1054

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 32

Excepting Land from the Operation of Section 117 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894.”

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this thirty-first day of March, 1909.
Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD, K.C.M.G., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
W HERERAS by section four of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1895,” it is enacted that the Governor may, by Order in Council, except from the operation of section one hundred and seventeen of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894” (hereinafter called “the said Act”), for a limited period or otherwise, and either generally or for such purposes and subject to such restrictions as shall be in such Order specified, any land, wheresoever situate, which is for the time being subject to the operation of the said section, or any interest therein or right over the same, or may in like manner make such exception in favour exclusively of any lessee or other person who has been bona fide in occupation of and has made improvements on such land, or has paid money to Native owners for lease or purchase thereof, prior to the passing of the said Act: Provided that no Order in Council under the provisions of this section shall take effect until after the expiration of two months from the date of the publication thereof in the Gazette.
And whereas the Waikato District Maori Land Board, by a recommendation made on the twenty-fourth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and eight, and received on the fifth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and nine, has recommended the Governor to except from the operation of section one hundred and seventeen of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” for the purpose of alienation by way of sale, the block or parcel of land particularised and set out in the Schedule hereto:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by section four of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1895,” and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby except the said land from the operation of section one hundred and seventeen of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” for the purpose of alienation by way of sale.
SCHEDULE.
ALL that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Thames Survey District, containing 9 acres, more or less, known as Karongaronga South, and comprised in an order on investigation of title by the Native Land Court dated the 6th day of August, 1900, in favour of Heta Reweti Stewart.
ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Excepting Land from the Operation of Section 117 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894.”

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this thirty-first day of March, 1909.
Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD, K.C.M.G., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
W HERERAS by section four of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1895,” it is enacted that the Governor may, by Order in Council, except from the operation of section one hundred and seventeen of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894” (hereinafter called “the said Act”), for a limited period or otherwise, and either generally or for such purposes and subject to such restrictions as shall be in such Order specified, any land, wheresoever situate, which is for the time being subject to the operation of the said section, or any interest therein or right over the same, or may in like manner make such exception in favour exclusively of any lessee or other person who has been bona fide in occupation of and has made improvements on such land, or has paid money to Native owners for lease or purchase thereof, prior to the passing of the said Act: Provided that no Order in Council under the provisions of this section shall take effect until after the expiration of two months from the date of the publication thereof in the Gazette.
And whereas the Aotea District Maori Land Board, by a recommendation made on the twenty-seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and nine, and received on the sixth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and nine, has recommended the Governor to except from the operation of section one hundred and seventeen of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” for the purpose of alienation by way of mortgage to a lending department of the Government, the block or parcel of land particularised and set out in the Schedule hereto:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by section four of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1895,” and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby except the said land from the operation of section one hundred and seventeen of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” for the purpose of alienation by way of mortgage as aforesaid.
SCHEDULE.
ALL that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Apiti Survey District, containing 141 acres 1 rood 13 perches, more or less, known as Otamakapua No. 1r No. 1c, and comprised in a partition order of the Native Land Court dated the 7th day of July, 1908, in favour of Raumaewa te Rango.
ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Prohibiting Trawling within Kaipara Harbour.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this thirty-first day of March, 1909.
Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD, K.C.M.G., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
W HERERAS it is enacted by the fifth section of “The Fisheries Act, 1908,” that the Governor may from time to time, by Order in Council gazetted, make regulations, which shall have force and effect either throughout New Zealand or only in such waters or places as are specified in the regulations, for, amongst other things, imposing conditions and restrictions on the taking of fish, and for prohibiting any specified mode of taking fish, or the use of any specified engine, tackle, or apparatus for taking the same:
And whereas it is desirable to prohibit the taking of fish by trawling and the use of trawl-nets within Kaipara Harbour:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the power and authority conferred by the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby make the following regulations for the purposes of the said Act:—
REGULATIONS.

1. No person shall trawl or use a trawl-net for the purpose of taking fish within Kaipara Harbour inside the Heads thereof.
2. Any person committing a breach of the foregoing regulation shall be liable to a fine of not less than £1 and not exceeding £20.
   ALEX. WILLIS,
   Clerk of the Executive Council.

Appointing Members of Assessment Courts under “The Valuation of Land Act, 1908.”

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this thirty-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 power and authority vested in him by “The Valuation of Land 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 appoint, as from the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and nine, the persons mentioned in the Schedule hereto to be members of the Assessment Court for the special district set opposite the name of each respectively.

SCHEDULE
Name. Special District.
Gerald Loftus Peacocke .. Birkenhead Borough.
William Wilson McCardle Waitemata County.
Newmarket Borough.
Ellerslie Town District.
Kawhia County.
ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.