Nov. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 4069

And whereas subsection two of that section further enacts that, save with the precedent consent of the Governor in Council, leave to appeal shall not be granted by the Chief Judge under this section unless application for same is made within five years after the making of the order appealed from :

And whereas application having been made to His Honour the Chief Judge of the Native Land Court to grant leave to appeal against the decision of the Native Land Court, dated the twenty-fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, in respect of the succession to the interests of Hemi Ngarangiengana, deceased, in Kaimotumotu South Block :

And whereas it is expedient that such leave to appeal should be granted :

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 subsection two of section fifty of the Native Land Act, 1909, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby consent to the Chief Judge granting the applicant leave to appeal as aforesaid. And it is hereby declared that this Order in Council is made under the provisions in that behalf of the Native Land Act, 1909, and shall operate accordingly as a consent of the Governor in Council to the proceedings hereby authorized.

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

Incorporating the Hikutaia Land Settlement Association.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-first day of November, 1910.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section seven of the Land Settlement Finance Act, 1909 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), it is provided that, as soon as practicable after the complete execution of any agreement under the said Act, application in the prescribed form shall be made to the Governor by or on behalf of the purchasers for an Order in Council confirming the agreement in pursuance of the said Act: And whereas by sections eight and nine of the said Act it is further provided that upon receipt of such application the Minister of Finance shall refer the same, together with the agreement, to the Board of Land Purchase Commissioners for its report thereon, and, if the Board reports that the agreement is fit and proper to be so confirmed, the Governor may, if he thinks fit, by Order in Council confirm the agreement accordingly: And whereas under the provisions of the said Act an agreement, bearing date the twenty-eighth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and ten, has been entered into between George Alley, vendor, of the one part, and Albert Victor Trembath, James Lowry, Frank Klaus, Thomas Gurnett, Samuel Craig, John Black Hannah, and Thomas Akinson Gibb (as tenants in common in equal shares), purchasers, of the other part, for the purchase of the land therein described, and the said purchasers therein agreed to become incorporated as the Hikutaia Land Settlement Association: And whereas application has been made in the prescribed form for the issue of an Order in Council confirming the said agreement: And whereas the said application, together with the said agreement, was referred to the Board of Land Purchase Commissioners for its report, and the Board has reported that the sum of £830 is reasonably required to be expended by the said association as roading-money in order to form and metal the roads dedicated by the association, and to construct bridges, culverts, and other requisite appurtenances to these roads, and that the said agreement is fit and proper to be so confirmed :

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by the said Act, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby confirm the said agreement dated the twenty-eighth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and ten, and doth hereby direct that the sum of £830, as determined by the report of the Board of Land Purchase Commissioners, shall be expended by the said association as roading-money.

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

Variation of an Order in Council prohibiting all Private Alienation of certain Native Land.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-first day of November, 1910.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

ON the recommendation of the Native Land Purchase Board referred to in section three hundred and sixty-three of the Native Land Act, 1909, and in exercise of the power in this behalf conferred upon him by that section, 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 vary an Order in Council dated the twenty-fourth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and ten, and published in the New Zealand Gazette dated the twenty-fifth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and ten, in so far as and to permit the owner or owners of the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto to sell the same to the Ballance Co-operative Dairy Company (Limited) :

And it is hereby declared that this Order in Council is made under the provisions in that behalf of the Native Land Act, 1909, and shall operate accordingly as a consent of the Governor in Council to the variation hereby authorized.

SCHEDULE.

More particularly shown on recorded plan A/2771, in the office of the District Land Registrar of Wellington.

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

Quarantine Islands in Otago Harbour to be Sanctuaries for Imported and Native Game.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

PURSUANT to the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection Act, 1908, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that the islands in Otago Harbour used as quarantine stations shall be sanctuaries for the purposes of the said Animals Protection Act; and that no imported game or native game shall be taken or killed upon the said islands.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this nineteenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and ten.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Notice of Intention to change the Purpose of Portion of a Reserve in the Wellington Land District.

ISLINGTON, 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