Numb. 13. 289

THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1886.

Setting apart Land in the Canterbury Land District for
Leasing, as Small Areas, with Perpetual Right of Re-
newal, under "The Land Act, 1885."

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

A PROCLAMATION.

BY virtue and in exercise of the powers and authorities
vested in me by the one hundred and sixty-first
section of "The Land Act, 1885," and of every other power
and authority enabling me in that behalf, I, William Francis
Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New
Zealand, do hereby declare that the sections of land enu-
merated in the Schedule hereto shall be set apart for lease,
with perpetual right of renewal, in allotments of the areas
stated in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

RESERVE NO. 2332, WEST OXFORD.

Section. Area. Section. Area.
A. R. P. A. R. P.
1 50 0 0 13 50 0 0
2 50 0 0 14 50 0 0
3 50 0 0 15 50 0 0
4 50 0 0 16 50 0 0
5 50 0 0 17 50 0 0
6 50 0 0 18 50 0 0
7 50 0 0 19 50 0 0
8 50 0 0 20 50 0 0
9 50 0 0 21 50 0 0
10 50 0 0 22 49 0 27
11 50 0 0 23 36 3 22
12 4 3 13 24 14 1 34

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 eighth day of March, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-
six.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Additional Land taken on Ellesmere Contract for the Pur-
poses of the Hurunui-Waitaki Railway.—Branch from
Racecourse to Southbridge, with a Sub-branch to Little
River and thence to Akaroa.

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

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS it has been found desirable, for the use, con-
venience, and enjoyment of the Hurunui-Waitaki
Railway, branch from Racecourse to Southbridge, with a
sub-branch to Little River and thence to Akaroa, to take
further land on Ellesmere contract, in addition to the land
previously acquired for the purposes above mentioned:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of
the powers and authorities conferred on me by "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
taken for the purposes above mentioned.

SCHEDULE.

THE several parcels of land mentioned in list hereunder:—

Sheet No. Approximate Area Being Situated in Block Situated
of each of the No. in the Survey
Parcels of Land District of
required to be taken

       A.  R.  P.

1 8 0 28 Portions of Reserve 959 14 Halswell.
1 4 0 14 Portions of Reserve 959 14 Ellesmere.
2 17 2 14 Portions of Section 6646 14 Ellesmere.

All in the Provincial District of Canterbury; as the same are
more particularly delineated on the plans marked P.W.D.
13380, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public
Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Welling-
ton, and thereon coloured red and yellow.

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