JUNE 24.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

post-office as aforesaid; and the said land shall vest in His
Majesty the King as from the eleventh day of July, one
thousand nine hundred and nine.

SCHEDULE.

Approximate
Area of the Being Portion of Situated in Situated in the Coloured on
Parcel of Block No. Survey District Plan
Land taken.

A. R. P.
0 2 0 Te Taire Block XV Omapere Red.
(Village of
Kaikohe)

In the Land District of Auckland ; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 24456, 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.

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

PLUNKET, Governor.
By his Deputy,
JAMES PRENDERGAST.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-first day of June, 1909.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS 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 nineteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and eight, and received on the twenty-second day of December, one thousand nine hundred and eight, 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, 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.

SCHEDULE.
ALL that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Kapiti Survey District, containing 90 acres, more or less, known as Ngarara West B No. 7, Subdivision 1, and comprised in a partition order of the Native Land Court dated the 16th day of September, 1908, in favour of Kaiheirau, alias Kaiherau Takurua.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council

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

PLUNKET, Governor.
By his Deputy,
JAMES PRENDERGAST.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-first day of June, 1909.
Present:
His Excellency The Governor In Council.
WHEREAS 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 Maniapoto-Tuwharetoa District Maori Land Board, by a recommendation made on the first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and nine, and received on the third 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 Otanake Survey District, containing 198 acres, more or less, and known as Pukenui No. 2y, and comprised in a partition order of the Na'i ve Land Court bearing date the 14th day of March, 1899, in favour of Te Naunau Hikaka and another.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Vesting Land in Maori Land Board under Section 24 of "The Maori Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1907."

PLUNKET, Governor.
By his Deputy,
JAMES PRENDERGAST.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House. at Wellington, this twenty-first day of June, 1909.
Present:
His Excellency The Governor In Council.
WHEREAS by section twenty-four of "The Maori Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1907," it is enacted that any portion of any block of Maori land, not exceeding in any one case an area of five acres, which in the opinion of the Native Minister is suitable as a site for a fruit-preserving factory, dairy factory, cheese-factory, or creamery, or for any building required for any religious, charitable, educational, or public purpose, may be dealt with as in the said section is provided:
And whereas the land described in the Schedule hereto is land which, in the opinion of the Native Minister, is suitable as a school and church site:
Now, therefore. His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice