JUNE 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1929

Vesting Land in the Tokerau Maori Land Board under “The Maori Land Settlement Act, 1905.”

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fourth day of June, 1907.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by section eight of “The Maori Land Settlement Act, 1905,” it is provided that where any Maori land within the Tokerau Maori Land District is, in the opinion of the Native Minister, not required or not suitable for occupation by the Maori owners, the Governor may, by Order in Council, declare that such land is vested in the Board of that district 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 that Act:

And whereas the land described in the Schedule hereto is Maori land within the said district, and in the opinion of the Native Minister is not required or is not suitable for occupation by the Maori owners thereof:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of all powers and authorities conferred by the hereinbefore-recited Act, 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 Tokerau Maori Land 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 said Board for the benefit of the Maori owners in accordance with the provisions of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

All that piece or parcel of land in the Auckland Land District, situated in Blocks XIII and XIV, Maungataniwha Survey District; Block I, Maungataniwha Survey District; and Blocks I, II, V, VI, IX, and X, Mangamuka Survey District, Hokianga County, and known as Te Karae Block, containing by admeasurement 19,536 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the north by the Mangamuka West Block: towards the east generally by Section 1, Block XIV, Maungataniwha Survey District; Sections 7 and 8 of Block II, Mangamuka Survey District; the abutment of a road, Section 2 of the aforesaid block, the abutment of a road, the Omakura Creek, the abutment of a road, Section 3, Horohoro Creek, the abutment of a road, Sections 4 and 9, the abutment of a road, again by the aforesaid Section 9 (all of Block II. Mangamuka Survey District), by J. Clendon’s old land claim, the Mangamuka River, and by Pikiparia Blocks D, C, B, and A: towards the south generally by a public road of various widths forming the northern boundaries of Sections 62, 63, 63a, 64, 65, and 66 of Block X, Mangamuka Survey District, and the western portion of Motukaraka North Block: towards the west generally by a public road forming the eastern boundaries of the western portion of Motukaraka North Block, and Sections 9, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 10, and 12 of Block V, Mangamuka Survey District, the crossing of a road, and by Section 14 of the last-mentioned block; by Sections 38, 26, 27, 28, 29, and 30 of Block I, Whangape Survey District, by Crown land, and a State forest reserve.

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

Empowering Native Appellate Court to hear Appeal under Section 62 of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1895.”

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fourth day of June, 1907.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by section sixty-two of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1895,” it is provided that in any case in which application has been or shall be made to the Chief Judge of the Native Land Court, under section thirty-nine of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” in respect of any order of the Court determining the succession to the estate of any Native deceased, the Governor, on being certified by the Chief Judge as in the said section is provided, may, by Order in Council, empower the Native Appellate Court to deal with such application as a valid appeal under “The Native Land Court Act, 1894”: And whereas the Chief Judge has, in respect of the application of Rihi O Rangiita, under section thirty-nine aforesaid, certified as by the said section sixty-two is required: And whereas the said application in all other respects complies with the requirements of the last-mentioned section:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority enabling him in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby empower the Native Appellate Court to deal with the said application as an appeal, under the provisions of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” from the order of Court hereinafter specified, that is to say,—

The order of the Court, dated the fifteenth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and five, appointing Paretutaki Tai, Te Rauwhero Tonganui, and Maraea Tonganui to succeed to the interest of Hemini Purutoene, deceased, in respect of the block of land known as Maungatautari No. 3a, Section 7.

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 twenty-fourth 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 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 Tai-Rawhitī District Maori Land Board, by a recommendation made on the sixteenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and seven, and received on the third day of May, 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 mortgage, the block or parcel of land known as Okahuatiu No. 1d2b2:

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 mortgage to the Government Advances to Settlers Department, 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 Waikohu Survey District, containing 618 acres 2 roods 9 perches, more or less, known as Okahuatiu No. 1d2b2, and being the whole of the land comprised in certificate of title, Vol. 43, folio 79, of the Register-book of the Poverty Bay District.

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