JUNE 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2157

Authorizing the Laying-off of a Street in the Borough of Napier of a Width of less than 66 ft. but not less than 40 ft.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 27th day of June, 1927.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, and of all other powers in anywise 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 authorize the Napier Borough Council to permit the laying-off of the street described in the Schedule hereto of a width less than sixty-six feet but not less than forty feet, it being difficult and inexpedient to lay off such street of a width of sixty-six feet.

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SCHEDULE.

THAT street in the Hawke’s Bay Land District, Borough of Napier, connecting Denholm Road and Sixty-fifth Street, containing by admeasurement 27·3 perches, more or less, through part Suburban Section 22, Napier. As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 68483, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.

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

(P.W. 51/1048.)

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Consent to exercise by Chief Judge of Power of Amendment.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 27th day of June, 1927.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by subsection eight of section seven of the Native Land Amendment and Native Land Claims Adjustment Act, 1922, it is enacted that in all cases where an order is dated more than five years previously to the receipt of the application, the Chief Judge of the Native Land Court shall first obtain the consent of the Governor-General in Council before making any order thereunder:

And whereas application has been made under the said section to amend an order of the Native Land Court dated the twenty-first day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, appointing successors to the interests of Hohaia te Pokaitara (deceased), in Taupo No. 2 Block:

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 consent to the Chief Judge exercising with regard to the said recited order of the twenty-first day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, all and every the jurisdiction granted to him by the said section seven, and to the making of any such order thereunder as may seem necessary or expedient.

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

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Consenting to stopping Portions of Road in Blocks VII and VIII, Tokomaru Survey District, Waiapu County.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 27th day of June, 1927.

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 anywise 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 Waiapu County Council stopping the portions of road described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of road permitted to be stopped:—

A. R. P. Adjoining or passing through
0 2 0 Mangahauini 7B, Block VIII.
1 2 20 ,, 10 ,,
5 3 13 ,, 10 ,,
1 1 35·5 ,, 10B ,,
1 0 18·5 ,, 10C ,,
2 1 27 Tokomaru B1, Block VIII.
7 2 14 ,, B 4A, Blocks VII and VIII.
1 0 8 ,, B 3, Block VII.
0 2 20 ,, C ,,
1 2 24 ,, D ,,
7 2 33 ,, E ,,
0 1 20 ,, I ,,

Situated in Tokomaru Survey District (Gisborne R.D.). (S.O. 1279, brown.)

In the Gisborne Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 69046, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured green.

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

(P.W. 36/547.)

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Conferring Special Jurisdiction on the Native Land Court.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 27th day of June, 1927.

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 in the said Act 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, as to the ownership or possession of those portions of an historical block of greenstone known as “Te Wera’s,” enumerated in the Schedule hereto, and any claim to recover possession 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 effectively as if the claim and order was one within the ordinary jurisdiction of the Court.

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SCHEDULE.

(1) ONE flat slab of greenstone.
(2) One large greenstone mere.
(3) One smaller greenstone mere.
(4) One large fragment of greenstone.
(5) One smaller fragment of greenstone.

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

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Domain Board appointed to have Control of the Wahi Takaro Domain.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 27th day of June, 1927.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section forty of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent