Mar. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 741

Declaring Land to be subject to Part I of “The Native Land Settlement Act, 1907.”

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PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this ninth day of March, 1909.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section four of “The Native Land Settlement Act, 1907,” it is enacted that, when and as often as the Commission referred to therein has reported to the Governor that any Native land is not required for occupation by the Maori owners, and is available for sale or leasing, it shall be lawful for the Governor by Order in Council to declare that such land shall be subject to Part I of the said Act as from the date of such Order, and the same shall thereupon become, and at all times thereafter remain, subject to the said Part I of the said Act accordingly:

And whereas the said Commission has reported that the Native lands specified in the Schedule hereto are not required for occupation by the Maori owners, and are available for sale or leasing:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers in this behalf vested in him by the aforesaid section four, 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 declare that the Native lands specified in the Schedule hereto shall, as from the date of this Order, be subject to Part I of “The Native Land Settlement Act, 1907.”

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Land District of Auckland, situate in the Ranginui Survey District, and being called or known as Wharepuhunga No. 6, containing by admeasurement 1,628 acres, more or less, bounded towards the north-west by Wharepuhunga No. 17, towards the north-east by Wharepuhunga No. 8, towards the south-east by Run No. 61, and towards the south-west by Rangitoto B.

All that parcel of land in the Land District of Auckland, situate in the Ranginui Survey District, and being called or known as Wharepuhunga No. 8, containing by admeasurement 1,029 acres, more or less, bounded towards the north-west by Wharepuhunga No. 17, towards the north-east by Wharepuhunga No. 10, towards the south-east by Run No. 61, and towards the south-west by Wharepuhunga No. 6.

All that parcel of land in the Land District of Auckland, situate in the Ranginui Survey District, and being called or known as Wharepuhunga No. 10, containing by admeasurement 2,015 acres, more or less, bounded towards the north-west by Wharepuhunga No. 17, towards the north-east by Wharepuhunga Nos. 20 and 13, towards the south-east by Pouakani A No. 3B and Run No. 61, and towards the south-west by Wharepuhunga No. 8.

All that parcel of land in the Land District of Auckland, situate in the Ranginui Survey District, and being called or known as Wharepuhunga No. 13, containing by admeasurement 96 acres, more or less, bounded towards the north-west and north-east by Wharepuhunga No. 20, towards the south-east by Crown land and Pouakani No. 3B, and towards the south-west by Wharepuhunga No. 10.

All that parcel of land in the Land District of Auckland, situate in the Wharepapa Survey District, and being called or known as Wharepuhunga No. 16, containing by admeasurement 16,000 acres, more or less, bounded towards the north-west by Small Grazing run No. 69, towards the east by the Waikato River, towards the south-east by Wharepuhunga Nos. 18 and 15, and towards the south-west by Wharepuhunga No. 1, Section 1, Block VII, and Section 2, Block VI.

All that parcel of land in the Land District of Auckland, situate in the Ranginui Survey District, and being called or known as Wharepuhunga No. 17, containing by admeasurement 10,166 acres, more or less, bounded towards the north by Wharepuhunga No. 4, towards the east by Run No. 70 and Pouakani A Nos. 2A and 2B, towards the south generally by Wharepuhunga Nos. 20, 10, 8, and 6, and towards the west by Rangitoto B and A Blocks.

All that parcel of land in the Land District of Auckland, situate in the Wharepapa Survey District, and being called or known as Wharepuhunga No. 19, containing by admeasurement 4,500 acres, more or less, bounded towards the north by Wharepuhunga Nos. 15 and 18, towards the east by the Waikato River, towards the south by Run No. 61, and towards the west generally by Crown land (Wharepuhunga Loan Block).

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All that parcel of land in the Land District of Auckland, situate in the Ranginui Survey District, and being called or known as Wharepuhunga No. 20, containing by admeasurement 7,556 acres, more or less, bounded towards the north by Wharepuhunga No. 17, towards the east by Pouakani A No. 2B, Run No. 70, and Crown land, towards the south-west by Wharepuhunga Nos. 13 and 10, and towards the north-west by Wharepuhunga No. 17.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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“The Public Service Classification and Superannuation Act, 1908.”—Extension of Time for the Employment of a Temporary Clerk in the Department of Agriculture.—Notice No. 1281.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this first day of March, 1909.

Present:

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

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by “The Public Service Classification and Superannuation Act, 1908,” 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 authorise the temporary employment of Henry Edward Prince, a clerk in the Department of Agriculture, for twelve months in lieu of six months.

J. HISLOP,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

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“The Public Service Classification and Superannuation Act, 1908.”—Extension of Time for the Employment of Temporary Inspectors of Dairies in the Department of Agriculture.—Notice No. 1282.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this first day of March, 1909.

Present:

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

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by “The Public Service Classification and Superannuation Act, 1908,” 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 authorise the temporary employment of Inspectors of Dairies in the Department of Agriculture for two years from the commencement of their employment.

J. HISLOP,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Validating a Special Order making Special Rate as Security on a Proposed Loan of £4,000 by the Feilding Borough Council for a Water-supply, which Special Order was made prior to the Consent of the Ratepayers being obtained.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this first day of March, 1909.

Present:

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

WHEREAS the Feilding Borough Council lately proposed to raise a special loan of four thousand pounds for the purpose of repairing damage to the town’s water-supply: And whereas the special order making and levying the special rate of one-eighth of a penny in the pound for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on the said loan was made before the consent of the ratepayers to the raising of the said special loan had been obtained: And whereas in such special order it was omitted to state that