Numb. 100.

1517

THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1881.

Taking of Land for the Borough of Timaru Water viz., waterworks for the supply of pure water for
Supply.
the use of the inhabitants of the borough :

(L.S.) ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by section one hundred and seventy-
nine of "The Municipal Corporations Act,
1876" (herein referred to as "the said Act"), it is
enacted that the Council of a borough constituted
under the said Act may take any land within the
borough for any of the purposes of the said Act, in
the manner provided by the Second Part of "The
Public Works Act, 1876:" And by the two hundred
and forty-fourth section of the said Act it is enacted
that the Council may construct waterworks for the
supply of pure water for the use of the inhabitants
of the borough, or of the shipping in any harbour
adjoining, and may do all things necessary thereto,
and therein especially may purchase or take, under
the provisions of "The Public Works Act, 1876,"
land and waters within or beyond the borough: And
by the two hundred and forty-fifth section of the said
Act it is enacted that any land or water so taken
shall be taken under the provisions of "The Public
Works Act, 1876:"

And whereas by section seven of "The Municipal
Corporations Act 1876 Amendment Act, 1877," it is
enacted that the Council of every borough may pur-
chase or take under the provisions of "The Public
Works Act, 1876," any lands outside of as well as
within the borough for any purpose connected with
the drainage of the borough, the maintenance and
repair of the roads, streets, and public places thereof,
or the public health, protection, and safety of its
inhabitants, or for any other purpose for which the
Council is authorized to take land within the borough:
And whereas the Council of the Borough of
Timaru proposes to construct the following works,

And whereas the Council aforesaid has laid before
me the memorial and map required by the twenty-
fifth section of "The Public Works Act, 1876:"

And whereas it appears to me that all things
required by the said Act, "The Municipal Corpora-
tions Act 1876 Amendment Act, 1877," "The Public
Works Act, 1876," and "The Public Works Act
1876 Amendment Act, 1878," to be done and per-
formed to authorize the taking of the said lands have
been done and performed :

Now, therefore, I, Arthur Hamilton Gordon, the
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
power and authority in me vested by the twenty-fifth
section of "The Public Works Act, 1876," and by
the said Acts, and of every other power and authority
enabling me in that behalf, do hereby proclaim and
declare that the lands described in the Schedule
hereto are hereby taken for the purpose of such
works as aforesaid; and that, from and after the
seventeenth day of November, one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-one, the lands described in the
Schedule hereto shall become vested in fee-simple
in the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the
Borough of Timaru, discharged from all mortgages,
charges, claims, estates, and interests of what kind
soever, for the purpose of such works as aforesaid.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land containing by ad-
measurement 9 acres 1 rood 3 perches, being portion
of Reserve No. 699, and referred to as Lot No. 2 on
Land Transfer deposit plan, commencing at a point
on the southern boundary of said reserve 572 links

ERRATUM.-In New Zealand Gazette No. 42, of the 2nd June, 1881, page 705, for "Charles Rylands Tilden," read "Charles
Ryland Tylden."