APRIL 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 901

Excepting Land from the Operation of Sections 107 to 110 (inclusive) and Sections 115 and 116 of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1913, and declaring same to be absolutely inalienable.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of March, 1919.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section one hundred and eighteen of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1913 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), it is enacted that if the Minister shall be satisfied that any land the subject-matter of an application and report under the said section, or any part thereof, ought in the interests of the owners or any number or section thereof to be excepted from the operation of sections one hundred and seven to one hundred and ten (inclusive) and sections one hundred and fifteen and one hundred and sixteen of the said Act the Governor-General may, by Order in Council, make a declaration accordingly, and thereupon the land described in such Order in Council shall be excepted from the operation of the said sections one hundred and seven to one hundred and ten (inclusive) and sections one hundred and fifteen and one hundred and sixteen :

And whereas the Governor-General may by the same or any subsequent Order in Council declare any land the subject-matter of an application under the said section one hundred and eighteen to be absolutely inalienable except by will :

And whereas the land described in the Schedule hereto is subject to the provisions of sections one hundred and seven to one hundred and ten (inclusive) and sections one hundred and fifteen and one hundred and sixteen of the said Act :

And whereas, on the application of a majority in number of the beneficial owners of the said land, a Judge of the Native Land Court has reported that the land described in the Schedule hereto is actually required for the use of the beneficial owners thereof, and has recommended that the said land should be excepted from the provisions of the said sections one hundred and seven to one hundred and ten (inclusive) and sections one hundred and fifteen and one hundred and sixteen :

And whereas the Minister is satisfied that the said land described in the Schedule hereto ought, in the interests of the owners, to be excepted from the operation of the said sections one hundred and seven to one hundred and ten (inclusive) and sections one hundred and fifteen and one hundred and sixteen :

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 one hundred and eighteen 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 be excepted from the operation of sections one hundred and seven to one hundred and ten (inclusive) and sections one hundred and fifteen and one hundred and sixteen of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1913, and that the same shall be absolutely inalienable except by will.

SCHEDULE.

MOTATAU 5A No. 1B : Area, 97 acres 3 roods 23 perches ; Motatau Survey District.

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

Excepting Land from the Operation of Sections 107 to 110 (inclusive) and Sections 115 and 116 of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1913, and declaring same to be absolutely inalienable.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of March, 1919.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section one hundred and eighteen of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1913 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), it is enacted that if the Minister shall be satisfied that any land the subject-matter of an application and report under the said section, or any part thereof, ought in the interests of the owners or any number or section thereof to be excepted from the operation of sections one hundred and seven to one hundred and ten (inclusive) and sections one hundred and fifteen and one hundred and sixteen of the said Act the Governor-General may, by Order in Council, make a declaration accordingly, and thereupon the land described in such Order in Council shall be excepted from the operation of the said sections one hundred and seven to one hundred and ten (inclusive) and sections one hundred and fifteen and one hundred and sixteen :

And whereas the Governor-General may by the same or any subsequent Order in Council declare any land the subject-matter of an application under the said section one hundred and eighteen to be absolutely inalienable except by will :

And whereas the lands described in the Schedule hereto are subject to the provisions of sections one hundred and seven to one hundred and ten (inclusive) and sections one hundred and fifteen and one hundred and sixteen of the said Act :

And whereas, on the application of a majority in number of the beneficial owners of the said lands, a Judge of the Native Land Court has reported that the owners of the lands described in the Schedule hereto are desirous of retaining the said lands as forming part of an extensive papa-kainga, and has recommended that the said lands should be excepted from the provisions of the said sections one hundred and seven to one hundred and ten (inclusive) and sections one hundred and fifteen and one hundred and sixteen :

And whereas the Minister is satisfied that the said lands described in the Schedule hereto ought, in the interests of the owners, to be excepted from the operation of the said sections one hundred and seven to one hundred and ten (inclusive) and sections one hundred and fifteen and one hundred and sixteen :

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 one hundred and eighteen 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 lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall be excepted from the operation of sections one hundred and seven to one hundred and ten (inclusive) and sections one hundred and fifteen and one hundred and sixteen of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1913, and that the same shall be absolutely inalienable except by will.

SCHEDULE.

MOTATAU SURVEY DISTRICT.

MOTATAU 5A No. 2 .. Area, 1,227 1 19
" 5A No. 3A .. " 136 1 36
" 5A No. 3D .. " 38 3 39
" 5A No. 3F .. " 19 2 0
" 5A No. 3G .. " 191 0 10
" 5A No. 5B .. " 88 2 20

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

Excepting Land from the Operation of Sections 107 to 110 (inclusive) and Sections 115 and 116 of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1913, and declaring same to be absolutely inalienable.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of March, 1919.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section one hundred and eighteen of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1913 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), it is enacted that if the Minister shall be satisfied that any land the subject-matter of an application and report under the said section, or any part thereof, ought in the interests of the owners or any number or section thereof to be excepted from the operation of sections one hundred and seven to one hundred and ten (inclusive) and sections one hundred and fifteen and one hundred and sixteen of the said Act the Governor-General may, by Order in Council, make a declaration accordingly, and thereupon the land described in such Order in Council shall be excepted from the operation of the said sections one hundred and seven to one hundred and ten (inclusive) and sections one hundred and fifteen and one hundred and sixteen