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369

THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1880.

Land taken for Road in Rural Section 1048,
County of Selwyn.

(L.S.) HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule
hereto is required to be taken under "The
Public Works Act, 1876," and "The Public Works
Act 1876 Amendment Act, 1878," for a certain work,
to wit, the construction of a road in Rural Section
one thousand and forty-eight, County of Selwyn:

And whereas the Avon District Road Board has
laid before the Governor the memorial and map men-
tioned in and signed and certified as required by the
said Acts:

Now, therefore, I, Sir Hercules George Robert
Robinson, Governor of the Colony of New Zealand,
by and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council of the said colony, in exercise and pursuance
of the powers and authorities in me vested by sections
twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four,
and twenty-five of "The Public Works Act, 1876,"
and by section twenty-eight of "The Public Works
Act 1876 Amendment Act, 1878," and of any other
power and authority enabling me in that behalf, do
hereby proclaim and declare that the land described
in the Schedule hereto is hereby taken for the pur-
poses of a road; and that, from and after the
twenty-fifth day of March, one thousand eight hundred
and eighty, the land so described shall become abso-
lutely vested in fee-simple in Her Majesty, dis-
charged from all mortgages, charges, claims, estates,
and interests of what kind soever, for use as a road.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land being part of Rural
Section 1048, situate in the Avon Road District,
County of Selwyn, containing by admeasurement 1
acre and 9 perches. Bounded by lines as follows:
Commencing at a point on the western boundary
of Rural Section 1048, 415 links from the north-
eastern boundary of Rural Section 243F; thence
by a line running easterly for a distance of
1056 links to its junction with the north side
of the public road; thence by a line running
southerly at right angles a distance of 100 links;
thence by a line running westerly at right angles a
distance of 1056 links; thence by a line running
northerly at right angles a distance of 100 links to
the starting point: be the aforesaid linkages either
more or less; the above particulars being delineated
on the map attached to the memorial referred to.

Given under the hand of His Excellency
Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson,
Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distin-
guished Order of Saint Michael and Saint
George, Governor and Commander-in-
Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony
of New Zealand and its Dependencies,
and Vice-Admiral of the same; and issued
under the Seal of the said Colony, at
the Government House, at Wellington,
this twenty-third day of March, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and eighty.

R. OLIVER.

Approved in Council.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Mount Cook Road District included within Agricul-
tural District, Schedule B, "Canterbury Trespass
of Cattle Ordinance, 1872."

(L.S.) HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and
authorities vested in me by the Ordinance of the
Province of Canterbury intituled "The Canterbury
Trespass of Cattle Ordinance, 1872," and by "The
Abolition of Provinces Act, 1875," I, Hercules
George Robert Robinson, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare
that, on and from the first day of April, one
thousand eight hundred and eighty, that portion
of the Provincial District of Canterbury described
in the Schedule hereto shall be included within the