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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 139

above-described orchard, of which I am the occupier. I
hereby certify that no fruit was sold therefrom during the
time such orchard was occupied by me in the three years
ending 31st August last.

[Signature.]
[Date.]

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

Declaring a Native to be a European.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this third day of
September, 1917.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section seventeen of the Native Land
Amendment Act, 1912, it is enacted that the Governor may by Order in Council, on the recommendation
of the Native Land Court, declare any Native to be a
European:

And whereas Benjamin Henry Bishop, of Epsom, Auckland,
being a Native within the meaning of the Native Land Act,
1909, applied in the prescribed form for a recommendation
of the Court that he might be declared a European: And
whereas the said Court, having duly inquired into the said
application, has recommended that an Order in Council be
issued declaring the said Benjamin Henry Bishop to be a
European: And whereas it is expedient that such declaration
should be made:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the
Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the
powers and authority conferred on him by section seventeen
of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1912, and acting by
and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council
of the said Dominion, doth hereby declare the said Benjamin
Henry Bishop, of Epsom, Auckland, to be a European.

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

Declaring Land to be no longer subject to Part XIV of the Native Land Act, 1909.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this third day of
September, 1917.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section ninety-six of the Native Land
Amendment Act, 1913, it is enacted that the Governor in Council may from time to time by Order in Council
declare that any land subject to Parts XIV or XV of the
Native Land Act, 1909 (hereinafter referred to as “the said
Act”), and vested in a Maori Land Board, shall no longer
be subject to such Parts of that Act, and shall be revested
in the Native owners thereof:

And whereas the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is
at present subject to Part XIV of the said Act, and is vested
in the Tokerau District Maori Land Board, which Board has
recommended that such land be no longer subject as aforesaid
and that it be revested in the Native owners:

And whereas the Governor-General is satisfied that the said
land is not subject to any lease, license, contract for sale, or
other alienation, and that no moneys are charged on the said
land or on the revenue thereof in accordance with the said
Act or under any other authority:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the
Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the
power and authority conferred upon him by section ninety-six
of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1913, and acting by and
with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the
said Dominion, doth hereby declare that the land mentioned
in the Schedule hereto shall no longer be subject to Part XIV
of the Native Land Act, 1909, and shall be revested in the
Native owners thereof.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that block or parcel of land, containing 1,314 acres,
more or less, and known as Maungapohatu North, situate in
the Mangakahia Survey District, in the Land District of
Auckland.

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

Extending Prohibition of Alienation of certain Native Land other than Alienations in favour of the Crown.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this third day of
September, 1917.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

ON the recommendation of the Native Land Purchase
Board, referred to in section three hundred and sixty-three of the Native Land Act, 1909, and in exercise of the
power in this behalf conferred upon him by that section, and
by section one hundred and eleven of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1913 (as amended by section eight of the Native
Land Amendment and Native Land Claims Adjustment Act,
1916), His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion
of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent
of the Executive Council thereof, doth hereby extend for a
further period of eighteen months the Order in Council made
the twenty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and
sixteen, and gazetted the thirtieth day of March, one thousand
nine hundred and sixteen (as extended by Order in Council
until the twenty-first day of September, one thousand nine
hundred and seventeen), but only in so far as such Order in
Council prohibits all alienations of the land specified in the
Schedule hereto other than alienations in favour of the Crown.

SCHEDULE.

ONGARUE AND HURAKIA SURVEY DISTRICTS.

Block. Approximate Area
A. R. P.
RANGITOTO-TUHUA 38c No. 1A .. .. 264 0 23
" 2A .. .. 303 0 6
" 2B .. .. 96 3 35
" 3B .. .. 515 0 0
" 4B .. .. 467 0 0
" 5 .. .. 461 0 0

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

Prohibiting all Alienation of certain Native Land other than Alienations in favour of the Crown.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this third day of
September, 1917.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

ON the recommendation of the Native Land Purchase
Board, referred to in section three hundred and sixty-three of the Native Land Act, 1909, and in exercise of the
power in this behalf conferred upon him by that section, His
Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New
Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby prohibit,
for the period of one year from the date of this Order in
Council, all alienations of the Native land specified in the
Schedule hereto other than alienations in favour of the Crown.

SCHEDULE.

WAIPiro 5c Block: Approximate area, 2,766 acres; Mata
and Waipiro Survey Districts.

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

Prohibiting all Alienation of certain Native Land other than Alienations in favour of the Crown.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this third day of
September, 1917.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

ON the recommendation of the Native Land Purchase
Board, referred to in section three hundred and sixty-three of the Native Land Act, 1909, and in exercise of the
power in this behalf conferred upon him by that section,