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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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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, situate in the Mangatu
Survey District, in the Land District of Hawke's Bay,
containing 60 acres 3 roods 18 perches, more or less, and
known as Whatatutu 1a ; as the same is comprised in
certificate of title, Vol. 22, folio 296, of the Register-book
of the Poverty Bay 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 Buildings, at Wellington, this six-
teenth day of December, 1907.

Present :

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD, K.C.M.G.,
PRESIDING 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 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 Aotea District Maori Land Board, by a
recommendation made on the nineteenth 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
Raketapauma 1h :

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 twenty-one years, 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 Maungakaretu
Survey District, in the Wellington Land District, containing
644 acres, more or less, and bounded generally as follows :
On the north-east by Raketapauma No. 1 I 1, 7694·4 links,
on a bearing of 334° 48′ 20″: on the south generally by lines,
817·2 links, on a bearing of 113° 45′; 812·1 links, on a bear-
ing of 60° 32′; 953 links, on a bearing of 68° 21′; 423·6 links,
on a bearing of 58° 55′; the centre of the Mangoiwa Stream
on traverse lines; 641 links, on a bearing of 129° 17′; 531·1
links, on a bearing of 204° 34′; 659·3 links, on a bearing of
81° 49′; 781·2 links, on a bearing of 149° 22′; 286·2 links,
on a bearing of 45° 8′; 365·5 links, on a bearing of 115° 14′:
thence by lines, 545·8 links, on a bearing of 23° 39′; 423·2
links, on a bearing of 50° 56′; 381·5 links, on a bearing of
36° 52′; 355·1 links, on a bearing of 67° 10′; 1010·8 links,
on a bearing of 359° 44′; 545·9 links, on a bearing of 80° 38′;
1112·5 links, on a bearing of 96° 9′; 728·3 links, on a bearing
of 92° 19′; 166·5 links, on a bearing of 94° 3′; 443·4 links,
on a bearing of 92° 30′; 1195·1 links, on a bearing of 50° 9′;
1408·3 links, on a bearing of 49° 31′; and 956·4 links, on a
bearing of 49° 52′: on the south-west by Raketapauma
No. 1p, 4464·8 links, on a bearing of 318° 53′ 20″: and on
the north-west by Raketapauma No. 1e, 534·9 links, and
by Raketapauma No. 1r, 12649·8 links, on a bearing of
56° 40′ 40″: be all the aforesaid linkages a little more or
less: which said piece or parcel of land is a portion of the
block known as Raketapauma No. 1h, and comprised in an
order of the Native Land Court, on investigation of title,
bearing date the 27th day of June, 1892.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Fixing License Fees for Oil - launches, &c., in Harbours
where there are no Harbour Boards.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this nine-
teenth day of December, 1907.

Present :

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD, K.C.M.G.,
PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it is enacted by section two hundred and
fifteen of “The Harbours Act, 1878,” that every
Harbour Board shall have power from time to time, by
by-laws made thereunder, to, inter alia, fix the fees to
be paid for licensing tugs, cargo-boats, lighters, whether
decked or undecked, and whether propelled by steam or
not, and other vessels and boats plying for hire, either for
goods or passengers, within a harbour or any part of the sea
adjacent thereto :

And whereas by the twelfth section of the said Act it is
enacted that in harbours where there is no Harbour Board
the Governor in Council shall have all the powers, functions,
duties, and authorities by that Act conferred upon Harbour
Boards, and may exercise the same in accordance with the
said Act :

And whereas it is desirable that the by-law hereinafter set
forth should be made for harbours where there is no Har-
bour Board :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the
Dominion of New Zealand, by and with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, and
in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
vested in him by the hereinbefore-in-part-recited Act, doth
hereby order and declare that on and after the date of the
publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette the harbour
by-law set forth in the Schedule hereto shall be in force in
harbours where there is no Harbour Board.

SCHEDULE.

HARBOUR BY-LAW.

Fees for licenses shall be paid to the Harbourmaster accord-
ing to the following scale per annum :—

Launches propelled by mechanical power other than steam £ s. d.
.. .. .. 1 0 0

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

Licensing the Clutha County Council to use and occupy a
Part of the Foreshore of the Tautuku River, Clutha
County.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this nine-
teenth day of December, 1907.

Present :

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD, K.C.M.G.,
PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS, there being no Harbour Board empowered
to grant the license hereinafter mentioned, the
Clutha County Council (hereinafter called “the Council”)
has applied to the Governor in Council for a license under