Oct. 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2745

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

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of October, 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 bonâ 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 Tokerau District Maori Land Board, by a recommendation made on the second day of August, one thousand nine hundred and nine, and received on the fifteenth day of September, 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.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Te Kuri Survey District, containing 440 acres, more or less, known as Pouto No. 2E No. 5A, and comprised in a partition order of the Native Land Court dated the 15th day of April, 1907, in favour of Hare Pomare Pairama.

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

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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 House, at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of October, 1909.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council bearing date the twenty-fourth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and nine, the blocks or parcels of land named in the First and Second Schedules hereto (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 Tairawhiti 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 the said land in such manner as to permit the blocks named in the First Schedule hereto to be disposed of by way of sale, and the block named in the Second Schedule hereto to be disposed of by way of lease.

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FIRST SCHEDULE.

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SECOND SCHEDULE.

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

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Thames County Council declared a Leasing Authority under “The Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.”

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of October, 1909.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Thames County Council is a body of persons having power to lease land held in trust reserved or set apart for public purposes, and has requested the Governor in Council to declare it to be a leasing authority within the meaning of “The Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908”:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in compliance with such request, and in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred by the above-mentioned Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that the Thames County Council is a leasing authority within the meaning of “The Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.”

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

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Vesting Reserves in the Mackenzie Town Board.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of October, 1909.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the lands described in the Schedule hereto have been duly set apart for municipal purposes:

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient to vest the said reserves in the Mackenzie Town Board: