Revoking a Proclamation proclaiming Land held under Renewable Lease as ceasing to be set apart as National-endowment Land.

[L.S.] CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers conferred by section five of the Land Act, 1924, and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, do hereby revoke the Proclamation dated the ninth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the nineteenth day of April then instant, declaring the land described in the Schedule hereto as ceasing to be national-endowment land.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—HAURAKI MINING DISTRICT.
SECTION 16, Block XII, Ohinemuri Survey District : Area, 495 acres.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, this 20th day of July, 1925.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

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

God SAVE THE KING!

Settlement Lands in Marlborough Land District proclaimed to be National-endowment Land.

[L.S.] CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by section three of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1922, it is enacted that the Governor-General may by Proclamation declare any land acquired under the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, whether before or after the passing of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1922, to be, inter alia, ordinary national-endowment land available for disposal under the Land Act, 1924:
And whereas it is deemed expedient that the lands described in the Schedule hereto, and which were acquired under the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, shall cease to be settlement lands and become ordinary national-endowment lands for disposal under the Land Act, 1924:
Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities so conferred upon me by the aforesaid section three, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that from and after the date of the gazetting hereof the lands described in the Schedule hereto, which were acquired under the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, shall be national-endowment lands available for disposal under the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

ALL those parcels of land in the Marlborough Land District, being Sections 1 and 2 of 3s, Linkwaterdale Settlement, situated in Block X, Linkwater Survey District, and containing areas of 13 acres 3 roods 4 perches and 13 acres 3 roods respectively.
Section 1 of 3s is bounded as follows: Towards the north by a public road, 547·85 links; towards the east and south by Section 3 of 3s of the aforesaid Settlement, 2505·6 links and 550·6 links respectively; and towards the west by Section 2s of the aforesaid settlement, 2511·3 links.
Section 2 of 3s is bounded as follows: Towards the north by a public road, 547·85 links; towards the east by Section 4s of the aforesaid settlement, 2499·4 links; and towards the south and west by Section 3 of 3s of the aforesaid settlement, 550·6 links and 2505·4 links respectively.
Be all the aforesaid measurements a little more or less.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, this 17th day of July, 1925.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

God SAVE THE KING!

Allocating Cost of certain Proceedings under Section 132 of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, Borough of Geraldine.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 21st day of July, 1925.
Present:

His EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance of the powers vested in him by section one hundred and thirty-two of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, and of every other power and authority enabling him in this behalf, 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 direct that the Geraldine Borough Council shall defray all the costs of the Commission appointed under the said Act by a Warrant under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General dated the twenty-first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, to hold an inquiry and make a report on the proposal to exclude an area from the Borough of Geraldine and include such area in the County of Geraldine.

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

Conferring Special Jurisdiction on the Native Land Court.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 20th day of July, 1925.
Present:

His EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section twenty-five of the Native Land Act, 1909, it is enacted that, in addition to the jurisdiction elsewhere conferred upon the Native Land Court, the Governor-General may by Order in Council confer upon the Court jurisdiction in any matter or question affecting the rights of Natives in any real or personal property:
And whereas it is expedient to confer upon the Court the said jurisdiction as hereinafter appears:
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 all other powers thereunto him enabling, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby confer upon the Native Land Court jurisdiction to hear and determine as between Natives any claim, whether at law or in equity, to the ownership or possession of a flock of sheep now running or depasturing on the block situate in the Gisborne district, known as Marangairoa 1D 19 Block, which said sheep are alleged to be under the control or management of Hori Waikari and his family, and to hear and determine as between Natives any claim to recover damages in respect thereof, with power and jurisdiction to make such order or orders as the circumstances of the case may require, and to enforce compliance therewith as fully and effectually as if the order was one within the ordinary jurisdiction of the Court.

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

Consenting to stopping Road in Block IX, Otahuhu Survey District, Manukau County.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 20th day of July, 1925.
Present:

His EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred by the Public Works Act, 1908, and of all other powers in anyway enabling him in this behalf, 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 consent to the Manukau County Council stopping the road described in the Schedule hereto.