JULY 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1777

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 Tairawhiti District Maori Land Board, by a recommendation made on the first day of June, one thousand nine hundred and eight, and received on the fifth day of June, 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 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.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Mata Survey District, containing 36 acres, more or less, known as Orua 5b, and comprised in a partition order of the Native Land Court dated the 26th day of September, 1904, in favour of Tamati Marutu and Kerenapu te Kikimo.

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

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Increasing Area of Land that may be acquired by Lessee.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-third day of June, 1908.

Present:

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

WHEREAS by section twenty-six of “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900,” as amended by “The Maori Lands Administration Amendment Act, 1901,” and “The Maori Land Laws Amendment Act, 1903,” after enacting that it shall not be lawful to acquire, for himself or on behalf of any other person, either by purchase, lease, or gift, any Maori land, unless previous to the execution of the instrument of acquisition he has deposited with the Council a declaration in the form required by “The Land Act, 1892,” declaring that he is acquiring the land for his own use, and that, including the land to be acquired, he does not hold or own more than two thousand acres of freehold land, inclusive of not more than six hundred and forty acres of first-class land, it was, inter alia, provided that “in cases where the land is of poor quality, or broken, or suitable for pastoral purposes only, the Governor in Council may, on the recommendation of the Council of the district in which such land is situate, increase the area of land that may be acquired to such an extent as shall be advisable and insure the taking-up of such lands”:

And whereas by virtue of the operation of section three of “The Maori Land Settlement Act, 1905,” the Aotea Maori Land Board, constituted under the provisions of that Act, is the successor in office of the Aotea Maori Land Council, which was constituted under the provisions of “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900,” aforesaid:

And whereas the said Aotea Maori Land Board, having regard to the provisions of the said section twenty-six, on an application by Henry Richard Waldegrave and Ernest Larcomb, both of Palmerston North, settlers, to lease the lands named in the Schedule hereunder written, inquired into the nature and quality of all the said lands, and, being satisfied as the result of such inquiry that the said lands are of poor quality and broken and suitable for pastoral purposes only, recommend the Governor in Council, pursuant to the powers contained in the said section twenty-six, and pursuant to all other lawful powers enabling him in that behalf, to issue an Order in Council increasing the area of land that may be acquired by lease to such an extent as will insure the taking-up of the said lands:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon and vested in him by the said section twenty-six of “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900,” and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, 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 increase the area that may be acquired by lease by the said Henry Richard Waldegrave and Ernest Larcomb to such an extent as will enable the said Henry Richard Waldegrave and Ernest Larcomb to acquire by lease the lands named in the said Schedule, the Governor in Council being satisfied that it is advisable to increase to that extent the area of land that may be acquired under the said section so as to insure the taking-up of such lands.

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SCHEDULE.

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

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Prohibiting all Private Alienation of certain Native Lands.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-third day of June, 1908.

Present:

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

ON the request of the Commission referred to in section ten of the Native Land Settlement Act, 1907, and in exercise of the power in this behalf conferred upon him by that section, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council thereof, doth hereby prohibit for the period of six months from the date of this Order in Council all private alienation of the Native land specified in the Schedule hereunder written.

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SCHEDULE.

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

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Prohibiting all Private Alienation of certain Native Lands.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-third day of June, 1908.

Present:

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

ON the request of the Commission referred to in section ten of the Native Land Settlement Act, 1907, and in exercise of the power in this behalf conferred upon him by