May 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1363

are given below, have been made in the Register to give effect to the transfer [or adjustment or apportionment] of the liability of the in respect of the undermentioned loans raised upon the security of special rates made over the area [or part area] merged or included in the , and which said area is approximately described hereunder.

Particulars of loans above referred to:

Total inscribed amount of such loans: £

Area merged:

Dated , 19 , Secretary to the Treasury.

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-fourth day of April, 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-second day of November, one thousand nine hundred and six, and received on the twenty-second 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 sale, the block or parcel of land known as Rangiwaewa No. 4d2:

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, containing 135 acres 1 rood 10 perches, more or less, being that portion of the block known as Rangiwaewa No. 4d2, and comprised in certificate of title, Vol. 141, folio 192, of the Register-book of the Wellington District, which is not comprised in Memorandum of Lease No. 6490, dated the sixth day of April, 1903, from Porokoro Patapu and others to Frank Stubbing.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Excepting Lands 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-fourth day of April, 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 Maniapoto-Tuwharetoa District Maori Land Board, by a recommendation made on the fifteenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seven, and received on the fifteenth day of April, 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 Te Pukenui No. 2r No. 2:

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 Otanake Survey District, in the Land District of Auckland, containing 297 acres 3 roods 27 perches, more or less, known as Te Pukenui No. 2r No. 2, and being the whole of the land comprised in a partition order of the Native Land Court bearing date the 5th day of February, 1904, in favour of Waata Herangi and others.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

“The Land Titles Protection Act, 1902.”—Consenting to an Application to the Chief Judge of the Native Land Court in pursuance of Section 39 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894.”

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-fourth day of April, 1907.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. HALL-JONES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an order of the Native Land Court made the sixteenth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, purporting to determine the successor to the share or interest of Te Aohonga or Te Ahonga, in the land known as Kaupokonui, Section 51, Block XVI; Ngaere Survey District, Section 55, Block XIII; Hawera Survey District, Section 59, Block I (Umutahi), one Nowema Tawake Ariki was declared to be the successor to the said share or interest: And whereas it is alleged that the said order was made through a mistake or error within the meaning of section thirty-nine of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” and that the said Te Aohonga or Te Ahonga is still alive: