Sept. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2351

Authorising Native to mortgage Land under Section 6 of
“ The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1897.”

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this sixth
day of September, 1909.

Present :
THE HONOURABLE JAMES CARROLL PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section six of “ The Native Land Laws
Amendment Act, 1897,” it is enacted that the Go-
vernor may, by Order in Council, authorise any Native
owning land in severalty to mortgage such land to any
lending Department of the Government, and that in such
case the mortgage shall operate in all respects as if the
mortgagor were other than a Native, and accordingly none
of the restrictions, limitations, or provisions of “ The
Native Land Court Act, 1894,” or any other Act affecting
Native land, or lands owned or held by Natives, shall apply,
anything in any such Act to the contrary notwithstanding :
And whereas Hira Parata, of Waikanae, in the Provincial
District of Wellington, in the Dominion of New Zealand,
being the owner in severalty of the block or parcel of land
mentioned and particularised in the Schedule hereto, has
applied to be allowed to mortgage the said block of land :
And whereas by certificate bearing date the nineteenth
day of August, one thousand nine hundred and nine, under
the hand of Walter Edward Rawson, Esquire, a Judge
of the Native Land Court of New Zealand, and the seal of
the said Court, it was certified that the said Hira Parata
possesses, irrespective of the land proposed to be mortgaged,
other land sufficient for his maintenance :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Do-
minion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the
powers and authorities conferred upon him by the said Act,
and acting by and with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby
authorise the said Hira Parata to mortgage the land set
out in the Schedule hereto to the Public Trust Office,
being a lending Department of the Government as aforesaid.

SCHEDULE.

All that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Provincial
District of Wellington, containing 548 acres, more or less,
being the whole of the untransferred balance of the land
known as Section 78, Ngarara West A (excepting thereout
the area known as the Township of Waikanae), and being
a portion of the land comprised in certificate of title,
Vol. 105, folio 108, of the Register-book of the Wellington
District.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Declaring Native Lands to be subject to Part II of “ The
Native Land Settlement Act, 1907.”

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this sixth
day of September, 1909.

Present :
THE HONOURABLE JAMES CARROLL PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Commission referred to in section fifty-
four of “ The Native Land Settlement Act, 1907,”
has reported to the Governor that certain Native land, to
wit, the Native lands described in the Schedule hereto,
should be reserved for the use and occupation of Maoris :

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers in this behalf
conferred upon him by the aforesaid section fifty-four, 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 declare that the Native lands
described in the Schedule hereto shall be subject to Part II
of the aforesaid Act, as from the date of this Order in
Council.

SCHEDULE.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Empowering Maori Land Board to dispose of Land by Way
of Sale or Lease under “ The Native Land Settlement
Act, 1907.”

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this sixth
day of September, 1909.

Present :
THE HONOURABLE JAMES CARROLL PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council bearing date the
fourth day of August, one thousand nine hundred
and eight, the blocks or parcels of land known as Rakauta-
tahi Nos. 1L, 2B (interests in), 3B No. 1, 3B No. 2, 3B No. 3A,
3B No. 3B, and 5B (hereinafter collectively referred to as
“ the said land ”) were declared to be subject to Part I of
“ The Native Land Settlement Act, 1907 ” :

And whereas by section seventeen of “ The Maori Land
Laws Amendment Act, 1908,” it is provided that, in respect
of land dealt with as aforesaid, the Governor may by Order
in Council, on the recommendation of the Board in whose
district any particular block is situate, in any case in which
he is of opinion that an equal division of that block in
manner provided by section eleven of “ The Native Land
Settlement Act, 1907,” would be impracticable or inexpedient
in the public interest, or in the interests of the Maori
owners, authorise the division of such block in any other
proportion, or authorise the whole of such block to be
disposed of either by sale or lease :

And whereas the Ikaroa District Maori Land Board has
recommended that it is expedient that the larger portion of
the said land shall be disposed of by way of sale :

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers
in this behalf vested in him as aforesaid, 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 division of such land in
such manner as to permit the portions thereof known as
Subdivisions 5 and 7 of Rakautatahi No. 1L, containing
one thousand nine hundred and eighty-four acres and
twelve perches, more or less, to be disposed of by way of
sale, and the balance of the said land by way of lease.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Vesting Land in the Waiariki District Maori Land Board
under “ The Maori Land Settlement Act, 1905,” and
“ The Maori Land Settlement Act Amendment Act, 1906.”

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this sixth
day of September, 1909.

Present :
THE HONOURABLE JAMES CARROLL PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section four of “ The Maori Land
Settlement Act Amendment Act, 1906,” it is
enacted that any Maori land which, in the opinion of the
Native Minister, is not properly occupied by the Maori
owners, but is suitable for Maori settlement, may, on the
recommendation of the Board, be dealt with under the pro-
visions of sections eight to fifteen of “ The Maori Land
Settlement Act, 1905,” as amended by the said section
four :

And whereas the Waiariki District Maori Land Board
has recommended that the land named and described in the
Schedule hereto shall be dealt with as aforesaid :

And whereas the Native Minister is satisfied and of the
opinion that the said land is not properly occupied by the
Native owners, but is suitable for Maori settlement :

And whereas by section eight of “ The Maori Land
Settlement Act, 1905,” as amended by section four of “ The
Maori Land Settlement Act Amendment Act, 1906,” it is
provided that the Governor may, by Order in Council, de-
clare that such land is vested in the Board for an estate in
fee-simple in possession, subject nevertheless to all valid
encumbrances, liens, and interests affecting the same, to be
held and administered by the Board for the benefit of the
Maori owners in accordance with the provisions of the said
Acts :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the
Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance of all powers and
authorities conferred by the hereinbefore-recited Acts, and
acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby declare that
the said land is vested in the Waiariki District Maori Land