April 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1245

corner of Section No. 2, Block II, South Cape Survey District; bounded thence generally on the west and north by the reserve for the preservation of native fauna and flora in South Cape and Pegasus Survey Districts, hereinbefore described, to Section No. 1, Block III, Pegasus Survey District; thence by the south-western and south-eastern boundaries of that section to the coast-line; thence by the coast-line to the point of commencement: excepting from the above-described area Sections Nos. 1 of Block VII and 1 of Block VIII, South Cape Survey District. For the preservation of scenery.

Also all that area in the Southland Land District, containing by estimation 1,200 acres, being Sections Nos. 23 (Block II) and 31 (Block III), Pegasus Survey District. Commencing at a point on the coast-line due west of Trig. F; thence by a line to that trig., 20 chains or thereabouts; thence by a line due north, 38 chains 47 links; thence by a line due east, 206 chains 40 links, to Trig. G; thence by a line due south to the coast-line, 78 chains; thence by the coast-line to the point of commencement. For the preservation of scenery.

Also all that area in the Southland Land District, containing by estimation 1,100 acres, being Sections Nos. 9 and 10, Block I, Lord’s River Survey District. Commencing at the south-western corner of Block I; bounded on the west by the western boundary of that block, 140 chains; on the north by a line due east, 56 chains; on the north-east by a line to Starling Head, 200 chains; thence by the coast-line to the point of commencement: excepting from the above-described area Sections Nos. 7 and 8, Block I, Lord’s River Survey District. For the preservation of scenery.

Also all that area in the Southland Land District, containing by estimation 23,600 acres, being Sections Nos. 1 (Block IV), 2 (Block V), 1 (Block VII), 2 (Block XI), and Block VI, Mason Survey District, and Sections Nos. 4 (Block IV), 3 (Block V), 3 (Block VI), and 23 (Block XIV), Paterson Survey District. Commencing at a point on the southern boundary of Block VII, Mason Survey District, 80 chains from its south-eastern corner; thence along the western boundary of Section No.1, Block VII, Mason Survey District, 250 chains; thence along the northern boundary of that section, 80 chains; thence along the western boundary of Section No. 2, Block XI, Mason Survey District, 204 chains; thence along the northern boundary of that section, 132 chains; thence along the eastern boundary of that section, 123 chains; thence again along the northern boundary of that section and Section No. 4, Block IV, Paterson Survey District, to Paterson Inlet, 265 chains; thence easterly and northerly by the southern margin of Paterson Inlet (Caerhowel Arm) to the south-eastern corner of Section No. 2, Block VI, Paterson Survey District; thence by a line due west, 30 chains; thence by a line due south, 80 chains; thence by a line due east, 96 chains; thence by a line due north, 70 chains, to Paterson Inlet aforesaid; thence by Paterson Inlet to the south-western corner of Section No. 23, Block XIV, Paterson Survey District; thence by a line due north, 35 chains; thence by a line due west through Trig. W to the western boundary of Paterson Survey District, 510 chains; thence by a line due south, 128 chains; thence by a line due west through Trig. X, 345 chains; thence by a line due north, 100 chains, to the point of commencement: excepting from the above-described area Section No. 1, Block V, Mason Survey District, and Sections Nos. 2 and 3 of Block IV, 1 and 2 of Block V, and 1 and 2 of Block VI, Paterson Survey District. For the preservation of scenery.

Also all that area in the Southland Land District, containing by estimation 2,670 acres, being Sections Nos. 3 of Block IX and 23 of Block XI, Paterson Survey District. Commencing at the north-western corner of Section No. 4, Block IX, in the said survey district; bounded towards the west by a line due north to South-west Bay, Paterson Inlet, 60 chains; towards the north generally by South-west Bay and Glory Cove, Paterson Inlet, to the south-western corner of Section No. 20, Block XI, Paterson Survey District; thence along the southern boundary of that section to the ocean, 25 chains; thence by the coast-line, 20 chains; thence by a line due south to the southern boundary of Block XI aforesaid, 56 chains; thence along the southern boundary of that block, 100 chains; thence by a line due south, 80 chains; thence by a line due west through Trig. P, 270 chains, to the point of commencement: excepting from the above-described area Sections Nos. 1 and 2 of Block IX and 21 and 22 of Block XI, Paterson Survey District. For the preservation of scenery.

Also all those areas in the Southland Land District, containing by estimation 311 acres, situated in Paterson Survey District, being all the islands and islets lying inside Paterson Inlet south and westward of a line between Ackers and Anglem Points, excepting Ulva Island, Sections Nos. 2, 3, and 4 (situated on Native Island), and Sections Nos. 22 and 22A, Block XIV (situated on Bravo Island). For the preservation of scenery.

Also all those areas in the Southland Land District, containing by estimation 3 acres, situated in Lord’s River Survey District, being all the islands and islets lying inside Port Adventure westward of a line between Starling Head and Trig. A (Port Adventure). For the preservation of scenery.

Also all those areas in the Southland Land District, containing by estimation 8 acres, situated in Lord’s River Survey District, being all the islands and islets lying inside Lord’s River north-westward of a line between Owen Head and the north end of Owen Island. For the preservation of scenery.

Also all those areas in the Southland Land District, containing by estimation 2,070 acres, situated in South Cape Survey District, being all the islands and islets lying inside Port Pegasus, including Pearl, Anchorage, and Noble Islands. For the preservation of scenery.

As the same are delineated on the plan marked S.G. 54031/10, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this tenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and seven.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands.

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 recommendations made and passed by the said Board on the twenty-second day of February, one thousand nine hundred and seven, and received on the nineteenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seven, recommended the Governor to remove and revoke the restrictions against alienation contained in the instruments of title of the blocks of land particularised and set out in the Schedule hereto:

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 said lands so far as to permit the same to be sold by public auction at an upset price of twenty pounds per acre.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land, containing 6 acres 1 rood 7 perches, more or less, being Section 10 of Section 153, Township of Sandon, and comprised in certificate of title, Vol. 61, folio 87, of the Register-book of the Wellington District; and also all that piece or parcel of land, containing 12 acres, more or less, being Section 13 of Section 153, Township of Sandon, and comprised in certificate of title, Vol. 61, folio 52, of the Register-book of the said Wellington District; which said certificates of title contain the restriction that the land comprised therein shall be “inalienable except by lease for not exceeding twenty-one years, in possession and not in reversion, without premium or foregift, and without agreement or covenant for renewal or for purchase at any future time.”

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this tenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and seven.

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: