And whereas the Native Minister has approved such report, and referred the same to the Governor in Council : And whereas it is expedient to authorize the Maori Land Board for the district to approve, by minute indorsed thereon, of the said instrument of alienation, modified as suggested :

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 authorize the Maori Land Board for the district to approve, by minute indorsed thereon, of the said instrument of alienation, modified as suggested. And it is hereby declared that this Order in Council is made under the provisions in that behalf, 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.

Authorizing the Maori Land Board to approve of an Alienation of Timber on Native Land.

ISLINGTON, GOVERNOR.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this seventh day of August, 1911.

Present:
His Excellency the Governor in Council.
WHEREAS by section two of the Native Land Claims Adjustment Act, 1910, it is enacted that, notwithstanding the repeal by the Native Land Act, 1909, of section twenty-six of the Maori Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1907, and of sections twenty-six and twenty-eight of the Maori Land Laws Amendment Act, 1908, any recommendation duly made by a Maori Land Board under those sections before the repeal thereof may be proceeded with and acted upon, and for this purpose all powers conferred by those sections upon the Native Minister, the Maori Land Board, and the Governor in Council, or any other person, may be exercised in the same manner, and the exercise thereof shall have the same effect, as if those sections were still in force; and for the purposes of that section every reference in those sections to a Board shall be construed as a reference to the Maori Land Board having for the time being jurisdiction in the district in which the land is situated to which the recommendation relates :

And whereas application has been made, under section twenty-six of the Maori Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1907, to the Maori Land Board for the district for its approval to instruments dated the twentieth-ninth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and three, purporting to alienate the timber on Hohotaka Block :

And whereas, after due inquiry, made prior to the aforesaid repeal of the said section twenty-six, the Maori Land Board for the district reported to the Native Minister that such alienation, with suggested modifications, should be permitted :

And whereas the Native Minister has approved, with further modifications, such report, and referred the same to the Governor in Council : And whereas it is expedient to authorize the Maori Land Board for the district to approve, by minute indorsed thereon, of the said instruments of alienation, modified as suggested :

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 authorize the Maori Land Board for the district to approve, by minute indorsed thereon, of the said instruments of alienation, modified as suggested. And it is hereby declared that this Order in Council is made under the provisions in that behalf, 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.

Authorizing the Maori Land Board to approve of an Alienation of Timber on Native Land.

ISLINGTON, GOVERNOR.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this seventh day of August, 1911.

Present:
His Excellency the Governor in Council.
WHEREAS by section two of the Native Land Claims Adjustment Act, 1910, it is enacted that, notwithstanding the repeal by the Native Land Act, 1909, of

section twenty-six of the Maori Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1907, and of sections twenty-six and twenty-eight of the Maori Land Laws Amendment Act, 1908, any recommendation duly made by a Maori Land Board under those sections before the repeal thereof may be proceeded with and acted upon, and for this purpose all powers conferred by those sections upon the Native Minister, the Maori Land Board, and the Governor in Council, or any other person, may be exercised in the same manner, and the exercise thereof shall have the same effect, as if those sections were still in force; and for the purposes of that section every reference in those sections to a Board shall be construed as a reference to the Maori Land Board having for the time being jurisdiction in the district in which the land is situated to which the recommendation relates :

And whereas application has been made, under section twenty-six of the Maori Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1907, to the Maori Land Board for the district for its approval to instruments dated the twenty-eighth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, purporting to alienate the timber on Rangitoto-Tuhua No. 36 Block :

And whereas, after due inquiry, made prior to the aforesaid repeal of the said section twenty-six, the Maori Land Board for the district reported to the Native Minister that such alienation, with suggested modifications, should be permitted :

And whereas the Native Minister has approved such report, and referred the same to the Governor in Council : And whereas it is expedient to authorize the Maori Land Board for the district to approve, by minute indorsed thereon, of the said instruments of alienation, modified as suggested :

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 authorize the Maori Land Board for the district to approve, by minute indorsed thereon, of the said instruments of alienation, modified as suggested. And it is hereby declared that this Order in Council is made under the provisions in that behalf, 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.

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 seventh day of August, 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 has 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 November, one thousand nine hundred and two, in respect of the succession to the interests of Hori Urupa, deceased, in Carnarvon Section 350 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 afore-