Executive Council of the said Dominion, do hereby set apart
the area of Crown land described in the Schedule hereto as
a kauri-gum reserve, with the name set over the description
of such reserve in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

MANGAWHAI KAURI-GUM RESERVE EXTENSION (FOR MANGAWHAI
SETTLEMENT).

All that area in the Auckland Land District, containing
by admeasurement 2,944 acres, more or less, situated in
Block IV, Mangawhai Survey District, and Blocks I and II,
Pakiri Survey District. Bounded towards the north by
Section No. 107, Mangawhai Parish (Harbour Endowment);
towards the east by the sea; towards the west by Section
No. 32 and Section No. 101, both of Mangawhai Parish
aforesaid; towards the south by Sections Nos. 244, 124, W.
22, E. 22, and N.W. 19, all of Mangawhai Parish aforesaid:
as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 57698/1,
deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wel-
lington, and thereon edged red.

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 eighteenth
day of November, 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 opera-
tion 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 exclu-
sively 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 thirtieth day of September,
one thousand nine hundred and seven, and received on the
eighth day of October, 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 lease, the block or parcel of land known as
Ruanui No. 1, Subdivision 10:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the
Dominion 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 Dominion, 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 for forty-two years, the block or parcel of land particu-
larised and set out in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

All that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Maungakaretu
Survey District, in the Land District of Wellington, con-
taining 670 acres, more or less, known as Ruanui No. 1,
Subdivision 10, and being the whole of the land comprised
in a certificate of title, Vol. 158, folio 226, of the Register-book
of the Wellington District, in favour of Raperu Waiata.

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 eighteenth
day of November, 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 opera-
tion 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 said section, or any interest therein or right over the same,
or may in like manner make such exception in favour exclu-
sively 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 third day of August,
one thousand nine hundred and seven, and received on the
tenth day of September, 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
Hoeotainui South No. 4A:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the
Dominion 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 Dominion, 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 or parcel of land, situate in the Auckland
Land District, containing 1,567 acres, more or less, known
as Hoeotainui South No. 4A, and being the whole of the land
comprised in a partition order of the Native Land Court
dated the 2nd day of August, 1900.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.