July 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1917

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers in this behalf vested in him by the aforesaid section fifty-five, 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 authorise the Tairawhiti District Maori Land Board to act as the agent of the Maori owners of the lands specified in the said Schedule for the purpose of leasing as aforesaid.

SCHEDULE.

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

Removing Restrictions against Alienation of Native Land.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by section fourteen of “The Maori Land Laws Amendment Act, 1903,” it is enacted that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act, or in any Crown grant or other instrument of title, the Governor may, on the recommendation of the Board, remove any restriction on the alienation of land owned by Maoris: Provided that the decision of the Governor on any recommendation of the Board shall be given within six months from the date of the receipt of such recommendation:

And whereas the Waikato District Maori Land Board, by a recommendation made and passed by the said Board on the twenty-first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and eight, and received on the thirteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and eight, recommended the Governor to remove and revoke the restrictions against alienation contained in the instrument of title of the block of land particularised and set out in the Schedule hereto:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon and vested in me by the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities me thereunto enabling, and in accordance with the recommendation of the Waikato District Maori Land Board aforesaid, do hereby remove and revoke the restrictions now existing against the alienation of the said land, so far as to permit the same to be sold.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land in the Maungatautari and Wharepapa Survey Districts, containing 40 acres, more or less, known as Waotu North No. 2B, Section 1, and comprised in a partition order of the Native Land Court dated the 17th day of December, 1889, subject to the restriction that the said land shall be “inalienable, except with the consent of the Governor, by sale or mortgage, or by lease, except that it shall be lawful to lease or sell the right of cutting timber for a term not exceeding twenty-one years.”

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eleventh day of July, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

J. CARROLL,
Native Minister.

Removing Restrictions against Alienation of Native Land.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by section fourteen of “The Maori Land Laws Amendment Act, 1903,” it is enacted that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act, or in any Crown grant or other instrument of title, the Governor may, on the recommendation of the Board, remove any restriction on the alienation of land owned by Maoris: Provided that the decision of the Governor on any recommendation of the Board shall be given within six months from the date of the receipt of such recommendation:

And whereas the Aotea District Maori Land Board, by a recommendation made and passed by the said Board on the twenty-seventh day of May, one thousand nine hundred and eight, and received on the eighth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and eight, recommended the Governor to remove and revoke the restrictions against alienation contained in the instrument of title of the block of land particularised and set out in the Schedule hereto:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon and vested in me by the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities me thereunto enabling, and in accordance with the recommendation of the Aotea District Maori Land Board aforesaid, do hereby remove and revoke the restrictions now existing against the alienation of the said land, so far as to permit the same to be sold.

SCHEDULE.

All that piece or parcel of land in the Wellington Land District, containing 1 acre 2 roods 26 perches, more or less, being Subdivision 26c of Section 8 of Block XI, Belmont Survey District, and being the whole of the land comprised in a partition order of the Native Land Court dated the 7th day of March, 1893, subject to the restriction that the said land shall be “inalienable by sale.”

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eleventh day of July, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

J. CARROLL,
Native Minister.

Removing Restrictions against Alienation of Native Land.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by section fourteen of “The Maori Land Laws Amendment Act, 1903,” it is enacted that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act, or in any Crown grant or other instrument of title, the Governor may, on the recommendation of the Board, remove any restriction on the alienation of land owned by Maoris: Provided that the decision of the Governor on any recommendation of the Board shall be given within six months from the date of the receipt of such recommendation: