APRIL 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 997

(c) The present representatives of the combined district
of Tauranga County and Mount Maunganui Town
District shall continue to hold office until the date
of the next ordinary general election of County
Councils.

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SCHEDULE.

T. R. AICKIN,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Confering special Jurisdiction on Native Land Court.

C. L. N. NEWALL, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 16th day of
April, 1941.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS upon the acquisition by the Crown of un-
divided interests in the block of Native land situated
at Orakei, in the City of Auckland, and known as the Orakei
No. 1 Reserve (hereinafter referred to as “the reserve”), it
was claimed that certain improvements then existing on the
reserve belonged to certain individual owners, and not to all
of the owners in common, of the reserve :

And whereas certain of the said improvements were located
on certain of the subdivisions of the reserve which have
become Crown land, and it was alleged that no payment had
been made in respect thereof by or on behalf of the Crown :

And whereas there was referred to a Royal Commission
(hereinafter referred to as “the Commission”), appointed on
the twenty-second day of June, nineteen hundred and thirty-
eight, to inquire into and report as to grievances alleged
by Maoris with regard to the reserve and certain other
lands at Orakei, the question, inter alia, as to whether the
Crown paid to those vendors whose interests it purchased in
the reserve a fair and reasonable price for those interests
having regard to the value of the reserve at the date of
the purchase of such interests :

And whereas the report of the Commission showed that
there were or are upon the subdivisions of the reserve which
have become Crown land certain buildings which belonged
to Natives and which have not been paid for by the Crown,
and the Commission was of the opinion that, if any of the
said buildings belonged to a Native who disposed of his
interest in the reserve to the Crown, such building should
be paid for by the Crown, or, if any of the said buildings
belonged to a Native who had not so disposed of his interest
to the Crown or was not an owner in the reserve, that person
should have the right to remove the same :

And whereas the Commission was unable to express a final
opinion as to who are the persons entitled to the said build-
ings, or to receive payment in respect thereof, or to remove
the same, or as to the value of the said buildings :

And whereas claims have been preferred by Natives to
the effect that they are entitled to certain buildings standing
upon a certain area of Crown land situated at Orakei and
shown as Lots 1, 2, and 3 on the plan lodged in the office
of the Chief Surveyor at Auckland under number 1330 P.
(blue) (hereinafter referred to as “the church-site land”) :

And whereas the Commission in reporting on certain ques-
tions touching the church-site land expressed the opinion
that if the persons entitled to the buildings thereon could be
ascertained they should be given a limited time in which
to remove the same :

And whereas it is desirable that certain matters and
questions relating to the rights of Natives in and to the
buildings hereinbefore mentioned should be determined by
the Native Land Court :

Now, therefore, pursuant to the provisions of section
thirty-four of the Native Land Act, 1931, His Excellency the
Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent
of the Executive Council, doth hereby confer upon the
Native Land Court jurisdiction to hear and determine, upon
the application of the Minister of Lands, any question as
to who are the persons entitled to the buildings erected upon
the reserve and the church-site land and mentioned in the
Schedule hereto, together with any outbuildings pertaining
hereto, or as to who are the persons equitably entitled to
receive any compensation money which might be payable
by or on behalf of the Crown in respect thereof, or as to
who are the persons who should be granted the right
to remove the same, or as to whether payment of com-
pensation money ought to be made by or on behalf of
the Crown in respect of any such building or outbuilding
and, if so, what amount of compensation money ought
to be so paid by or on behalf of the Crown, or whether
the persons entitled to any such building or outbuilding
should be granted the right to remove the same, and
any other matter or question incidental to the ownership
or possession of any of the said buildings and outbuildings
or arising thereout, with power to make such order or orders
in the premises as to the Court shall seem necessary or expe-
dient, and to impose thereby such limitations of time in which
the possession of any such building or outbuilding shall be
yielded up to the Crown or the removal of any such
building or outbuilding shall be undertaken, and such
other terms and conditions as the Court thinks right, just,
reasonable, and equitable.

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SCHEDULE.

The buildings which were or are situated upon the reserve
and delineated and marked F, F 1, N, O, Q, S, and T on the
plan lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Auckland
under number 12879 (red), and the building delineated on
the said plan and shown thereon as being owned or occupied
by one, M. Katene.

The buildings which are situated wholly or partially upon
the church-site land and delineated and numbered 2, 3, 4,
and 5 on the plan lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor
at Auckland under number 29675 (blue).

C. A. JEFFERY,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Appointment of Member of Board of Health under the Health
Act, 1920.

C. L. N. NEWALL, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon me by the Health Act, 1920, I, Cyril
Louis Norton Newall, the Governor-General of the Dominion
of New Zealand, do hereby reappoint

Sir Donald Johnstone McGavin, Kt., C.M.G., D.S.O., M.D.,
F.R.C.S.,

as a member of the Board of Health under the aforesaid
Act for a period of three years.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General, this 9th day of April, 1941.

A. H. NORDMEYER, Minister of Health.

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Notices under the Regulations Act, 1936.

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NOTICE is hereby given in pursuance of the Regulations Act, 1936, of the making of regulations and orders
as under :—

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