in Her Majesty's Army, Knight Grand Cross of the
Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and
Saint George, Companion of the Most Honourable
Order of the Bath, 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 Wel-
lington, this fifteenth day of October, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-five.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Land taken for Further Portion of Waikato-Thames Railway (Morrinsville-Te Aroha Section).

(L.S.) WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto
is required to be taken for further portion of the
Waikato-Thames Railway, namely, Morrinsville-Te Aroha
Section:

And whereas all conditions precedent required by law to be
observed and performed prior to the taking of such land in
the manner hereby provided have been observed and per-
formed:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of
the powers and authorities conferred by section one hundred
and thirty of "The Public Works Act, 1882," and of every
other power and authority in anywise enabling me in that
behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land de-
scribed in the Schedule hereto is taken for the further por-
tion of the said line of railway hereinbefore specified.

SCHEDULE.

Approximate
Area of each of Being Section Situated
the Parcels of or Portion of in
Land required Section No. Block No.

A. R. P.
6 1 16 3226 VI. Motumaoho Maungakawa.
No. 2
30 3 12 2980 III. Tatuaoaua
No. 1
15 0 13 2239 Te Kahia
3480 III. and Waokauri No. 1
30 3 3 3481A XVI. Waokauri No. 3 Waitoa.
26 1 38 3407 Waihekau No. 1
30 0 22 Unsectionized
Crown land
13 2 30 1 XI.
11 2 33 2
19 0 5 87 IX.
15 2 39 83
15 2 39 76
15 2 39 68
9 2 6 Railway Re-
serve, Town
of Te Aroha

All in the Provincial District of Auckland; as the same are
more particularly delineated on the plans marked P.W.D.
12336 and 13460, deposited in the office of the Minister for
Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of
Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir William
Francis Drummond Jervois, Lieutenant-General
in Her Majesty's Army, Knight Grand Cross of
the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael
and Saint George, Companion of the Most Honour-
able Order of the Bath, 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 Wel-
lington, this sixteenth day of October, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-five.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Land taken for a Portion of the North Island Main
Trunk Line of Railway, from a Point at or near Marton
to Te Awamutu, via Murimotu, Taumarunui, and the
Ongaruhe River Valley (Portion of Porewa Contract).

(L.S.) WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto-
is required to be taken for a further portion of the
North Island Main Trunk Railway, from a point at or near
Marton to Te Awamutu, via Murimotu, Taumarunui, and
the Ongaruhe River Valley (portion of Porewa Contract):

And whereas all conditions precedent required by law to be
observed and performed prior to the taking of such land in
the manner hereby provided have been observed and per-
formed:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of
the powers and authorities conferred by section one hundred
and thirty of "The Public Works Act, 1882," and of every
other power and authority in anywise enabling me in that
behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land men-
tioned in the Schedule hereto is taken for the further portion
of the said line of railway hereinbefore specified.

SCHEDULE.

The several parcels of land mentioned in list hereunder:-

Approximate Area of each of Being Section Situated
the Parcels of or Portion of in
Land required Section No. Block No.

A. R. P.
0 1 34 VII. III. Rangitoto.
10 0 30
15 2 3
1 2 24 12
2 1 15 12
1 2 8 VIII.
1 2 6
15 3 33
5 2 16 XXXVI.

All in the Provincial District of Wellington; as the same are
more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D.
13350, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public
Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Welling-
ton, and thereon coloured red.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir William
Francis Drummond Jervois, Lieutenant-General
in Her Majesty's Army, Knight Grand Cross of the
Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and
Saint George, Companion of the Most Honourable
Order of the Bath, 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 Wel-
lington, this nineteenth day of October, in the-
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-five.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Land taken for a Road in North Taieri Road District, Pro-
vincial District of Otago.

(L.S.) WM. F DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto
is required to be taken, under "The Public Works
Act, 1882," for a certain work, to wit, the construction of a
road in North Taieri Road District, Provincial District of
Otago:

And whereas the Minister for Public Works has laid before
the Governor the memorial, accompanied by a map, as
required by the said Act:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pur-
suance of the powers and authorities in me vested by section
eleven of "The Public Works Act, 1882," and of every other
power and authority in anywise enabling me in that behalf,
do hereby proclaim and declare that the land mentioned in
the Schedule hereto is hereby taken for the purposes of a
road; and that, from and after the day of the date hereof,
the land so mentioned shall become absolutely vested in fee-