Numb. 78.

1245

THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1881.

Land taken for Road through Rural Section 4312, from the north-west corner of section aforesaid.
Waimate Survey District, Canterbury.

(L.S.) JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.
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 through Rural
Section four thousand three hundred and twelve,
Waimate Survey District, Provincial District of
Canterbury:

And whereas the Waimate County Council has
laid before the Governor the memorial and map
mentioned in and signed and certified as required by
the said Acts:

Now, therefore, I, James Prendergast, the Admin-
istrator of the Government 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 sixth
day of October, one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-one, the land so described shall become ab-
solutely 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 containing by ad-
measurement 2 acres 3 roods 12 perches, more or
less, situate in the Survey District of Waimate, Pro-
vincial District of Canterbury, being part of Section
No. 4312, commencing at a point 1283 links distant
in a south-easterly direction, on a bearing of 131° 35',

from the north-west corner of section aforesaid.
Bounded by lines as follows: South-easterly by a
line, 3770 links; South-westerly by a public road,
100 links; North-westerly by a road-line, 3770 links;
North-easterly by a line to commencing point, 100
links: as delineated upon the plan attached to the
memorial above referred to.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
James Prendergast, Chief Justice, the
Administrator of the Government of Her
Majesty's Colony of New Zealand; and
issued under the Seal of the said Colony,
at the Government House, at Wellington,
this fourth day of October, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-one.

JOHN HALL,
Minister acting for the Minister for
Public Works.

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

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Declaring Land open for Sale within Mining District
of Longwood.

(L.S.) JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the one hundred and fifty-fourth
section of "The Land Act, 1877," it is enacted
that the Governor, by Proclamation, may from time
to time declare any Crown lands within any mining
district, not held under license or lease at the date of
such Proclamation, or over which the license or lease
has been cancelled, to be open for sale or selection
in sections, of such sizes and form and on such date
as he may determine; and any lands so proclaimed
may thereafter be sold at a like price, and subject to
the like terms and conditions, or as near thereto as
may be, as Crown lands of the same class not within
a mining district; and the Governor may from time