Mar. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 985

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 twentieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and five, in respect to the succession to the interests of Te Taira Kairangi, deceased, in Kaiwaka and Pakipaki Blocks: 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.

H. D. GROCOTT,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Consenting to the Chief Judge of the Native Land Court granting Leave to appeal.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirteenth day of March, 1911.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS subsection one of section fifty of the Native Land Act, 1909, enacts that at any time and from time to time, on application made ex parte or otherwise by any person interested, the Chief Judge may, if he thinks fit, on being satisfied that the applicant has shown a prima facie case of error, whether of fact or law, in any final order of the Native Land Court, grant leave to the applicant to appeal to the Appellate Court against that order, notwithstanding the fact that, owing to lapse of time or for any other reason, the applicant has no appeal as of right to that Court:

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 tenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, in respect of the succession to the interests of Hemi te Urunga, deceased, in Whitiatarā and Rakautatahi 3b No. 3 Blocks: And whereas it is expedient that such leave of 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.

H. D. GROCOTT,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Consenting to the Granting of a Prospecting License under Section 280 of the Native Land Act, 1909.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirteenth day of March, 1911.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section two hundred and eighty of the Native Land Act, 1909, it is enacted, inter alia, that a Maori Land Board may grant licenses for the removal of timber, flax, kauri-gum, or minerals from any land vested in that Board and subject to Part XIV of the said Act, provided that no such license shall be granted without the consent of the Governor in Council:

And whereas application has been made to the Tokerau District Maori Land Board for the issue of a prospecting license in and over the Maromaku A and Motatau No. 2 Blocks, which lands are vested in the said Board and subject to the aforesaid Part XIV: And whereas it is expedient that a prospecting license be granted:

Now, therefore, 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 consent to the issue and the granting of a prospecting license by the Tokerau District Maori Land Board, in and over the aforesaid blocks or parcels of land. 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 granting of the aforesaid license.

H. D. GROCOTT,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Consenting to a Mortgage of Native Land.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirteenth day of March, 1911.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section two hundred and thirty of the Native Land Act, 1909, it is provided that no instrument of alienation of Native land by way of mortgage or charge, other than a mortgage or charge in favour of a State Loan Department, shall be confirmed by a Board or the Court without the precedent consent of the Governor in Council:

And whereas application has been made for the consent of the Governor in Council to a mortgage of the block or parcel of land mentioned in the Schedule hereto: And whereas it is expedient that the precedent consent of the Governor in Council should issue:

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, doth hereby consent to the alienation by way of mortgage of the block or parcel of land mentioned in the Schedule hereto. 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.

SCHEDULE.

H. D. GROCOTT,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Exempting a Native from the Provisions of the Native Land Act, 1909, with respect to Landless Natives, and Consenting to the Confirmation of an Alienation by the Maori Land Board.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirteenth day of March, 1911.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section four hundred and twenty-five of the Native Land Act, 1909, it is enacted that—

(1.) The Governor may by Order in Council, in any case in which he thinks it expedient so to do, consent to the confirmation of any alienation, or to the confirmation of any resolution of assembled owners, or to any purchase by the Native Land Purchase Board, or to any exchange of Native land, notwithstanding the fact that any Native may thereby become landless within the meaning of this Act; and thereupon the said confirmation, purchase, or exchange may take place and shall have effect in the same manner as if that Native retained Native freehold land sufficient for his adequate maintenance:

(2.) No such consent shall be given except on the recommendation of the Native Land Court or of the Maori Land Board of the district in which the land is situated: