SEPT. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2307

Notice of Intention to exchange a Reserve in the Town of Rangataua, Wellington Land District, for other Lands.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by “The Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908,” it is, amongst other things, enacted that the Governor may declare his intention to change, exchange, or alter the dedication of any public reserve now or hereafter vested in His Majesty or the Governor for any of the purposes named in Class II of the Second Schedule to the said Act, whether the same be granted or not; and in the case of any reserve made under the authority of section three hundred and twenty-one of “The Land Act, 1908,” if it shall, in the opinion of the Governor, be expedient to change the purpose of such reserve or any part thereof from the purpose or presumed purpose for which it was set apart to any other purpose, or if it shall, in the opinion of the Governor, be expedient to exchange any of the land comprised in such reserve for other land of equal value, to be dedicated to one or more purposes named in the said Class II, the Governor may, by notice gazetted, make such change, exchange, or dedication, as the case may be, and in such notice declare the manner and terms in which the same is intended to be so made:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by “The Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908,” aforesaid, declare my intention to exchange the reserve described in the first column of the Schedule hereto for the lands described in the second column of the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

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

D. BUDDO,
Acting Minister of Lands.

[This notice is published in lieu of that appearing in Gazette No. 37 of the 6th May, No. 39 of the 13th May, No. 40 of the 20th May, and No. 43 of the 27th May, 1909, owing to an amendment necessary in the description of Section No. 6, Block IV.]

Removing Restrictions against Alienation of Native Land.

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 Waikato District Maori Land Board, by a recommendation made and passed by the said Board on the twenty-sixth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and eight, and received on the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and nine, recommended the Governor to remove and revoke the restrictions against alienation contained in the instruments of title of the blocks 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 Waikato District Maori Land Board aforesaid, do hereby remove and revoke the restrictions now existing against the alienation of the said lands, so as to permit the same to be sold.

SCHEDULE.

All those pieces or parcels of land in the Thames Survey District, containing 31 acres 1 rood 15 perches and 47 acres 1 rood 8 perches, more or less, respectively known as Wharemaho East and Wharemaho West, and comprised in two separate partition orders of the Native Land Court dated the 19th day of October, 1908, subject to the restriction that the said lands shall be “inalienable by sale or mortgage.”

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

J. CARROLL,
Native Minister.

Authorising the Mount Roskill Road Board to sell Stone, Metal, or other Substance from a Metal Reserve.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS it is provided by section one hundred and twenty-three of “The Public Works Act, 1908,” that the Governor may authorise any local authority to sell or contract to sell and remove any timber, stone, mineral, metal, or other substance upon or under any land vested in it or placed under its control for a public road or other public work: And whereas the land described in the Schedule hereto was vested in the Mount Roskill Road Board, under section four of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” in trust for a metal reserve, by a notification dated the twenty-seventh day of February, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 14, of the fifth day of the month following: And whereas a gravel-pit or quarry exists upon the said land, and a gravel-pit or quarry is a public work within the meaning of “The Public Works Act, 1908,” and the Mount Roskill Road Board has applied for permission to sell such parts of the material in or under the said gravel-pit or quarry as are useless for the construction or maintenance of the roads under its control, and it is considered expedient to give such consent:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in me by section one hundred and twenty-three of “The Public Works Act, 1908,” and of all other powers enabling me in this behalf, do hereby authorise the Mount Roskill Road Board, from and after the date hereof, to sell or contract to sell and remove such parts of the stone, metal, or other substance in, upon, or under the gravel-pit or quarry existing on the land described in the Schedule hereto as are useless for the purpose of constructing or maintaining the roads under its control, subject to the conditions mentioned section one hundred and twenty-three aforesaid.