MAR. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and ten.

THOS. MACKENZIE,

Minister of Agriculture, Industries and Commerce, and Tourist and Health Resorts.

Native Lands in Thermal-springs District.—Delegating to Maori Land Board Powers as to leasing.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by section fifteen of “The Maori Land Laws Amendment Act, 1908,” and otherwise howsoever, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby delegate to the Wairariki District Maori Land Board, in respect of the land named in the Schedule hereto, the several powers as to leasing of lands conferred upon me by “The Thermal Springs District Act, 1908.”

SCHEDULE.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and ten.

J. CARROLL,

Native Minister.

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 Tairawhiti District Maori Land Board, by a recommendation made and passed by the said Board on the fourteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and ten, and received on the eighteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and ten, recommended the Governor to remove and revoke the restrictions against alienation contained in the instrument of title of the block of land particularised and set out in the Schedule hereto, so as to

to permit the interests of Wiremu Wharekino and Harata Wharekino therein to be sold:

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 Tairawhiti District Maori Land Board aforesaid, do hereby remove and revoke the restrictions now existing against the alienation of the said land, so as to permit the interests of the said Wiremu Wharekino and Harata Wharekino to be sold.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Turanganui Survey District, containing 10 acres 2 roods 26 perches, more or less, known as Kaiti 313 2F3, and comprised in a partition order of the Native Land Court dated the 14th day of November, 1901, subject to the restriction that the land comprised therein “may be leased for any term not exceeding twenty-one years, but shall be otherwise inalienable, except with the assent of the Governor.”

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and ten.

J. CARROLL,

Native Minister.

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 Tairawhiti District Maori Land Board, by a recommendation made and passed by the said Board on the seventh day of February, one thousand nine hundred and ten, and received on the eleventh day of February, one thousand nine hundred and ten, recommended the Governor to remove and revoke the restrictions against alienation contained in the instrument of title of the block of land particularised and set out in the Schedule hereto, so as to permit the interest of Otene Pitau therein to be sold;