Numb. 106.
1627

THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.
WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1881.

Land taken for Relief Channel, Buller River.

(L.S.) ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

W
HEREAS 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 relief channel for the
Buller River: And whereas the Minister for Public
Works has laid before the Governor the memorial
and map mentioned in and signed and certified as
required by the said Acts:

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
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-
pose of a relief channel for the Buller River; and
that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the
land so described shall become absolutely vested in
fee-simple in Her Majesty, discharged from all mort-
gages, charges, claims, estates, and interests of what
kind soever, for use as a relief channel for the Buller
River.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land containing by ad-
measurement 300 acres 3 roods 24 perches, more or
less, situate in the Survey Districts of Kawatiri and
Ohika, Provincial District of Nelson, being portions
of Sections Nos. 52, 53, 54, 55, and portion of a road
reserve within the Native reserve near Snag Falls,
Buller River, commencing at a point 92036 links
distant, on a bearing of 97° 53′ 43·4" from the initial
station of the Buller Meridional Circuit. Bounded—
Southerly by portions of Sections Nos. 52, 53, 54,
road reserve, and portion of Section No. 55, 7247
links; Westerly by portion of Section No. 55, 700
links; Southerly by portion of Section No. 55, 2800
links; Easterly by road reserve, 632 links; generally
Northerly and Easterly by lines, 142, 597, 383, 440,
and 465 links respectively, the same being portion of
boundary of Section No. 55 of said Native reserve;
generally Easterly by lines, 385, 1008, 1313, and
1515 links respectively, the same being portion of
boundary of Section No. 55 of said Native reserve;
generally Northerly and Easterly by lines, 754, 735,
and 582 links respectively, the same being portion of
boundary of Section No. 55 of said Native reserve;
generally Northerly and Westerly by lines, 480, 1975,
1022, 1040, 1201, 1132, and 792 links respectively,
the same being portion of boundaries of Section No.
55 road reserve, and Sections Nos. 54, 53, and 52 of
said Native reserve; generally Northerly and North-
easterly by lines, 759 and 860 links respectively, the
same being portion of boundary of Section No. 52 of
said Native reserve; Westerly by a line, 445 links,
being portion of boundary of Section No. 52 of said
Native reserve, to commencing point: the above
piece or parcel of land is more particularly delineated
upon the plan marked P.W.D. 8582, attached to the
memorial above referred to.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Honorable Arthur Hamilton Gordon,
Knight Grand Cross of the Most Dis-
tinguished Order of Saint Michael and
Saint George, Her Majesty's High
Commissioner for the Western Pacific,
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
thirteenth day of December, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-one.

WALTER W. JOHNSTON,
Minister acting for the Minister for
Public Works.

Approved in Council.

F. P. MURRAY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!