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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 Aotea District Maori Land Board, by a recommendation made on the twentieth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seven, and received on the twenty-second day of March, 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 Pukewhakapu 4d:

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.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Mangawhero Survey District, containing 140 acres, more or less, known as Pukewhakapu 4d, and comprised in a partition order of the Native Land Court dated the 25th day of May, 1900, in favour of Eruera Whakaahu.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Excepting Land from the Operation of Section 117 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894.”

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PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this second day of September, 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 Tairawhiti District Maori Land Board, by a recommendation made on the twelfth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and seven, and received on the fourteenth day of June, 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 Papakorokoro No. 2b:

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.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Cook County, containing 201 acres 2 roods 16 perches, more or less, known as Papakorokoro No. 2b, and being the whole of the land comprised in a partition order of the Native Land Court dated the 11th day of September, 1900, in favour of Tiemi Morete.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Excepting Land from the Operation of Section 117 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894.”

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PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this second day of September, 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:

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.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece of land situated in the Chatham Islands, containing 2,000 acres, be the same a little more or less, and being part of Block IL, Kekerione, which said piece of land is bounded as follows: Commencing at a peg on the shore of the Whanga Lagoon at the mouth of the Waimahana Creek, on the eastern side thereof; thence by a line in a south-westerly direction bearing 46° 59′ to the public road running through the said Block IL, 5230 links; thence crossing the said public road; thence by a continuation of the said line, 3970 links; thence by a line in a north-westerly direction bearing 116° 54′ (14225 links) to the boundary of the block called Kekerione C; thence by a line in a northerly direction bearing 178° 08′ 45″ (13500 links) to the boundary of Kekerione AB; thence by a line in a north-easterly direction along that boundary bearing 56° 38′ 45″ to the public road before mentioned, 3833·3 links; thence crossing the said public road; thence by a continuation of the last-mentioned line (1500 links) to a peg at Kaingapakaha on the shore of the Whanga Lagoon, being the north-eastern corner of Kekerione IL; thence along the shore of the Whanga Lagoon, generally in a south-easterly direction, to the point of commencement: and being part of the land comprised in certificate of title of the Register-book at Wellington, Vol. 85, folio 3.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.