Aug. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2085

And whereas the Ikaroa District Maori Land Board, by a recommendation made and passed by the said Board on the twenty-fifth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and seven, and received on the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and nine, recommended the Governor to remove and revoke the restrictions against alienation contained in the instrument of title of the block of land particularised and set out in the Schedule hereto:

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 as to permit the same to be sold.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land in the Mount Adams Survey District, containing 143 acres 1 rood 15 perches, more or less, known as Pahaoa No. 6B, and comprised in a partition order of the Native Land Court dated the 18th day of March, 1898, subject to the restriction that the said land shall be “inalienable; except by lease for a period not exceeding twenty-one years.”

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

J. CARROLL,
Native Minister.

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Removing Restrictions against Alienation of Native Land.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by section fourteen of “The Maori Land Laws Amendment Act, 1903,” it is enacted that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act, or in any Crown grant or other instrument of title, the Governor may, on the recommendation of the Board, remove any restriction on the alienation of land owned by Maoris: Provided that the decision of the Governor on any recommendation of the Board shall be given within six months from the date of the receipt of such recommendation:

And whereas the Aotea District Maori Land Board, by a recommendation made and passed by the said Board on the twenty-fourth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and nine, and received on the twenty-second day of July, one thousand nine hundred and nine, recommended the Governor to remove and revoke the restrictions 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 permit the same to be mortgaged to a lending Department of the Government:

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 Aotea 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 permit the same to be mortgaged as aforesaid.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land in the Nukumaru Survey District, containing 150 acres, more or less, and bounded as follows: On the east, south, and west by the eastern, southern, and western boundaries of Pakaraka No. 1x, 7911·9 links, 1869·4 links, and 7858·8 links respectively, and on the north, 1945·1 links, by a line the western extremity of which is distant 617·5 links from the Great North-western Road, and the eastern extremity of which is distant 2003 links from the said road: which said area is a portion of the land known as Pakaraka No. 1x, and comprised in certificate of title, Vol. 135, folio 38, of the Register-book of the Wellington District, containing 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 being previously obtained to every such sale, lease, or mortgage.”

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

J. CARROLL,
Native Minister

Native Land in Thermal-springs District.—Delegating to Maori Land Board Powers as to Leasing.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by section fifteen of “The Maori Land Laws Amendment Act, 1908,” and otherwise howsoever, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby delegate to the Waiariki District Maori Land Board in respect of the land named in the Schedule hereto the several powers as to leasing of lands conferred upon me by “The Thermal Springs Districts Act, 1908.”

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land, containing by admeasurement 505 acres, more or less, situate in the Rotoiti Survey District, in the Land District of Auckland, and known as Tapuaekura, being the whole of the land comprised in a certificate of title dated the 18th day of June, 1886, and registered in Vol. 25, folio 87, of the Provisional Register of the Auckland District.

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

J. CARROLL,
Native Minister.

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Warrant authorising the Pohangina County Council to construct a Bridge over the Oroua River at London’s Ford, and apportioning the Cost.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by section one hundred and nineteen of “The Public Works Act, 1908” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is, inter alia, enacted that in any case where the local authority of any district desires to construct a bridge, or to establish a ferry or ford, in any position that will, in its opinion, be of advantage or benefit to the whole or any considerable portion of the inhabitants of an adjacent district, as well as to the inhabitants of its own district, and where it is, in the opinion of such local authority, reasonable that the local authority of such adjacent district should contribute to the cost of constructing or establishing the said bridge, ferry, or ford, the provisions of the said section shall have effect:

And whereas the Pohangina County Council has given notice and taken the steps required by the said Act, and has made application to the Governor to authorise the construction of the bridge mentioned in the Schedule hereto, and hereinafter referred to as “the said work,” and to apportion the cost of constructing and establishing the said bridge between the said Council and the Kiwitea County Council:

And whereas I am of opinion that the said work should be done, and it is expedient to make provision under the said Act for the purposes and in the manner hereinafter set forth:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in me by the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby authorise the Council of the County of Pohangina to execute the said work; and I do hereby declare that the cost thereof, less such contribution as may be made thereto by the Government of New Zealand, shall be borne by the Council of the County of Pohangina and the Council of the County of Kiwitea in the following proportions, viz.: The Council of the County of Pohangina to bear three-fourths of such cost, and the Council of the County of Kiwitea to bear one-fourth of such cost respectively.

And I do hereby also further direct that any contribution hereby required to be made as aforesaid by the County Council of Kiwitea shall be paid from time to time respectively in the proportion hereinbefore prescribed out of the funds of the said county, within a period of thirty days after demand in writing made by or on behalf of the Pohangina County Council, and all such payments shall be made from time to time to the Clerk of the said County Council for and on behalf of such County Council.

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SCHEDULE.

THAT bridge over the Oroua River at London’s Ford, situated between Kiwitea and Pohangina Counties, and in Block XIV, Apiti Survey District, Wellington Land District.

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

R. MCKENZIE,
Minister of Public Works.