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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 17

And whereas, to enable the purchase of Waitutuma and Waitutuma No. 1A7 Blocks by the Native Land Purchase Board to take place, the Ikaroa District Maori Land Board recommends that such consent shall be given: And whereas it is expedient so to do:

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 purchase of the said blocks by the Native Land Purchase Board, notwithstanding the fact that the Natives may thereby become landless within the meaning of the said Act. 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 recommendation 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 consented to is not contrary to the public interest:

And whereas, to enable confirmation of a sale by the owners of Maungatawhiri No. 3 Block, the Tokerau District Maori Land Board recommends that such consent shall be given: And whereas it is expedient so to do:

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 confirmation of the aforesaid sale, notwithstanding the fact that the Natives may thereby become landless within the meaning of the said Act. 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.

Authorizing the Alienation of Native Land, notwithstanding the Provisions of Part XII of the Native Land Act, 1909.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

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

Present:

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

WHEREAS the Native owners are desirous of granting, and Miki Thomas is desirous of obtaining, a lease over the pieces or parcels of land particularized and set out in the Schedule hereto: And whereas the said Miki Thomas is prevented by Part XII of the Native Land Act, 1909, from obtaining a lease over the said land:

And whereas His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand deems it expedient in the public interest that the acquisition of the said lease over the said land by the said Miki Thomas from the said Native owners should be authorized, 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 authorize the acquisition of the said lease by the said Miki Thomas from the said Native owners of the said pieces or parcels of land; and doth hereby order and declare that the same may be acquired by the said Miki Thomas from the said Native owners, notwithstanding any of the provisions of Part XII of the Native Land Act, 1909.

SCHEDULE.

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

Authorizing the Alienation of Native Land, notwithstanding the Provisions of Part XII of the Native Land Act, 1909.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this nineteenth day of February, 1912.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the incorporated owners (being a body corporate under Part XVII of the Native Land Act, 1909) are desirous of selling, and John Falloona is desirous of purchasing, the piece or parcel of land particularized and set out in the Schedule hereto: And whereas the said John Falloona is prevented by Part XII of the Native Land Act, 1909, from purchasing the said land:

And whereas the said land is so situated as to be of no value except to the said John Falloona, and His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand deems it expedient in the public interest that the acquisition of the said land by the said John Falloona from the said incorporated owners should be authorized, 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 authorize the acquisition by the said John Falloona of the said piece or parcel of land; and doth hereby authorize and declare that the same may be acquired by the said John Falloona from the said incorporated owners, notwithstanding any of the provisions of Part XII of the Native Land Act, 1909.

SCHEDULE.

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