2902
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 87

Taking Land in the Cook Islands for Public Purposes.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 18th day of October, 1920

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

I, JOHN RUSHWORTH, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance of the authority conferred upon me by section three hundred and fifty-seven of the Cook Islands Act, 1915, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, do hereby take the land described in the Schedule hereto for a public purpose—to wit, for the purposes of a quarantine station.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL the parcel of land in the lagoon of Ngatangiia in Rarotonga, being the whole of the island known as Koromiri Island, containing an area of 6 acres 3 roods 5 perches (6 ac. 3 r. 5 p.). As the said parcel of land is delineated on the plan numbered 5, signed by the Resident Commissioner of Rarotonga, and deposited in the office of the Registrar of the High Court of the Cook Islands at Rarotonga.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Declaring that the Provisions of Section 109 of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1913, shall apply to a certain Block of Native Land.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 18th day of October, 1920.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section twenty-three of the West Coast Settlement Reserves Amendment Act, 1913, it is enacted that the Governor-General may by Order in Council at any time declare that the provisions of section one hundred and nine of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1913, shall apply to any block, section, or subdivision of land comprised in leases granted or confirmed under the West Coast Settlement Reserves Act, 1881, and the amendments thereof:

And whereas it is expedient that the provisions of section one hundred and nine aforesaid shall apply to the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto, for the purchase of which the Crown desires to negotiate:

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 twenty-three of the West Coast Settlement Reserves 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 provisions of section one hundred and nine of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1913, shall apply to the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto.

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SCHEDULE.

NGATITAMARONGO No. 24, Grant 3936, being Section 71, Block IX, Opunake Survey District: Area, 102 acres.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 18th day of October, 1920.

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-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 owners thereof.

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SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

PARAPARA West 3A Block, Rangaunu Survey District: Approximate area, 68 acres 1 rood 14 perches.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Empowering Maori Land Board to dispose of Land by way of Sale under the Native Land Act, 1909.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 18th day of October, 1920.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is subject to Part XIV of the Native Land Act, 1909:

And whereas by subsection three of section two hundred and thirty-nine of the Native Land Act, 1909, it is provided that, notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained in this section, the Governor may by Order in Council, on the recommendation of the Board in whose district any such land is situated, in any case in which he is of opinion that an equal division of that land in manner aforesaid would be impracticable or inexpedient in the public interest or in the interests of the owners, authorize the division of that land in any other proportion, or authorize the whole of that land to be disposed of either by sale or lease:

And whereas the Tokerau District Maori Land Board has recommended that it is expedient that the land set out in the Schedule hereto shall be disposed of by way of sale:

Now, therefore, 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 authorize the land set out in the Schedule hereto to be disposed of by way of sale.

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SCHEDULE.

MANGAMUKA East C Block, Maungataniwha Survey District: Approximate area, 390 acres 2 roods 28 perches.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Partial Revocation of an Order in Council under Section 296 of the Native Land Act, 1909.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 18th day of October, 1920.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section two hundred and ninety-six of the Native Land Act, 1909, it is enacted that any Order in Council made under Part XVI of that Act, or under Part II of the Native Land Settlement Act, 1907, may be at any time revoked, either wholly or as to any part or parts of the land included therein, by the Governor-General by Order in Council:

And whereas the land set out in the Schedule hereto became subject, by virtue of an Order in Council dated the thirtieth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and nine, to the provisions of Part XVI of the Native Land Act, 1909:

And whereas the Tairawhiti District Maori Land Board has recommended that such land be no longer subject to Part XVI aforesaid:

Now, therefore, 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 the said Order in Council dated the thirtieth