Feb. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 643

Removing Restrictions against Alienation of Native Land.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by section fourteen of “The Maori Land Laws Amendment Act, 1903,” it is enacted that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act, or in any Crown grant or other instrument of title, the Governor may, on the recommendation of the Board, remove any restriction on the alienation of land owned by Maoris: Provided that the decision of the Governor on any recommendation of the Board shall be given within six months from the date of the receipt of such recommendation:

And whereas the Tairawhiti District Maori Land Board, by a recommendation made and passed by the said Board on the fourth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and seven, and received on the seventeenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and seven, recommended the Governor to remove and revoke the restrictions against alienation contained in the instrument of title of the block of land known as Waiomoko No. 1b2, so far as to permit the said land to be sold:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon and vested in me by the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities me thereunto enabling, and in accordance with the recommendation of the Tairawhiti District Maori Land Board aforesaid, do hereby remove and revoke the restrictions now existing against the alienation of the land particularised and set out in the Schedule hereto, so far as to permit the same to be sold.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Whangara Survey District, containing 165 acres 2 roods 25 perches, more or less, known as Waiomoko No. 1b2, and comprised in a partition order of the Native Land Court dated the 15th day of January, 1906, subject to the restriction that the said land shall be “inalienable except by lease for a period not exceeding twenty-one years.”

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this fourteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

J. CARROLL,
Minister of Native Affairs.

Removing Restrictions against Alienation of Native Land.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by section fourteen of “The Maori Land Laws Amendment Act, 1903,” it is enacted that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act, or in any Crown grant or other instrument of title, the Governor may, on the recommendation of the Board, remove any restriction on the alienation of land owned by Maoris: Provided that the decision of the Governor on any recommendation of the Board shall be given within six months from the date of the receipt of such recommendation:

And whereas the Tairawhiti District Maori Land Board, by a recommendation made and passed by the said Board on the twenty-eighth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and seven, and received on the third day of September, one thousand nine hundred and seven, recommended the Governor to remove and revoke the restrictions against alienation contained in the instrument of title of the block of land particularised and set out in the Schedule hereto, so far as to permit the same to be sold:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon and vested in me by the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities me thereunto enabling, and in accordance with the recommendation of the Tairawhiti District Maori Land Board aforesaid, do hereby remove and revoke the restrictions now existing against the alienation of the said land, so far as to permit the same to be sold.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Whangara Survey District, containing 33 acres 1 rood 22 perches, more or less, known as Waiomoko No. 1b1, and comprised in a partition order of the Native Land Court dated the 15th day of January, 1906, subject to the restriction that the said land shall be “inalienable except by lease for a period not exceeding twenty-one years.”

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this fourteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

J. CARROLL,
Native Minister.

Removing Restrictions against Alienation of Native Land.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by section fourteen of “The Maori Land Laws Amendment Act, 1903,” it is enacted that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act, or in any Crown grant or other instrument of title, the Governor may, on the recommendation of the Board, remove any restriction on the alienation of land owned by Maoris: Provided that the decision of the Governor on any recommendation of the Board shall be given within six months from the date of the receipt of such recommendation:

And whereas the Waikato District Maori Land Board, by a recommendation made and passed by the said Board on the third day of August, one thousand nine hundred and seven, and received on the twenty-third day of August, one thousand nine hundred and seven, recommended the Governor to remove and revoke the restrictions against alienation contained in the instrument of title of the block of land particularised and set out in the Schedule hereto:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon and vested in me by the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities me thereunto enabling, and in accordance with the recommendation of the Waikato District Maori Land Board aforesaid, do hereby remove and revoke the restrictions now existing against the alienation of the said land, so far as to permit the same to be sold.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land in the Land District of Auckland, containing 17 acres 2 roods 13 perches, more or less, being the land known as Te Aroha Block IX, Section 29b No. 2, and comprised in a partition order of the Native Land Court dated the 4th day of October, 1897, and being part of the land comprised in a Land Transfer certificate bearing date the 27th day of July, 1882, and registered Vol. 35, folio 9, of the Register-book of the Auckland District, which said Land Transfer certificate contains the restriction that the land comprised therein shall be “inalienable, except with the consent of the Governor, by sale or by mortgage, or by lease for a longer period than twenty-one years.”

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eighteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

J. CARROLL,
Native Minister.

Removing Restrictions against Alienation of Native Land.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS application has been made to the Governor by the owners of the lands described in the Schedule hereto, praying that the restrictions on the alienation of the said lands may be removed: And whereas inquiry has been duly made by the Native Land Court, and the said Court has recommended that such restrictions be removed:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the fifty-second section of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” and in accordance with the recommendation of the Native Land Court, doth hereby order and declare that all restrictions now existing against the alienation of the said lands are hereby removed.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL those pieces or parcels of land, situate in the Waitara Survey District, containing 75 acres and 25 acres respectively, being Allotments 9 and 73 of the said Waitara Survey District, which said allotments are comprised in a Crown grant dated the 2nd day of February, 1885, and containing the following restrictions: “Inalienable by sale, or by lease for a longer period than twenty-one years, or by mortgage, except with the consent of the Governor being previously obtained to every such sale, lease, or mortgage.”

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eighteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

J. CARROLL,
Native Minister.