WHEREAS by an Order in Council dated the ninth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, purporting to be made in pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon the Governor by “The Native Land Court Act, 1886,” after reciting that it was necessary that the ownership of certain lands, which are described in the Schedule to this Act, should be ascertained, and that it should be determined to whom and in what manner grants for the said lands should be issued, it was ordered and declared that the investigation of the ownership of the said lands, and the determination to whom and in what manner Crown grants therefor should issue, and all matters incidental thereto respectively, should be within the jurisdiction of the Native Land Court: And whereas at a sitting of the Native Land Court at Hamilton, on the third day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine, and following days, the said matters so ordered and declared as aforesaid were investigated and determined, and certain orders were made in relation thereto: And whereas doubts have arisen as to the validity of the said Order in Council and the subsequent proceedings in relation thereto, and it is expedient that such doubts should be removed: