2 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 1

corner. Bounded-Westerly by the Mangorei Road,
574 links; generally Northerly by lines, 332, 717,
250, and 621 links respectively; generally Easterly
by the Waiwakaiho River, 1300 links; generally
Southerly by a closed road to the starting point,
2285 links.

Also all that piece or parcel of land containing by
admeasurement 12 acres 1 rood 35 perches, being
portion of Section No. 203, commencing at a point
1345 links from the Waiwakaiho River, and 984 links
from the Mangorei Road, on the south side of the
closed road. Bounded-Northerly by a closed road,
1345 links; generally Easterly and Southerly by the
Waiwakaiho River, 1820 links; generally Westerly to
the starting point by lines, 538, 535, 175, and 115
links respectively.

Also all that piece or parcel of land containing by
admeasurement 1 acre 1 rood 21 perches, being a
closed road, commencing at the south-west corner
of Section No. 184. Bounded-Northerly by said
Allotment No. 184, 2285 links; generally Easterly
by the Waiwakaiho River, 75 links; Southerly by
Section No. 203, 2329 links; Westerly by the
Mangorei Road, 60 links, to the starting point.

All the above linkages and areas being either more
or less, and the several parcels of land being situate
in the Grey Block, Survey District of Paritutu,
Provincial District of Taranaki, and are more par-
ticularly delineated upon the plan 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
fourth day of January, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-two.

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

Approved in Council.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Land taken for Road in Mongonui South District,
County of Mongonui, Auckland.

(L.S.) ARTHUR GORDON, 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 Parish of
Mongonui East, Mongonui South District, County of
Mongonui, Provincial District of Auckland:

And whereas the Mongonui 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, 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 pur-
suance 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 fifth
day of January, one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-two, 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 parcel of land in the Provincial District of
Auckland, in the Colony of New Zealand, containing
by admeasurement 3 acres 1 rood 38 perches, situated
in the Mongonui Survey District, commencing in
Doubtless Bay. Bounded towards the North-east by
lines, 100, 339, 723, 750, 507, and 1150 links re-
spectively; Southerly by high-water mark of Mongo-
nui Harbour; Westerly and South-westerly by lines,
1200, 434, 730, 735, and 360 links respectively;
Westerly to commencing point by high-water mark
of Doubtless Bay: be all the aforesaid linkages more
or less; and the same being more particularly de-
lineated on the map 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
fourth day of January, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-two.

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

Approved in Council.

FORSTER GORING,..
Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Land taken for Portions of the Wellington to Fox-
ton Railway (Portion of Kaiwarra and Crofton
Sections).

(L.S.) ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by Proclamations issued under the
uthority of sections one hundred and twenty-
two, one hundred and twenty-three, and one hun-
dred and twenty-four of "The Public Works Act,
1876," the middle line of portions of the line of
railway from Wellington to Foxton (Kaiwarra and
Crofton Sections), being one of the railways specified
in "The Public Works Act, 1879," was defined: And
whereas pursuant to the one hundred and twenty-fifth
section of "The Public Works Act, 1876," the Minis-
ter for Public Works has caused to be made and,
on the second day of September, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-nine, and the third day of
January, one thousand eight hundred and eighty, to
be deposited in the office of the Registrar of the
Supreme Court at Wellington, in the Provincial Dis-