1746
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 101

the Seal of the said Colony, at the
Government House, at Wellington, this
seventeenth day of November, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-two.
THOMAS DICK.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Declaring certain Streams taken for Dunedin Water-
supply.

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

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by a certain Proclamation bearing
date the twenty-second day of October, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, under the
hand of His Excellency the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand for the time then being, therein named
and described, reciting, inter alia, that the Council of
the City of Dunedin proposed to construct a water-
race or aqueduct for obtaining a supply of water
for the inhabitants of the City of Dunedin and its
suburbs from the river called the Silverstream and
its tributaries, and other smaller streams flowing
through portions of the lands which the said race or
aqueduct would intersect, and for such purpose re-
quired to take the land and the waters of the several
streams specified in the Schedule thereto; and re-
citing that the said Council had laid before His said
Excellency the memorial and map required by the
twenty-fifth section of "The Public Works Act,
1876;" and reciting that it appeared to His said
Excellency that all things required by "The Muni-
cipal Corporations Act, 1876," "The Municipal Cor-
porations Act 1876 Amendment Act, 1877," and
"The Public Works Act, 1876," to be done and per-
formed to authorize the taking of such land and the
waters of the said streams had been done and per-
formed; His said Excellency, 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 him 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 him
in that behalf, did thereby proclaim and declare that
the land described in the Schedule thereto, and the
waters of the several streams specified in the said
Schedule thereto, were thereby taken for the purpose
of such works as aforesaid; and that, from and after
the twenty-second day of October, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-eight, the land described
in the Schedule thereto, and the waters of the several
streams therein specified, should become vested in
fee-simple in the Corporation of the City of Dunedin,
discharged from all mortgages, charges, claims,
estates, and interest of what kind soever, for the pur-
pose of such works as aforesaid. And whereas
the said lands so required to be taken as in the said
Proclamation mentioned are duly described in the
said Schedule thereto, but the said streams so re-
quired to be taken as in the said Proclamation men-
tioned and intended to be specified in the said
Schedule thereto were omitted from the memorial
laid before the Governor by the said Council of the
City of Dunedin, and from the said Proclamation
issued in pursuance thereof: And whereas the several
streams specified in the Schedule hereto are streams
which were intended to be comprised and specified in
the said Schedule to the said Proclamation:

Now, therefore, I, James Prendergast, the Adminis-
trator of the Government of the Colony of New
Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the power and
authority in me vested by "The Public Works Act,
1882," and by the other Acts above mentioned, and
of every other power and authority enabling me in
that behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the
waters of the several streams specified in the Schedule
hereto are hereby taken for the purpose of such
works as in the said Proclamation are mentioned; and
that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the
waters of the several streams specified in the said
Schedule hereto shall become vested in fee-simple in
the Corporation of the Mayor, Councillors, and
citizens of the City of Dunedin (called in the said
Proclamation "the Corporation of the City of Dun-
edin"), discharged from all mortgages, charges, claims,
estates, and interest of what kind soever, for the pur-
pose of such works as aforesaid.

THE SCHEDULE ABOVE REFERRED TO.

SCHEDULE of streams taken for the purpose of the
above-mentioned works :-

1. Flagstaff Creek.
2. McQuillcan's Creek.
3. Whare Creek (south branch).
4. Whare Creek (north branch).
5. Coal Creek.
6. North Coal Creek.
7. Silverstream River (main or east branch).
8. Silverstream River (west branch), otherwise
   called Powder Creek, with all its tributaries.

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

H. A. ATKINSON,
Minister Acting for the Minister for
Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN !

Constituting Oamaru Harbour District.

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

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS it is enacted by section four of "The
Oamaru Harbour Board Loan Act, 1882," that
it shall be lawful for the Governor to constitute, by
Proclamation, a district to be called the "Oamaru
Harbour District," and to define the boundaries:
And whereas it is deemed expedient to constitute
such a district, and to define the boundaries thereof:
Now, therefore, I, James Prendergast the Admin-
istrator of the Government of the Colony of New
Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and
authority vested in me by the hereinbefore in part
recited Act, do hereby proclaim and constitute a
district, under and for the purposes of the said Act,
to be called the "Oamaru Harbour District;" and I
do hereby define the boundaries thereof to be as
follow:-

All that area bounded towards the North-east and
North generally by the River Hopkins, Lake Ohau,
Ohau River, and Waitaki River to Waimate County;