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in a south-westerly direction on a bearing of 139° 33' 30" for a distance of 14000 links; thence by a public road in a north-westerly direction to within a distance of 2309·3 links of Otonga No. 3; thence in a north-easterly direction on a bearing of 168° 45' for a distance of 15300 links to the said Mangaehu Stream; thence along the said stream to the commencing-point: and being part of the land comprised in a partition order of the Native Land Court dated the 21st day of March, 1900.

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 House, at Wellington, this twenty-third 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 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:

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 of land, situated in the Chatham Islands, containing 19 acres, be the same a little more or less, and being part of Otonga No. 1e No. 5, which said piece of land is bounded towards the north-west by other part of the said block, 12527·4 links; towards the north-east by a public road; towards the south-east by Subdivision 2 of the said block, 12566 links; and towards the south-west by the Pacific Ocean: and being part of the land comprised in certificate of title, Vol. 105, folio 243, of the Register-book of the Wellington District.

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 House, at Wellington, this twenty-third 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 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:

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 lease, the block or parcel of land particularised and set out in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece of land, situated in the Chatham Islands, containing 2,528 acres, be the same a little more or less, and being part of Otonga No. 1e No. 8, which said piece of land is bounded as follows: Commencing at a point on the Tuku River, and running thence in a north-easterly direction on a bearing of 228° 59' for a distance of 15420 links; thence at right angles in a south-easterly direction on a bearing of 137° 0' 30" for a distance of 6610 links; thence on a bearing of 148° 28' for a distance of 4975·8 links; thence in a south-westerly direction on bearings of 48° 59', 228° 59', and 48° 50' 30" for a distance of 2600 links; thence in a northerly direction by the Pacific Ocean to the southern boundary of the Otonga No. 2 Block; thence in a south-easterly direction on a bearing of 96° for a distance of 3150 links; thence in a north-easterly direction on a bearing of 6° for a distance of 7616 links to the commencing-point: be all the aforesaid linkages a little more or less: and being part of the land comprised in a partition order of the Native Land Court dated the 28th day of January, 1898, in favour of Rihania Wharepa.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Domain Board appointed to have Control of the St. Helens Domain

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-third day of September, 1907.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section two of “The Domain Boards Act, 1904” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time, with respect to any public domain, appoint such persons (not exceeding nine) as he thinks fit to be a Domain Board having, subject to “The Public Domains Act, 1881,” control of such domain:

And whereas by an Order in Council made under the provisions of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” on the second day of September, one thousand nine hundred and seven, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the fifth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and seven, the land described in the Schedule hereto was brought under the operation of and declared to be subject to the provisions of “The Public Domains Act, 1881”:

And whereas it appears expedient to appoint a Domain Board to control the said domain:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice of the Executive Council of the said Colony of New Zealand, doth hereby appoint

JAMES SMYTH,
PATRICK DAVID SMYTH,
DAN COLIN MCDONALD,
JOHN O’SULLIVAN,
JAMES COLLINS,
ALBAN THOMAS,
GEORGE PARKES,
ARTHUR MORGAN, and
ERNEST DAVIS