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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 sold by public
auction:

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 Ikaroa 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
enable the same to be sold by public auction at a reserve
price equal to the Government valuation of the same.

SCHEDULE.

All that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Mangaone
Survey District, containing 97 acres 2 roods 7 perches, more
or less, known as Eketahuna No. 1, and comprised in
certificate of title, Vol. 82, folio 165, of the Register-book of
the Wellington District, 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.”

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this eighth day of February, one thousand nine
hundred and nine.

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 Little River
Road District, containing 6 acres 3 roods 12·4 perches, more
or less, bounded on the north by Wairewa 887, Block III,
Section 3, 861·1 links; on the west by the Western Valley
Road, 1112·9 links; on the south by a line running from
peg VIII on the said road, on a bearing of 170° 25',
392·3 links; and on the east by the Akaroa Main Road; being
a portion of the land known as Wairewa 887, Block III,
Section 4, and comprised in a partition order of the Native
Land Court dated the 9th day of October, 1894, 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.”

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twenty-fifth day of February, one thousand
nine hundred and nine.

GEO. FOWLDS,
For Native Minister.

Postmaster appointed to take and receive Statutory Declarations.

PURSUANT to the authority conferred upon me by
the two-hundred-and-eighty-eighth section of “The
Justices of the Peace Act, 1908,” I, William Lee, Baron
Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do
hereby notify and declare that

EDWARD HENRY WHITMORE,

being a person holding the office of Postmaster under “The
Post and Telegraph Act, 1908,” at Hanmer Springs, is
authorised to take and receive statutory declarations under
the two-hundred-and-eighty-eighth section of “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.”

As witness my hand, this twenty-fifth day of
February, one thousand nine hundred and nine.

PLUNKET, Governor.

Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 25th February, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to appoint the undermentioned gentlemen to be
Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the
districts set respectively opposite their names, viz.:

Name. District.
HENRY EWART HILL .. .. .. Gisborne.
WILLIAM EDWARD HOLDER .. .. .. Tolaga Bay.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 25th February, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

LEONARD ANDREWS

to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of
Births and Deaths for the District of Methven.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Cadet appointed in the Treasury Department.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 2nd March, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

ARTHUR PHILIP LEWIS

to be a cadet in the Treasury, as from the 1st March, 1909.

J. G. WARD.

Member of Loburn Domain Board appointed.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 24th February, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has cancelled the appointment of

ARTHUR EDWARD COOK

as a member of the Loburn Domain Board, and, in pursuance
of section 41 of “The Public Reserves and Domains Act,
1908,” has been pleased to appoint

ARTHUR ERNEST COOK

to be a member of the Loburn Domain Board, in the place of
David Robertson, who has left the district.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Member of Kohinui Domain Board appointed.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 24th February, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of
section 41 of “The Public Reserves and Domains
Act, 1908,” been pleased to appoint

JAMES PENYON GOODWIN

to be a member of the Kohinui Domain Board, in the place
of William Hull.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Members of Kimbolton Domain Board appointed.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 24th February, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of
section 41 of “The Public Reserves and Domains
Act, 1908,” been pleased to appoint

JOHN BOURNE and
FREDERICK ATKINS CHARLES BADDELEY

to be members of the Kimbolton Domain Board, in the place
of William George Carruthers, resigned, and Charles Henry
Baynis, deceased.

D. BUDDO,
For Minister of Lands.