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 thereof, doth hereby extend for a further period of six months the Order in Council dated the twenty-fifth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, and gazetted the fourth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, prohibiting all alienation of the Native land specified in the Schedule hereto other than alienation in favour of the Crown.

SCHEDULE.

WHAKAIHUWAKA C No. 2 Block, Omara Survey District: Approximate area, 522 acres l rood.

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

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

JELLICOE, Governor-General. ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this lst day of February, 1921.

Present : THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

O N 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 thereof, doth hereby extend for a further period of six months the Order in Council dated the fifth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, and gazetted the twelfth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, prohibiting all alienation of the Native land specified in the Schedule hereto other than alienation in favour of the Crown.

SCHEDULE.

Rototiti Survey District. Block. Approximate Area A. R. P. Motuohiwa Island or Taheke Papakainga No. 12 1 0 0 Pateko Island, being part of Paehinahina No. 1 1 0 0 Motumauri Island, being part of Rototiti No. 1.. 0 2 0 Motutapu Island (near Okere Falls)

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

Prohibiting all Private Alienation of certain Native Land.

JELLICOE, Governor-General. ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this lst day of February, 1921.

Present : THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

O N 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 alienation of the Native land specified in the Schedule hereto other than alienation in favour of the Crown.

SCHEDULE.

WAHINE Rukuwai No. 2B Block, Waitoa Survey District: Approximate area, 12 acres 0 roods 30 perches.

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

Licensing the Franklin County Council to use and occupy a Part of the Foreshore and Land below Low-water Mark at New Brighton, Hauraki Gulf, as a Site for a Wharf.

JELLICOE, Governor-General. ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this Ist day of February, 1921.

Present : THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS, there being no Harbour Board empowered to grant the license hereinafter mentioned under the Harbours Act, 1908 (hereinafter called "the said Act"),

the Franklin County Council (hereinafter called "the Council") has applied to the Governor-General in Council for a license under the said Act to occupy a part of the foreshore and land below low-water mark at New Brighton, Hauraki Gulf, in order to erect and maintain a wharf thereon, and, in accordance with the one-hundred-and-fiftieth section of the said Act, has deposited a plan in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington, marked M.D. 5269 (in duplicate), showing the area of foreshore and land below low-water mark intended to be occupied, and the manner in which it is proposed to erect the said wharf:

And whereas it has been made to appear to the Governor-General in Council that the proposed work will not be or tend to the injury of navigation, and the said plan has, prior to the making of this Order in Council, been approved by the Governor-General in Council :

And whereas it is expedient that a license should be granted and issued to the Council under the said Act, for the purpose last aforesaid, on the terms and conditions hereinafter expressed:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him by the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby approve of the object for which the said license is required by the Council as aforesaid; and, in further pursuance and exercise of the said power and authority, and with the like advice and consent as aforesaid, doth hereby license and permit the Council to use and occupy that part of the foreshore and land below low-water mark on which the said wharf is to be erected, as shown on plan marked M.D. 5269 so deposited as aforesaid, for the purpose of erecting and maintaining the said wharf, such license to be held and enjoyed by the Council upon and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

1. In these conditions the term "Minister" means the Minister of Marine as defined by the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908, and includes any officer, person, or authority acting by or under the direction of such Minister.

2. The concessions and privileges conferred by this Order in Council shall extend and apply only to the part of the foreshore and land below low-water mark adjacent thereto necessary for the erection of the said wharf, as shown on the plan marked M.D. 5269.

3. All persons shall, at all reasonable times, upon payment of the proper dues, have free and full liberty to use the said wharf, and all rights of ingress and egress thereon and therefrom.

4. His Majesty or the Governor-General, and all officers in the Government service acting in the execution of their duty, shall at all times have free ingress, passage, and egress into, through, and out of the said wharf without payment.

5. The Council shall maintain the above-mentioned wharf in good order and repair, and shall at all times exhibit from the wharf, and maintain at its own cost, suitable and necessary lights for the guidance of vessels; provided that no light shall be exhibited until after it has been approved of by the Minister.

6. Any person authorized by the Minister may, at all reasonable times, enter upon the said wharf and view the state of repair thereof, and upon such Minister leaving at or posting to the last known address of the Council in New Zealand a notice in writing of any defect or want of repair in such wharf, requiring it, within a reasonable time, to be therein prescribed, to repair the same, it shall with all convenient speed cause such defect to be removed or such repairs to be made.

7. Nothing herein contained shall authorize the Council to do or cause to be done anything repugnant to or inconsistent with any law relating to the Customs. or any regulation of the Minister of Customs, or with any provisions of the Harbours Act, 1908, or its amendments, or any regulations made thereunder, and that are now or may hereafter be in force.

8. The ballast of all vessels loading at the said wharf shall be taken away by the Council and deposited above high-water mark, or at such place as may be approved of by the Minister or by any person appointed by the Minister for that purpose.

9. The rights, powers, and privileges conferred by or under this Order in Council shall continue in force for fourteen years from the date thereof, unless in the meantime such rights, powers, and privileges shall be altered, modified, or revoked by competent authority; and the Council shall not assign, charge, or part with any such right, power, or privilege without the previous written consent of the Minister first obtained.

10. The said rights, powers, and privileges may be at any time resumed by the Governor-General, without payment of any compensation whatever, on giving to the Council three calendar months' previous notice in writing. Any such notice shall be sufficient if given by the Minister and delivered at or posted to the last known address of the Council in New Zealand.