Nov. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2905

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 Belmont Survey District, containing 14 acres and 19 perches, more or less, known as Wairere No. 2E, Section 1, and comprised in a partition order of the Native Land Court dated the 10th day of April, 1908: 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 for a longer period than twenty-one years from the making of any such lease.”

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this sixth day of November, 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 twentieth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and eight, and received on the twenty-eighth day of August, 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, so far as to enable the same to be mortgaged to a lending department of the Government:

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 mortgaged as aforesaid.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land, containing 50 acres, more or less, known as Section 18 of Section 153, Township of Sandon, and comprised in certificate of title, Vol. 61, folio 57, of the Register-book of the Wellington District, containing the restriction that the said land shall be “inalienable, except by lease for not exceeding twenty-one years, in possession and not in reversion, without premium or foregift, and without agreement or covenant for renewal or for purchase at any future time.”

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

J. CARROLL,
Native Minister.

Removing Restrictions against Alienation of Native Land.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS application has been made to the Governor by the owners of the land described in the Schedule hereto, praying that the restrictions on the alienation of the said land may be removed: And whereas inquiry has been duly made by the Native Land Court, and the said Court has recommended that such restrictions be removed:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the fifty-second section of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” and in accordance with the recommendation of the Native Land Court, doth hereby order and declare that all restrictions now existing against the alienation of the said land are hereby removed.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Wellington Land District, containing 1 acre 3 roods 23 perches, more or less, known as Hutt, Section 16, Subdivision 7A, and comprised in a partition order of the Native Land Court dated the 30th day of January, 1907, and subject to the restriction that the said land shall be “inalienable by sale, or by lease for a longer period than twenty-one years, or by mortgage, except with the consent of the Governor being previously obtained to any such sale, lease, or mortgage.”

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

J. CARROLL,
Native Minister.

Machines for bevelling and cutting Glass.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS machines for bevelling and cutting glass are imported into New Zealand, and such machines are, in the opinion of the Minister of Customs, possessed of properties which enable them to be used for purposes similar to those for which metal-workers’ machine tools are used, the said machine tools being free of duty under “The Customs Duties Act, 1908”:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authority conferred upon me by section sixty-six of “The Customs Law Act, 1908,” do hereby direct that machines for bevelling and cutting glass shall be admitted into New Zealand free of duties of Customs.

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

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Customs.

Governor’s Order No. 188.]

Exchanging Portion of a Reserve for other Land.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by notice published on page 122 of the New Zealand Gazette of the twenty-seventh day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one, Section 210, Suburbs of Gisborne, containing eight acres and sixteen perches, was set aside as a reserve for a sheep and cattle quarantine-ground, being one of the purposes enumerated in Class II of the Second Schedule to “The Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908” (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”): And whereas section six of the said Act authorises the Governor to exchange any of the land comprised in such reserve for other land of equal value, to be dedicated to one or more of the purposes comprised in the said Class II: And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient to exchange a portion of such reserve for other land of equal value described in the second column of the Schedule hereto, to be dedicated as hereinafter provided:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by section six of the said Act and of section one hundred and forty-two of “The Land Act, 1908,” doth hereby declare that the land described in the first column of the Schedule hereto (being portion of the hereinbefore-mentioned reserve) is hereby exchanged for the Crown land described in the second column of the Schedule hereto, which, in the opinion of the Governor, is of equal value, and that the land described in the said first column becomes and is Crown land freed from all previous reservation and subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1908,” and that the land described in the said second column is hereby reserved for travelling stock and for the use of the Department of Agriculture, being purposes comprised in the said Class II.