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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 21

The several parcels of land being situate in the Mangamuka Survey District, and passing through Native land, County of Hokianga, Provincial District of Auckland, the same being more particularly delineated upon the plan marked P.W.D. 8032, 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 Distinguished 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 Dunedin, this twenty-second day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one.

R. OLIVER.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Approved in Council.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Taking of Land for the Borough of Wanganui Water Supply.

(l.s.) ARTHUR H. 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,” lands 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 purchase 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 Wanganui propose to construct the following works, viz.: The fencing in of the parcel of land described in the Schedule hereto, and the connection by pipes of the waters of a lake called Virginia Lake, situate thereon, with the present system of water supply of the said borough: 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 Corporations Act 1876 Amendment Act, 1877,” “The Public Works Act, 1876,” and “The Public Works Act 1876 Amendment Act, 1878,” to be done and performed to authorize the taking of the said parcel of land, and the waters thereon, 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 land described in the Schedule hereto, and the waters thereon, are hereby taken for the purpose of such works as aforesaid; and that, from and after the twenty-second day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one, the land described in the Schedule hereto, and the waters thereon, shall become vested in fee-simple in the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Wanganui, 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 (portion of which is covered by the waters of the Virginia Lake) containing by admeasurement 37 acres and 17 perches, more or less, situate near the Town of Wanganui, being portions of Sections Nos. 15, 16, and 17, on the plan of the right bank of the Wanganui River, Wanganui—Waitotara Highway District, Survey District of Wanganui, Provincial District of Wellington, commencing at a point in Section No. 16 at the south-east corner of the Virginia Lake. Bounded—Easterly by a line, 640 links; Southerly by a line, 454 links; generally Easterly by lines, 448, 824, and 824 links respectively; generally Northerly by lines, 554 and 594 links respectively; generally North-westerly by lines, 785, 374, 245, 318, and 376 links respectively; South-westerly by a line, 623 links; North-westerly by a line, 233 links; generally South-westerly by the north-eastern boundary of the great North-western Road to commencing point, 64, 370, and 662 links respectively: be the aforesaid linkages either more or less, as the same is more particularly delineated upon the map attached to the memorial above referred to, and thereon coloured red.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Honorable Arthur Hamilton Gordon, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished 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 Dunedin, this twenty-second day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one.

R. OLIVER.

Approved in Council.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Abolishing Prisons at Greymouth and Lawrence.

(l.s.) ARTHUR H. GORDON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the eighth section of “The Prisons Act, 1873,” it is enacted that, as to any public