Jan. 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 365

THE FIRST SCHEDULE.

ALL those blocks of land situated in the West Taupo County and being known as the Taurewa, Whangaipeke, Pukepoto, Waione, Oraukura, Waimanu, Waiunu, Mangahouhou, Puketi (including all partitions thereof), Ruamata, Waituhi-Kuratau No. 1B, Waituhi-Kuratau No. 4 and No. 3, Hauhungaroa Nos. 1, 2, 6, and 7 Blocks, all the subdivisions of the Pukawa Block, the Oreti Block, the Okahukura Nos. 3, 4, and 6 Blocks, and also all those respective portions of the Puketapu and Hohotaka Blocks lying to the eastward of a straight line drawn from the Hauhungaroa Trigonometrical Station No. 1711 to the north-western corner of the Whangaipeke Block.

THE SECOND SCHEDULE.

MAIN LINE, KAKAHI TO LAKE TAupo.

STARTING from Kakahi Railway-station on the main trunk line, will cross the Whakapapa Stream (into the Taurewa Block) at a point about a mile south of its junction with the Whanganui River and immediately above the delta formed by the said Whakapapa River; thence generally in an easterly direction through the Taurewa Block, crossing the Whanganui River, and passing successively through the Whangaipeke, Hohotaka, Puketapu, Waituhi-Kuratau, Puketi, the subdivisions of the Pukawa Block (or some of them), and the Oreti No. 1 Block to the most convenient point on Lake Taupo lying between the mouth of the Kuratau River and Oreti No. 1 Block, as the general course and direction of which is approximately marked on a plan deposited at the office of the Under-Secretary of the Native Department, at Wellington.

THE THIRD SCHEDULE.

BRANCH LINES.

No. 1 Branch Line.—Starting at the most convenient point on the northern boundary-line of the Hauhungaroa Block lying between the north-east corner of Hauhungaroa No. 5 and the north-west corner of Crown land known as Small Grazing-run No. 68; thence generally in a southerly direction through Hauhungaroa, Waituhi-Kuratau, Puketapu, Oraukura, Puketi Blocks (or some of them); and thence into the Waimanu Block, in which block the line may divide into two branches, one branch to terminate at a point on the southern boundary of the said Waimanu Block lying between Rotoaira and the Otamangakau Stream, and the other branch to the most convenient point on the eastern boundary of the said Waimanu Block.

No. 2 Branch Line.—Starting from the most convenient point on No. 1 branch line within the Hauhungaroa Block, thence through the Hauhungaroa Block, generally in a westerly direction, to the most convenient point on the western boundary of the said Hauhungaroa Block.

No. 3 Branch Line.—Starting at the most convenient point on the main line within Puketapu Block, and thence running generally in a south-westerly and westerly direction through Oraukura, Ruamata, Waiunu, Pukepoto, Waimanu, Waione, and Whangaipeke Blocks (or some of them), terminating at a point in the said Whangaipeke Block on the main line close to its crossing of the Whanganui River.

No. 4 Branch Line.—Starting from the most convenient point on the No. 1 branch line in the Oraukura or Waimanu Blocks; thence generally in a southerly direction through Oraukura, Waimanu, Waiunu, Okahukura Nos. 3 and 4 Blocks (or some of them), and Okahukura No. 6, in which block the line may divide into two branches, one branch to terminate at the most convenient point on the southern boundary of the last-mentioned block, and the other branch to terminate at the most convenient point on the western boundary of the said last-mentioned block.

No. 5 Branch Line.—Starting at the most convenient point on the main line in the Whangaipeke Block, thence generally in an easterly direction through the Hohotaka Block into the Ruamata Block, in which block at any convenient point the line will terminate.

As the general courses and directions of the said five branch lines are approximately marked on the aforesaid plan.

THE FOURTH SCHEDULE.

STATION-SITES.

(1.) In the Whangaipeke Block adjacent to Whanganui River, 5 acres.

(2.) At the junction of No. 5 branch line, in the Whangaipeke Block, 5 acres.

(3.) At a convenient point at the summit of the Hohotaka Range, in the Hohotaka or Puketapu Blocks, 5 acres.

(4.) At or near Moerangi Pa, in the Puketapu Block, at the junction of No. 1 branch line, 5 acres.

(5.) At the junction of No. 3 branch line, in the Puketapu Block, 5 acres.

THE FIFTH SCHEDULE.

MILL-SITES, ETC.

(1.) At or near junction of main line with No. 3 branch line, both sides of the main line, in the Whangaipeke Block, a rectangular piece of not exceeding 200 acres.

(2.) At a spot between the Umukura and Waipari Streams, in the Whangaipeke Block, on the No. 3 branch line, a rectangular piece of not exceeding 200 acres.

(3.) At a spot adjacent to the point where No. 1 and No. 3 branch lines intersect, in the Puketapu, Orakura, and Puketi Blocks, a rectangular block of not exceeding 200 acres.

(4.) At or near Moerangi Pa, in the Puketapu and Waituhi-Kuratau Blocks, a rectangular block not exceeding 200 acres.

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 Maniapoto-Tuwharetoa District Maori Land Board, by a recommendation made and passed by the said Board on the twenty-seventh day of June, one thousand nine hundred and seven, and received on the twenty-second day of October, one thousand nine hundred and seven, recommended the Governor to remove and revoke the restrictions against alienation contained in the instrument of title of the block of land known as Whakairoiro No. 2, so far as to permit the said land to be sold:

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 Maniapoto-Tuwharetoa District Maori Land Board aforesaid, do hereby remove and revoke the restrictions now existing against the alienation of the land particularised and set out in the Schedule hereto, so far as to permit the same to be sold.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Pirongia Survey District, containing 6 acres, more or less, known as Whakairoiro No. 2, and comprised in a partition order of the Native Land Court dated the 6th day of July, 1892, containing the restriction that the land comprised therein shall be “inalienable, except by lease for twenty-one years, without the consent of the Governor.”

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

J. CARROLL,
Minister of Native Affairs.

Appointment of Trustees, Ashburton Volunteer Rifle-range Reserve.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN exercise and pursuance of the power and authority conferred by “The Special Powers and Contracts Act, 1885,” “The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands Act, 1888,” “The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands Trustees Validation Act, 1890,” and “The Defence Act Amendment Act, 1907” (hereinafter termed “the said Acts”), His Excellency the Right Honourable William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, doth hereby constitute and appoint

Major WALTER EDWIN DOLMAN, V.D., Retired List;
Captain ALFRED AUGUSTUS FOOKS, V.D., Active List;
and
Captain HENRY CLIFFORD PERCY, Ashburton Guards Rifle Volunteers,

to be Trustees of all that parcel of land in the Westerfield Survey District, Provincial District of Canterbury, containing 38 acres, more or less. Bounded north-eastward by the north branch of the River Ashburton, south-eastward by Section No. 6503, north-westward by Section No. 6504, and