Jan. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 31

Domain Board appointed to have Control of the Matamata Domain.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this fifteenth day of December, 1919.

Present :
THE HONOURABLE SIR WILLIAM FRASER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred by the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908 (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), 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 revoke an Order in Council dated the seventh day of December, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, and published in the Gazette of the tenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, appointing a Domain Board to have control of the Matamata Domain, and doth hereby appoint

THE MATAMATA TOWN BOARD

to be the Matamata Domain Board, having control of the land described in the Schedule hereto for the purposes of and subject to the provisions of the said Act; and doth hereby appoint Monday, the nineteenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, at half past seven o’clock p.m., as the time when, and the Town Board Office, Matamata, as the place where, the first meeting of the Board shall be held.

SCHEDULE.
MATAMATA DOMAIN.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 9 acres 3 roods 4 perches, more or less, being Block XII, Matamata Township. Bounded towards the north-east by Miro Street, 1150 links; towards the south-east by Hohaia Street, 850 links; towards the south-west by Huia Street, 1150 links; and towards the north-west by Meura Street, 850 links.

Also all that area in the Auckland Land District, containing 2 acres, more or less, being Section 154, Block II, Tapapa Survey District. Bounded towards the north-east by Tower Road; towards the south-east by Sections 152 and 153, Block II, Tapapa Survey District; towards the south-west by Tawa Street; and towards the north-west by Block XI, Matamata Township.

Also all that area in the Auckland Land District, containing 7 acres 2 roods 16 perches, more or less, being Section 155, Block II, Tapapa Survey District. Bounded towards the north-east by Block XVIII, Matamata Township, the abutment of Rata Street, Block XIX of the aforesaid township, the abutment of Hohaia Street, and Block XVII of the aforesaid township; towards the north-west by Block XVII aforesaid; again towards the north-east by Tawa Street: towards the south-east by Section 84, Block II, Tapapa Survey District; towards the south-west by Section 83 of the aforesaid block; and again towards the north-west by Tainui Street.

Be all the aforesaid linkages more or less; as the same are delineated on the plans marked S.G. 19293/333 and L. and S. I/85, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon coloured red. (Auckland plan 13203, blue.)

F. W. FURBY,
Acting 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 Buildings at Wellington, this fifteenth day of December, 1919.

Present :
THE HONOURABLE SIR WILLIAM FRASER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section ninety-six of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1913, it is enacted that the Governor-General in Council may from time to time by Order in Council declare that any land subject to Part 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 owner thereof.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land, containing 51 acres 2 roods, more or less, and known as Waima North A No. 4 Block, situate in the Mangamuka Survey District, in the Land District of North Auckland.

F. W. FURBY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Declaring a Native to be a European.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this fifteenth day of December, 1919.

Present :
THE HONOURABLE SIR WILLIAM FRASER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

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

And whereas Catherine Ruingarangi Grace, of Wellington, being a Native within the meaning of the Native Land Act, 1909, applied in the prescribed form for a recommendation of the Court that she 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 Catherine Ruingarangi Grace 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 Catherine Ruingarangi Grace, of Wellington, to be a European.

F. W. FURBY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Partial Revocation of Order in Council prohibiting all Alienation of certain Native Land other than Alienation in favour of the Crown.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this fifteenth day of December, 1919.

Present :
THE HONOURABLE SIR WILLIAM FRASER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section three hundred and sixty-three of the Native Land Act, 1909, it is enacted that any Order in Council made under that section may at any time be varied or revoked:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority hereinbefore mentioned, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby revoke the Order in Council referred to in Part I of the Schedule hereto, but only in so far as it affects the lands mentioned in Part II of the said Schedule.