1172
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 30

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 Buildings, at Wellington, this fourth day of April, 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 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 eighteenth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and seven, and received on the sixteenth 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 for forty-two years, 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.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Hautapu Survey District, containing 407 acres, more or less, being that portion of the block of land known as Awarua 4c No. 9f, situate on the western side of the Main Road and Main Trunk Railway—excepting and reserving out of such portion of the said block an area, situate in the north-east corner thereof, containing 7 acres and 19 perches, more or less, and bounded as follows: Starting at the point of junction of the said block with the Main Road; towards the north and north-east by the Main Road, 752·8 links; on the south-east by other portion of Awarua 4c No. 9f, 1246·2 links; towards the south-west by other portion of Awarua 4c No. 9f, 556 links; thence to the point of commencement on the north-west by Awarua 4c No. 10, 897·7 links: which said boundary-lines are indicated on the said land by fences—and being a portion of the land comprised in a partition order of the Native Land Court dated the 18th January, 1899, in favour of Utiku Potaka.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Warden appointed.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this fourth day of April, 1908.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. HALL-JONES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section ten of “The Mining Act, 1905,” it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time, by Order in Council, appoint fit persons to be Wardens, who shall hold office during the Governor’s pleasure:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by the said section ten of “The Mining Act, 1905,” and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby appoint

HENRY WILLIAM NORTHCROFT, Esq., S.M.,

to be a Warden, to hold and exercise the duties of such office under and subject to the provisions of the said Act during pleasure, on and from the fifteenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Regulation under the Government Advances to Settlers Act, 1907.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this eleventh day of April, 1908.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by section five of the Government Advances to Settlers Act, 1907, 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, doth hereby notify and declare that Crown land held as hereinafter specified shall be sufficient security for a loan under “The Government Advances to Settlers Act, 1906” (hereinafter termed “the principal Act”)—namely, Crown land held on renewable lease under Parts I and II of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1907, and the provisions of sections eighteen and forty-one of the principal Act shall apply accordingly.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Regulations for Trout and Perch Fishing, Taranaki Acclimatisation District.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this fourth day of April, 1908.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. HALL-JONES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Order in Council dated the twenty-third day of September, one thousand nine hundred and seven, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 85, of the twenty-seventh day of the same month, certain regulations were made under “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), providing for trout and perch fishing within the Taranaki Acclimatisation District, as in the Schedule to the said Order in Council of the twenty-third day of September, one thousand nine hundred and seven, defined:

And whereas it is expedient to amend regulation number thirteen of the said regulations in the manner hereinafter described:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the said Act, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order as follows:—

Regulation number thirteen of the regulations made under “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,” dated the twenty-third day of September, one thousand nine hundred and seven, is hereby amended by adding thereto the following words:—

“Provided that nothing herein contained shall prevent the placing of any net, other than a stake-net, in or across the mouth or entrance of the Waitara and Mokau Rivers, or at any place in any such rivers not being above the Waitara Bridge in the case of the Waitara River, and not being above the Mokau Wharf in the case of the Mokau River, nor render any person liable to any penalty for fishing by such means.”

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.