May 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1523

alienation by way of mortgage, 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 seven-
teen of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” for the pur-
pose of alienation by way of mortgage.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Land District
of Hawke’s Bay, containing 1,000 acres, more or less, known
as Tokomaru K No. 4a, and comprised in certificate of title,
Volume 38, folio 281, of the Register-book of the Poverty
Bay District.

ALEX. WILLIS,
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 Buildings, at Wellington, this eigh-
teenth day of May, 1908.

Present :

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD, K.C.M.G.,
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 opera-
tion 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 exclu-
sively 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 Tairawhiti District Maori Land Board,
by a recommendation made on the third day of February,
one thousand nine hundred and eight, and received on the
twenty-first day of February, one thousand nine hundred
and eight, 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 aliena-
tion by way of mortgage, the block or parcel of land parti-
cularised and set out in the Schedule hereto :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Do-
minion 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 seven-
teen of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” for the
purpose of alienation by way of mortgage.

———

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Cook County,
in the Land District of Hawke’s Bay, containing 1,300
acres, more or less, known as Okahuatiu 2d2b1, and com-
prised in a partition order of the Native Land Court
dated the 9th day of August, 1897, in favour of Katerina
Takawhaki.

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 eigh-
teenth day of May, 1908.

Present :

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD, K.C.M.G.,
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 opera-
tion 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 exclu-
sively 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 :

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 block
or parcel of land particularised and set out in the Schedule
hereto from the operation of section one hundred and seven-
teen of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” for the
purpose of alienation by way of lease for a period not ex-
ceeding twenty-one years.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land, situate at the Chatham
Islands, containing 2,592 acres, more or less, known as
Wharekauri No. 1B (Ohuru), and comprised in an order of
the Native Land Court dated the 18th day of April, 1900,
in favour of Paniora te Arahu and others.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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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 eigh-
teenth day of May, 1908.

Present :

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD, K.C.M.G.,
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 opera-
tion 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 exclu-
sively 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 Maniapoto-Tuwharetoa District Maor
Land Board, by a recommendation made on the third day