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is desirous of purchasing, the piece or parcel of land particularized and set out in the Schedule hereto: And whereas the said Gregor Duncan McGregor is prevented by Part XII of the Native Land Act, 1909, from purchasing 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 land by the said Gregor Duncan McGregor from the said Pura Makirika 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 Gregor Duncan McGregor from the said Pura Makirika of the said piece or parcel of land; and doth hereby authorize and declare that the same may be acquired by the said Gregor Duncan McGregor from the said Pura Makirika, notwithstanding any of the provisions of Part XII of the Native Land Act, 1909.

SCHEDULE.

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

Consenting to a Mortgage of Native Land.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this seventeenth day of January, 1912.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR JAMES CARROLL, K.C.M.G.,
PRESIDING 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.

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 Buildings, at Wellington, this seventeenth day of January, 1912.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR JAMES CARROLL, K.C.M.G.,
PRESIDING 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 the Chief Judge of the Native Land Court to grant leave to appeal against the decision of the Native Land Court, dated the seventeenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and one, in respect of the succession to the interests of Tamehana te Kata, deceased, in Te Kawakawa 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 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.

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 Buildings, at Wellington, this seventeenth day of January, 1912.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR JAMES CARROLL, K.C.M.G.,
PRESIDING 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 the Chief Judge of the Native Land Court to grant leave to appeal against the decision of the Native Land Court, dated the twenty-fifth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, in respect of the determination of relative interests in Te Kahakaha No. 1 Block: And whereas it is expedient that such leave to appeal should be granted: