1366 . THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 38

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 Ikaroa 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 Mangapuaka No. 2,
containing 478 acres, more or less, and situate in Blocks II
and III, Mangatoro Survey District, in the Land District of
Wellington.

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

*Amending Regulations under "The Maori Lands Adminis-
tration Act, 1900."

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this second
day of May, 1908.

Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD, K.C.M.G.,
PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the fiftieth section of "The Maori Lands
Administration Act, 1900," it is enacted that the
Governor may from time to time, by Order in Council pub-
lished in the Gazette and Kahiti, make regulations for the
purposes in the said section specified:

And whereas regulations under the above-in-part-recited
Act have, by Order in Council of the twenty-sixth day of
December, one thousand nine hundred, been made and pub-
lished as aforesaid: And whereas by further Orders in
Council of the twentieth day of April and the twenty-fourth
day of August, one thousand nine hundred and three, the
thirteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and
four, and the twenty-second day of May, one thousand nine
hundred and five, published in the like manner, such regu-
lations have been supplemented, amended, and altered:

And whereas it is deemed expedient to supplement, amend,
and further alter the aforesaid regulations as hereinafter
appears:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the
Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the
powers and authorities conferred by the said Act, and by and
with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the
said Dominion, doth hereby supplement, amend, and alter
the aforesaid regulations in the following manner, that is to
say:—

Regulations 47 and 64A are hereby repealed.

Regulation 64 is hereby repealed, and the following sub-
stituted in lieu thereof:—

64. No lease shall comprise more than 5,000 acres, or the
    equivalent thereof. For the purposes of these regulations
    every acre of first-class land shall be reckoned as seven and
    a half acres, and every acre of second-class land shall be
    reckoned as two and a half acres:

Provided always that nothing in this section contained
shall apply to land which in the opinion of the Board is
broken or suitable for pastoral purposes only, or of such poor
quality that it cannot be profitably worked in areas of less
than 5,000 acres.

Regulation 66 is hereby repealed, and the following sub-
stituted in lieu thereof:—

66. The term fixed by the lease shall be for such period as
    the Board may determine, and the lease may, if the Board
    thinks fit, contain covenant for such right of renewal as may
    be determined upon.

Regulation 90 is hereby amended by substituting the words
"twenty-one years" for "five years."

Form K, referred to in Regulation 52, and appearing in
the Schedule to the aforesaid regulations, is hereby can-
celled, and the following substituted in lieu thereof:—

FORM K.
"The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900," and its
Amendments.

Form of Declaration to be made prior to the Execution of
Instrument of Alienation.

In the matter of a proposed sale [or lease] of [part of] the
land known as , containing , more or less,
by the Maori owners thereof to , of .

I, , of , do solemnly and sincerely declare—

1. That I am of the age of seventeen years and upwards.

2. That I am the person [or one of the persons jointly]
   applying for the purchase [or lease] of the above-mentioned
   land.

3. That I am acquiring the land solely for my own use
   and benefit [or for the exclusive use and benefit of myself
   and co-purchaser or co-lessee—namely, —] and for the
   purposes of cultivation, and not directly or indirectly for the
   use or benefit of any other person or persons whomsoever.

4. That I do not hold, own, or occupy under any tenure,
   either in severalty or jointly or in common with any other
   person or persons, at the date of making this declaration,
   any land within the Dominion, except the land set forth in
   the Schedule hereto.

5. That I am not precluded or barred by the provisions of
   section 17 of the Maori Land Claims Adjustment and Laws
   Amendment Act, 1907, or by any other law now in force,
   from so acquiring the said land.

6. That I am legally qualified to become the purchaser
   [or co-purchaser, or lessee, or co-lessee] of the said land.

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously be-
lieving the same to be true, and by virtue of an Act of the
General Assembly of New Zealand intituled "The Justices of
the Peace Act, 1882."

(Signature.)

Declared at , this day of , 190 ,
before me— , a Justice of the Peace in and for the
Dominion of New Zealand.

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