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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 19

All that piece or parcel of land, containing 24 perches, more or less, being Allotment 22, Block X, Te Kuiti Native Township.

All that piece or parcel of land, containing 18 perches, more or less, being that part of Allotment 23, Block X, Te Kuiti Native Township, which is bounded as follows: On the north-west by Sheridan Street, 100 links; on the north-east by Taupiri Street, 112 links; on the south-east by Allotment 22, Block X, of the said township, 100 links; and on the south-west by the remaining portion of the said Allotment 23, 112 links.

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 twenty-ninth day of February, 1908.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. HALL-JONES 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 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 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 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 seventeen 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.

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 twenty-ninth day of February, 1908.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. HALL-JONES 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 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 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:

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 colony, 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, with right of purchase under covenant therein inserted, the block or parcel of land particularised and set out in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece of land, situated in the Chatham Islands, containing 2,528 acres, be the same a little more or less, and being part of Otonga No. 1e No. 8, which said piece of land is bounded as follows: Commencing at a point on the Tuku River, and running thence in a north-easterly direction on a bearing of 48° 59′ for a distance of 15420 links; thence in a south-easterly direction on a bearing of 137° 0′ 30″ for a distance of 6610 links; thence on a bearing of 148° 28′ for a distance of 4945·8 links; thence in a south-westerly direction on a bearing of 228° 59′ for a distance of 2600 links; thence in a northerly direction by the Pacific Ocean to the southern boundary of the Otonga No. 2 Block; thence in a south-easterly direction on a bearing of 96° for a distance of 3150 links; thence in a north-easterly direction on a bearing of 6° for a distance of 7515 links to the commencing-point: be all the aforesaid linkages a little more or less: and being part of the land comprised in a partition order of the Native Land Court dated the 28th day of January, 1898, in favour of Rihania Wharepa.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Hungahunga Drainage District extended.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of February, 1908.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. HALL-JONES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS, in accordance with the provisions of section three of “The Land Drainage Act, 1904,” a majority of the ratepayers in the area described in the First Schedule hereto, situated in the County of Piako, have presented a petition to His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand praying that the land comprised in the said area be included in the Hungahunga Drainage District as constituted under the provisions of the said Act:

And whereas it is expedient to alter the boundaries of such drainage district in manner hereinafter appearing:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority contained in section three of “The Land Drainage Act, 1904,” His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby alter the boundaries of the said Hungahunga Drainage District by including in such district the area of land described in the said petition and in the First Schedule hereto; and doth hereby declare that the boundaries of the said drainage district, with such addition as herein provided for, shall be those described in the Second Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

AREA INCLUDED IN THE HUNGAHUNGA DRAINAGE DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District bounded towards the north-west by a right line from the Waitoa