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section 20 on the Commissioners who were appointed thereunder were insufficient to deal practically and absolutely with the cases which were submitted to them, and in consequence thereof the Commission came to an end on the 31st March, 1891. " The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1890." Section 4 declared that a voluntary arrangement by the Natives or by the Natives and Europeans concerned in any proceeding before the Native Land Court should be reduced to writing and signed by all the parties thereto; and the Court should be satisfied of the authenticity of the signatures and the bona fides of such arrangement before giving effect thereto. The condition that the agreement should be signed by all the parties thereto rendered the section inoperative, as it is alleged that it had been found impossible to procure all the signatures in such cases. Schedule of the various Acts referred to in the above Synopsis, showing respectively those which, have been repealed and those which are now in Force. Acts repealed. " The Native Land Act, 1862 ;" " The New Zealand Settlements, Act, 1863 ;" " The Public Works Lands Act, 1864;" " The New Zealand Settlements Amendment and Continuance Act, 1865;" "The Native Land Act, 1865;" " The East Coast Investigations Act, 1866 ;" " The Native Lands Act, 1866 ;" " The Native Lands Act, 1887 ;" " The Maori Real Estate Management Act, 1867;" " The Native Lands Act Amendment Act, 1868 ;" " The Native Land Act, 1869;" " The Native Lands Frauds Prevention Act, 1870;" "The Native Lands Frauds Prevention Act Amendment Act, 1873;" " The Native Land Act, 1873;" " The Native Land Act Amendment Act, 1874;" "The Native Land Act Amendment Act, 1877;" " The Maori Real Estate Management Act Amendment Act, 1877;" " The Native Land Act 1873 Amendment Act, 1878 ;" " The Native Land Act Amendment Act, 1878 (No. 2) ;" " The Native Land Court Act, 1880;" " The Native Lands Act Amendment Act, 1882 ;" " The Native Land Division Act, 1882 ;" " The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1883;" " The Native Land Alienation Restriction Act, 1884 •" " The Native Land Administration Act, 1886." Acts in Force. " The Native Rights Act, 1865;" " The East Coast Act, 1868;" "The Government Native Land Purchase Act, 1877;" " The Government Native Land Purchase Amendment Act, 1878 ;" " The Native Lands Frauds Prevention Act, 1881;" " The Native Land Acts Amendment Act 1881 " (sections 7to 9 inclusive) ; " The Native Committees Act, 1883;" "The Native Equitable Owners Act, 1886" (lapses 16th September, 1891) . " The Native Land Court Act, 1886;" " The Native Land Court Act 1886 Amendment Act, 1888 ;" " The Native Land Act, 1888;" " The Native Lands Frauds Prevention Act 1881 Amendment Act, 1888 ;" "The Maori Real Estate Management Act, J888;" " The Native Lands Frauds Prevention Act Amendment Act, 1889 ;'" " The Native Land Court Acts Amendment Act, 1889;" *' The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1890."

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