FEB. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 619

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 restric-
tions 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 bonâ 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 seventeenth day of
December, one thousand nine hundred and seven, and re-
ceived on the seventeenth day of January, one thousand
nine hundred and eight, 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 particularised and set out in the Schedule hereto:

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 the said
land from the operation of section one hundred and seven-
teen of "The Native Land Court Act, 1894," for the pur-
pose of alienation by way of sale.

SCHEDULE.
ALL that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Onewhero
Survey District, containing 500 acres, more or less, known
as Lot 48 of No. 4, Parish of Opuatia, and comprised in a
partition order of the Native Land Court dated the 15th
day of June, 1905, in favour of Wiremu Karaka te Aho and
Ngatete Karaka te Aho.
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 eighteenth
day of February, 1908.
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 bonâ 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 Tokerau District Maori Land Board, by
a recommendation made on the ninth day of July, one
thousand nine hundred and seven, and received on the
fifth day of December, 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 aliena-
tion by way of sale, the block or parcel of land particu-
larised and set out in the Schedule hereto:

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 the said
land from the operation of section one hundred and seven-
teen of "The Native Land Court Act, 1894," for the
purpose of alienation by way of sale.

SCHEDULE.
ALL that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Mangakahia
Survey District, containing 27 acres 1 rood 18 perches,
more or less, known as Mangakahia No. 2A2 No. 4C, and
comprised in a partition order of the Native Land Court
dated the 15th day of May, 1903, in favour of Toka Waiti
and another.
J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

*Vesting Land in the Tairawhiti District Maori Land Board
under "The Maori Land Settlement Act, 1905," and "The
Maori Land Settlement Act Amendment Act, 1906."

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this tenth
day of February, 1908.
Present:
THE HONOURABLE W. HALL-JONES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section four of "The Maori Land Settle-
ment Act Amendment Act, 1906," it is enacted that
any Maori land which, in the opinion of the Native Minister,
is not properly occupied by the Maori owners, but is suitable
for Maori settlement, may, on the recommendation of the
Board, be dealt with under the provisions of sections eight
to fifteen of "The Maori Land Settlement Act, 1905," as
amended by the said section four:

And whereas the Tairawhiti District Maori Land Board,
by a recommendation dated the eighth day of January, one
thousand nine hundred and eight, has recommended that
the land named and described in the Schedule hereto shall
be dealt with as aforesaid:

And whereas the Native Minister is satisfied and of opinion
that the said land is not properly occupied by the Maori
owners, but is suitable for Maori settlement:

And whereas by section eight of "The Maori Land Settle-
ment Act, 1905," as amended by section four of "The Maori
Land Settlement Act Amendment Act, 1906," it is provided
that the Governor may, by Order in Council, declare that
such land is vested in the 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 ad-
ministered by the Board for the benefit of the Maori owners
in accordance with the provisions of the said Acts:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the
Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance of all powers and
authorities conferred by the hereinbefore recited Acts, and
acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby declare that the
said land is vested in the Tairawhiti District 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 Acts.

SCHEDULE.
ALL that piece or parcel of land known as Ngamotu, contain-
ing 427 acres, more or less, and situate in Block VI, Clyde
Survey District, in the Land District of Hawke's Bay.
J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.