Jan. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 13

And whereas the said land is held or occupied by Native owners under a title which is not derived from the Crown:
And whereas a map in duplicate has been prepared of the said land, as required by the ninetieth section of “The Public Works Act, 1908”:
Now, therefore, in pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in him by the ninetieth section of the said Act, and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, 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 declare that the land shown upon such map, and described in the Schedule hereto, shall be deemed to be taken for the purposes of the said Te Wairoa-Tarawera Road; and the said land shall vest in His Majesty the King as from the twentieth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and nine.

SCHEDULE.

In the Auckland Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked and coloured as above mentioned, and deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Native Land in Orahiri Survey District taken for Scenery-preservation Purposes.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this seventeenth day of December, 1908.

Present:

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

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is Native land and is required to be taken for scenery-preservation purposes:
And whereas the said land is held or occupied by Native owners under a title which is not derived from the Crown:
And whereas a map of the said land has been prepared in duplicate, as required by the ninetieth section of “The Public Works Act, 1908”:
Now, therefore, in pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in him by “The Public Works Act, 1908,” and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, 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 proclaim and declare that the land shown upon such map, and described in the Schedule hereto, is hereby taken for scenery-preservation purposes as aforesaid; and the said land shall vest in His Majesty the King as from the fifth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

SCHEDULE.

The parcels of land mentioned hereunder:—

All in the Land District of Auckland; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 24174, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured as above.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council

Authorising the Sale of certain Crown Lands in Hawke’s Bay Land District.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this seventeenth day of December, 1908.

Present:

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

BY virtue of the powers and authorities vested in me by section nineteen of “The Native Land Purchases Act, 1892,” section thirty-five of “The Maori Land Laws Amendment Act, 1908,” and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, do hereby authorise the sale of the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto to the Native owners of the other parts of such lands on payment of the land-purchase expenses as stated in the said Schedule, together with costs of survey and interest thereon from the date of purchase by the Crown at the rate of five per centum per annum.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Authorising Maori Land Board to act as Agent of Maori Owners of Land.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this nineteenth day of December, 1908.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE JAMES CARROLL PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section fifty-five of the Native Land Settlement Act, 1907, it is enacted that where the Commission referred to therein recommends that any land declared to be subject to Part II of the said Act, or any part of such land, should be leased to Maoris, the Governor may by Order in Council authorise the Board of the district in which the land is situated to act as agent of the Maori owners of the said land for the purpose of leasing the same to Maoris in accordance with the provisions of Part II of the said Act:
And whereas the lands specified in the Schedule hereto have been declared to be subject to Part II aforesaid, and the said Commission has recommended that such lands should be leased to Maoris:
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 Ikaroa