Nov. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 2957

Authorising Maori Land Board to approve of Alienation of Timber on Native Land.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this tenth day of November, 1909.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section twenty-six of “The Maori Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1907,” it is enacted that, where prior to the passing of that Act any instrument of alienation or partial alienation of timber, flax, and other indigenous usufructs upon Native lands has been executed, any party thereto may apply to the Maori Land Board of the district in which such lands are situate, within two months of the passing of the said Act, for its approval of such alienation; and thereupon, after due inquiry, the said Board shall report to the Minister whether such alienation, having regard to the date or dates of the execution of the same, should be permitted, or permitted with such modifications of the terms and the conditions thereof as in such report may be suggested; and thereupon the Governor in Council may authorise the Board to approve, by minute indorsed thereon, of the instrument evidencing such alienation, modified as appears in such report, or otherwise as by order the Governor in Council directs:

And whereas the Aotea District Maori Land Board, by a report made on the fifteenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and eight, has recommended that the alienation of timber-cutting rights purporting to be effected by instrument bearing date the twelfth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and five, made between Mariana Rangipo and other aboriginal Natives of New Zealand of the one part, and Alexander Bennett and Joseph Punch of the other part, in respect of the land described in the Schedule hereto, be permitted, subject to the modifications in the said report contained:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him as aforesaid, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby authorise the Aotea District Maori Land Board to approve, by minute indorsed thereon, and subject to the modifications aforesaid, of the alienation effected or purporting to be effected by the said instrument of the twelfth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and five.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land, situated in the Karioi Survey District, containing 194 acres, more or less, and known as Otiranui No. 4h.

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

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Authorising Maori Land Board to approve of Alienation of Timber on Native Land.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this tenth day of November, 1909.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section twenty-six of “The Maori Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1907,” it is enacted that, where prior to the passing of that Act any instrument of alienation or partial alienation of timber, flax, or other indigenous usufructs upon Native lands has been executed, any party thereto may apply to the Maori Land Board of the district in which such lands are situate, within two months of the passing of the said Act, for its approval of such alienation; and thereupon, after due inquiry, the said Board shall report to the Minister whether such alienation, having regard to the date or dates of the execution of the same, should be permitted, or permitted with such modifications of the terms and the conditions thereof as in such report may be suggested; and thereupon the Governor in Council may authorise the Board to approve, by minute indorsed thereon, of the instrument evidencing such alienation, modified as appears in such report, or otherwise as by order the Governor in Council directs:

And whereas the Aotea District Maori Land Board, by a report made on the fifteenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and eight, has recommended that the alienation of timber-cutting rights purporting to be effected by instrument bearing date the twelfth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and five, made between Pita Whata-tiri and other aboriginal Natives of New Zealand of the one part, and Alexander Bennett and Joseph Punch of the other part, in respect of the land described in the Schedule hereto, be permitted, subject to the modifications in the said report contained:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him as aforesaid, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby authorise the Aotea District Maori Land Board to approve, by minute indorsed thereon, and subject to the modifications aforesaid, of the alienation effected or purporting to be effected by the said instrument of the twelfth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and five.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land, situated in the Karioi Survey District, containing 239 acres, more or less, and known as Otiranui No. 4k.

J. F. ANDREWS,
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.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this tenth day of November, 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 Waikato District Maori Land Board, by a recommendation made on the nineteenth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and nine, and received on the sixteenth day of October, 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.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Coromandel Survey District, containing 47 acres, more or less, known as Pukemaukuuku, and being the whole of the land comprised in an order of the Native Land Court, on investigation of title, dated the 9th day of December, 1908.

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