JUNE 6.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

1743

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 Tai-Rawhiti District Maori Land Board, by a recommendation made and passed by the said Board on the sixteenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and seven, and received on the twenty-fourth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and seven, recommended the Governor to remove and revoke the restrictions against alienation contained in the instrument of title of the block of land known as Rotokautuku 6d, so far as to permit the said land to be sold:

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 Tai-Rawhiti District Maori Land Board aforesaid, do hereby remove and revoke the restrictions now existing against the alienation of the land particularised and set out in the Schedule hereto, so far as to permit the same to be sold.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land, containing 15 acres, more or less, being the land known as Rotokautuku 6d, situate in the Waiapu County, and comprised in a partition order of the Native Land Court dated the 15th day of December, 1891, and being part of the land comprised in a division order of the Native Land Court dated the 3rd day of September, 1885, and containing the restriction that “the land may be leased for any term not exceeding twenty-one years, but shall be otherwise inalienable except with the assent of the Governor.”

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-ninth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and seven.

J. CARROLL,
Native Minister.

Warrant vesting Control of the Mangahao-Marima Bridge at Marima in the Pahiatua County Council, and apportioning the Cost of Maintenance of the same between the Ekatahuna and Pahiatua County Councils.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by section one hundred and nineteen of “The Public Works Act, 1905” (hereinafter called “the said Act”), it is, inter alia, enacted that the Governor may, by Warrant under his hand publicly notified and gazetted, direct that any bridge already constructed or which may hereafter be constructed over or across any river or arm of the sea respectively shall, from and after a date to be fixed in such Warrant, be under the exclusive care, control, and management of such local authority as shall be mentioned in that behalf in such Warrant; and may by any such Warrant as aforesaid fix and determine whether all or any, and if so what part, of the cost, whether theretofore incurred or thereafter to be incurred, of maintaining, repairing, improving, or reconstructing any such bridge is to be provided and paid by the local authority or local authorities, and, if so, by what local authority or authorities; and may by any such Warrant as aforesaid direct how, when, and to whom any such payment is to be made:

And whereas it is expedient to make provision under the said Act for the purposes and in the manner hereinafter set forth:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and in exercise of the power and authority vested in me by the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby direct that the bridge known as the Mangahao-Marima Bridge, together with the approaches and protective works thereto, as described in the Schedule hereto (and hereinafter referred to as “the said bridge”), shall, from and after the date of this Warrant, be under the exclusive care and control and management of the Ekatahuna County Council; and, in further pursuance and exercise of the aforesaid powers and authorities, I do hereby fix and determine that the cost of maintaining, repairing, improving, or reconstructing the said bridge, with the approaches thereto and protective works, shall be borne by the Council of the County of Pahiatua in the proportion of eight-ninths of the said cost, and by the Ekatahuna County Council in the proportion of one-ninth of the said cost respectively.

And I do also further direct that any contribution hereby required to be made as aforesaid by the Council of the County of Ekatahuna shall be paid from time to time in the proportion hereinbefore prescribed out of the funds of the said county, within a period of thirty days after demand in writing made by or on behalf of the Council of the County of Pahiatua, and such payments shall be made from time to time to the Clerk of that Council for and on account of such Council.

SCHEDULE.

That bridge over the Mangahao River, in the Land District of Wellington, together with the approaches thereto and protective works thereof, in Block X, Mangahao Survey District; as the site of the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked R. 966, deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District.

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

JAMES McGOWAN,
For Minister for Public Works.

Appointment of Trustees, Marton Volunteer Drill-shed Reserve.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by “The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands Act, 1888,” “The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands Trustees Validation Act, 1890,” and “The Reserves and other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Act, 1906” (hereinafter termed “the said Acts”), His Excellency the Right Honourable William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, doth hereby constitute and appoint

Lieutenant-Colonel ARTHUR BAUCHOP, C.M.G., New Zealand Militia, Officer Commanding Wellington Military District;

Lieutenant-Colonel JOHN PATON WATT, V.D., 2nd Battalion, Wellington (West Coast) Rifle Volunteers;

Captain JAMES BATTEN, Royal Rifle Volunteers;

Lieutenant ROBERT YOUNG, Royal Rifle Volunteers; and

Acting-Lieutenant CHARLES LEONARD HARRIS, Royal Rifle Volunteers,

to be Trustees of all that parcel of land in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 24 perches, more or less, being part of Section No. 18, Rangitikei Agricultural Reserve, Block III, Rangitoto Survey District. Bounded towards the north-west by Broadway, commencing at a point distant 332 links from the southern boundary of the said Section No. 18, and thence along the said road 100 links; towards the north-east by Lot No. 1A of the said Section No. 18 for 150 links; towards the south-east by Lot No. 1A for 100 links; and towards the south-west by Lot No. 1A for 150 links to the point of commencement: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: together with all buildings erected thereon: to hold the said several premises for the purpose of maintaining a drill-shed for Volunteer purposes, and generally for the purposes of and with the powers conferred by the said Acts. And it is hereby declared that the said Trustees shall be incorporated under the name of “The Trustees of the Marton Volunteer Drill-shed Reserve,” and that they shall take office as such Trustees on the thirtieth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and seven.

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

ROBERT MCNAB,
Acting Minister of Defence.