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one thousand nine hundred and ten, appointed Walter Harry Bowler, of Auckland, John Bain Jack, of Wanganui, Harold Carr, of Gisborne, and Helyar Wedderburn Bishop, of Christchurch, to be Commissioners of the Native Land Court: And whereas by subsection two of section seven of the said Act it is provided that a Commissioner so appointed shall possess and may exercise such of the powers and functions of a Judge (other than those vested exclusively in the Chief Judge or vested in a Judge as a member of the Native Appellate Court) as the Governor, by Order in Council, from time to time determines either generally or with respect to any particular Commissioner or Commissioners: And whereas it is desirable that the powers and functions of the aforesaid Commissioners should be determined:

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities vested in him in that behalf, 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, for the purposes aforesaid, determine that the Commissioners heretofore appointed shall possess and may exercise the powers and functions of a Judge of the Native Land Court following, that is to say:—

(1.) All the powers of a Judge under Part VI of the said Act (relating to partition);

(2.) All the powers of a Judge under Part VII of the said Act (relating to exchange);

(3.) All the powers of a Judge under Part IX of the said Act (relating to succession), except the power to grant probate or letters of administration;

(4.) All the powers of a Judge under Part X of the said Act (relating to persons under disability);

(5.) All the powers of a Judge under section three hundred and eighty-six of the said Act (relating to survey);

(6.) All the powers of a Judge under section twenty-seven to amend any order, warrant, or other document made or issued by such Commissioner, or any record of the proceedings of such Commissioner;

(7.) All the powers of a Judge under sections twenty-two, twenty-eight, thirty, thirty-one, thirty-nine, forty-one, three hundred and ninety-eight, and four hundred and twenty-eight of the said Act;

(8.) All the powers of a Judge which are incidental to the exercise of any of the powers hereby conferred upon a Commissioner:

and doth hereby further determine that, in addition to such powers and functions, Helyar Wedderburn Bishop, one of the aforesaid Commissioners, shall possess and may exercise, in respect of Native land in the South Island, the powers and functions of a Judge following, that is to say:—

(9.) The power to confirm any alienation of such land by a Native;

(10.) To make a recommendation under section two hundred and thirty-two of the said Act;

(11.) To make a recommendation under section four hundred and twenty-five of the said Act.

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

Authorising Acquisition of Native Land notwithstanding Provisions as to Limitation of Area.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-seventh day of April, 1910.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD, K.C.M.G.,
PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS Hira Parata, of Waikanae, aboriginal Native, is desirous of selling, and the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) is desirous of purchasing, the block or parcel of land particularised and set out in the Schedule hereto: And whereas the said company is prevented by Part XII of the Native Land Act, 1909, from acquiring the said land: And whereas the said company proposes to establish sale-yards for the sale of stock on the said parcel of land, and His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand deems it expedient in the public interest that the purchase of the said land by the said company from the said Hira Parata should be authorised in manner provided by section two hundred and three of the Native Land Act, 1909:

Now, therefore, 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, and pursuant to the powers vested in him by section two hundred and three of the Native Land Act, 1909, and of every other power him thereunto enabling, doth hereby authorise the acquisition by the said company from the said Hira Parata of the said parcel of land, and of all the right, title, estate, and interest of the said Hira Parata therein and thereto; and doth hereby authorise and declare that the same may be acquired by the said company from the said Hira Parata notwithstanding any of the provisions of Part XII of the Native Land Act, 1909.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Kaitawa Survey District, containing 1 acre, more or less, being part of the land known as Ngarara West A Section 78, and bounded as follows: Commencing at a point 333·5 links south from the Moana Road; on the east by the Main County Road on a bearing of 3° 33′, 409·9 links; thence on the south by a line bearing 93° 33′, 215·4 links; thence on the west by a line bearing 356° 21′, 421·5 links; thence on the north to the point of commencement by a line bearing 95° 19′, 268·4 links: the said parcel of land being part of the land described and comprised in certificate of title, Volume 185, folio 183, of the Register-book of the Wellington District.

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

Regulations as to Incorporated Owners under Part XVII of the Native Land Act, 1909.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of April, 1910.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD, K.C.M.G.,
PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by Part XVII of the Native Land Act, 1909, 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 make the following regulations with respect to the incorporation of the owners of Native lands in accordance with the provisions of the said Part XVII.

ELECTION OF COMMITTEE.

1. At the meeting appointed by the Native Land Court under its rules in that behalf, for the purpose of electing a committee of management five incorporated owners present in person or by proxy shall constitute a quorum; but a quorum shall not be deemed to be constituted unless at least three incorporated owners are present in person. The incorporated owners present at the meeting shall appoint some person to be chairman, and the person so appointed shall preside at the meeting. The person so appointed as chairman need not be one of the incorporated owners, but unless he is one of those owners, or a proxy or trustee of one of those owners, he shall not be entitled to vote at the meeting.

2. At any time before the time appointed for the holding of such meeting, a Judge may postpone the same to some other time, or may appoint that the meeting be held at some other place, as he may deem expedient.

3. If at the time and place appointed for the meeting, or within one hour thereafter, there is not a quorum present, or if for any other reason the meeting cannot be held, it shall stand adjourned from day to day at the same hour and place for not longer than fourteen days till a quorum is present. If on the expiration of fourteen days there has not been a quorum present the meeting shall lapse. A quorum, if present, may by resolution adjourn the meeting to some other time and place.

4. The meeting shall before proceeding with the election determine the number of persons (not being less than five and not more than seven) to be elected.

5. The chairman shall then call for nominations of persons (who need not be owners) whom it is desired to elect. Each person so nominated shall be proposed by one member of the body corporate, and seconded by another member thereof.