Feb. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 823

timber, by the Tokerau District Maori Land Board, in and
over the aforesaid block or parcel 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 proceedings hereby authorized.

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

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

ISLINGTON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this ninth
day of February, 1912.

Present :

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD, BART.,
PRESIDING 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 license to
remove timber in and over the Maungapohatu Block, which
land is vested in the said Board and subject to the afore-
said Part XIV : And whereas it is expedient that a
license to remove timber 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 license to remove
timber, by the Tokerau District Maori Land Board, in and
over the aforesaid block or parcel 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.

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

Consenting to an Order for Rehearing being made by the
Chief Judge of the Native Land Court.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this ninth
day of February, 1912.

Present :

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD, BART.,
PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS subsection three, 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 Appellate Court, make an order
for the rehearing, whether complete or partial, of the
appeal or matter in which that order was made ; and the
Appellate Court shall thereupon rehear the same accord-
ingly, and may affirm, annul, or vary its previous order :

And whereas subsection four of that section further
enacts that no such order for rehearing shall be made
without the precedent consent of the Governor in Council :

And whereas application has been made to His Honour
the Chief Judge of the Native Land Court to make an
order for the rehearing of the appeal on the succession
to Tieki Horomona, deceased, in the Tawera 18776,
Tawera 897A, Orohaki 894, Port Levy 874 Section 5,
Rapaki No. 1A, Rapaki Section 4, Rapaki No. 21, Rapaki
No. 22, Kaiapoi Section 86A, Kaiapoi Section 87, Port
Levy 874 Section 3, and Kaiapoi Bush Parcel 147 Blocks :

And whereas it is expedient that such order for rehearing
should be made :

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
four 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
order for rehearing being made. 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.

Consenting to an Order for Rehearing being made by the
Chief Judge of the Native Land Court.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this ninth
day of February, 1912.

Present :

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD, BART.,
PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS subsection three, 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 Appellate Court, make an order
for the rehearing, whether complete or partial, of the
appeal or matter in which that order was made ; and the
Appellate Court shall thereupon rehear the same accord-
ingly, and may affirm, annul, or vary its previous order :

And whereas subsection four of that section further
enacts that no such order of rehearing shall be made
without the precedent consent of the Governor in Council :

And whereas application has been made to His Honour
the Chief Judge of the Native Land Court to make an
order for the rehearing of the appeal on the succession
to Ruaroa Matiu Wharematangi in the
Orimupiko Block :

And whereas it is expedient that such order for rehearing
should be made :

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
four 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
order for rehearing being made. 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.

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 Buildings, at Wellington, this ninth
day of February, 1912.

Present :

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD, BART.,
PRESIDING 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 recom-
   mendation of the Native Land Court or the Maori Land
   Board of the district in which the land is situated :

3. No such consent shall be given unless the Governor
   is satisfied that the Native is able to maintain himself by
   his own means or labour, and that the transaction con-
   sented to is not contrary to the public interest :