Feb. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 743

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 eleventh day of December, one thousand nine hundred and seven, and received on the twenty-third 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 alienation by way of lease, the block or parcel of land known as Raketapauma 2b No. 3:

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.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Moawhango Survey District, in the Wellington Land District, containing 50 acres and 31 perches, more or less, known as Raketapauma 2b No. 3, and comprised in a partition order of the Native Land Court bearing date the 23rd day of June, 1899, in favour of Te Kehu Wiripine and another.

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

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Excepting Land from the Operation of Section 117 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894.”

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PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twentieth 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 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 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 eleventh day of December, one thousand nine hundred and seven, and received on the twenty-third 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 alienation by way of lease, 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 seventeen of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” for the purpose of alienation by way of lease for forty-two years.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Maungakaretu Survey District, in the Wellington Land District, containing 517 acres, more or less, and bounded generally as follows: On the west by Raketapauma No. 1d, 4256 links, on a bearing of 318° 53′ 20″; on the south by Ngaurukehu Block, 10688·1 links; on the east by Raketapauma No. 114, 3405·9 links, on a bearing of 334° 48′ 20″: and on the north generally by lines, 817·2 links, on a bearing of 113° 45′; 812·1 links, on a bearing 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′: 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 certificate of title, Vol. 94, folio 27, of the Register-book of the Wellington District.

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

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Authorising Native to mortgage Land under Section 6 of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1897.”

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PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twentieth day of February, 1908.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by section six of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1897,” it is enacted that the Governor may, by Order in Council, authorise any Native owning land in severalty to mortgage such land to any lending department of the Government, and that in such case the mortgage shall operate in all respects as if the mortgagor were other than a Native, and accordingly none of the restrictions, limitations, or provisions of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” or any other Act affecting Native land, or lands owned or held by Natives, shall apply, anything in any such Act to the contrary notwithstanding: And whereas Pura Makirika, of Wanganui, in the Provincial District of Wellington, in the Dominion of New Zealand, being the owner in severalty of the blocks or parcels of land mentioned and particularised in the Schedule hereto, has applied to be allowed to mortgage the said blocks of land: And whereas by certificate bearing date the thirty-first day of October, one thousand nine hundred and seven, under the hand of Michael Gilfedder, Esquire, a Judge of the Native Land Court of New Zealand, and the seal of the said Court, it was certified that the said Pura Makirika possesses, irrespective of the land proposed to be mortgaged, other land sufficient for her maintenance:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby authorise the said Pura Makirika to mortgage the lands set out in the Schedule hereto to the Government Advances to Settlers Office, being a lending department of the Government as aforesaid.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Maungakaretu Survey District, in the Land District of Wellington, containing 670 acres, more or less, known as Ruanui No. 1, Subdivision 9, and comprised in certificate of title, Vol. 96, folio 172, of the Register-book of the Wellington District.

All that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Maungakaretu Survey District, in the Land District of Wellington, containing 550 acres, more or less, known as Ngaurukehu A No. 8, and comprised in certificate of title, Vol. 97, folio 47, of the Register-book of the Wellington District.

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