1774
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 50

Vesting a Reserve in the Westport Harbour Board.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this seventh day of June, 1907.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto has been permanently reserved for a public recreation-ground:

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient to vest the said reserve in the Westport Harbour Board:

Now, therefore, 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, and in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the twenty-fourth section of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” doth hereby declare that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the reserve described in the Schedule hereto shall become vested in the Westport Harbour Board, in trust, for a public recreation-ground.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Nelson Land District, containing by admeasurement 2 roods 2 perches, more or less, being Section No. 19, Village of Omäu. Bounded towards the north-east by a public road, 158·1 links; towards the south-east by Section No. 20 of the said village, 488·9 links; towards the south-west by Section No. 22, 52·4 links; and towards the north-west by a public road, 500·1 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 56690/1, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

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

Directing Sale of Land under “The Public Works Act, 1905.”

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this eleventh day of June, 1907.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the thirtieth section of “The Public Works Act, 1905” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is enacted that if it is found that any land held, taken, purchased, or acquired at any time under this or any other Act or Provincial Ordinance, or otherwise howsoever, for any public work is not required for such public work, the Governor may, by Order in Council publicly notified and gazetted, cause the same to be sold under the conditions set forth in the said Act:

And whereas a plan has been prepared, and the land described in the Schedule hereto is not now required for the purpose of a public work—that is to say, for road purposes—and it is desirable to sell the same:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the powers and authority conferred upon him by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby direct the sale of the land described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

In the Land District of Auckland; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked and coloured as above noted, deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District.

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

Directing Sale of Land under “The Public Works Act, 1905.”

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this eleventh day of June, 1907.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the thirtieth section of “The Public Works Act, 1905” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is enacted that if it is found that any land held, taken, purchased, or acquired at any time under this or any other Act or Provincial Ordinance, or otherwise howsoever, for any public work is not required for such public work, the Governor may, by Order in Council publicly notified and gazetted, cause the same to be sold under the conditions set forth in the said Act:

And whereas the land described in the Schedule hereto is not now required for the purpose of a road, and it is desirable to sell the same:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the powers and authority conferred upon him by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby direct the sale of the land described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

In the Wellington Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked and coloured as above noted, deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting 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 House, at Wellington, this eleventh day of June, 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 Waikato District Maori Land Board, by a recommendation made on the twenty-ninth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and six, and received on the twelfth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and six, 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 Huru-o-te-Matuku: