrances, liens, and interests affecting the same, to be held and administered by the Board for the benefit of the Maori owners in accordance with the provisions of the said Acts:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of all powers and authorities conferred by the hereinafter-recited Acts, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby declare that the said land is vested in the Aotea District Maori Land Board for an estate in fee-simple in possession, subject nevertheless