May 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 595

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

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Additional Land taken at Factory Station, on the Christchurch-Rakaia Section, for the Purposes of the Hurunui-Waitaki Railway.

(l.s.) Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS it has been found desirable, for the use, convenience, and enjoyment of the Hurunui-Waitaki Railway, from the Hurunui River to the Waitaki River, passing by Amberley, Rangiora, Kaiapoi, Christchurch, Ashburton, and Timaru, with branches therefrom, to take further land at Factory Station, on the Christchurch-Rakaia Section of the said railway, in addition to land previously acquired for the purposes of the said railway:

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 parcel of land mentioned hereunder:—

In the Provincial District of Canterbury; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 13848, 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 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 Wellington, this tenth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Additional Land taken on the Waikari-Hurunui Section for the Purposes of the Hurunui-Waitaki Railway.

(l.s.) Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS it has been found desirable, for the use, convenience, and enjoyment of the Hurunui-Waitaki Railway, from the Hurunui River to the Waitaki River, passing by Amberley, Rangiora, Kaiapoi, Christchurch, Ashburton, and Timaru, with branches therefrom, to take further land on the Waikari-Hurunui Section of the said railway, in addition to land previously acquired for the purposes of the said railway:

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 parcel of land mentioned hereunder:—

In the Provincial District of Canterbury; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 13849, 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 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 Wellington, this tenth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Notice under “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1883.”

(l.s.) Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto is vested in certain aboriginal natives of New Zealand, subject to certain restrictions on the alienation of such land, and application has been made for the removal of such restrictions:

It is hereby notified that it is the intention of His Excellency the Governor, immediately after the expiration of sixty days from the publication of this notice in the Gazette and in the Kahiti, to remove the said restrictions on the alienation of the said land.

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

J. BALLANCE,
Minister for Native Affairs.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

SCHEDULE.

WHAREKAWA EAST No. 2.

ALL that parcel of land in the District of Thames, in the Provincial District of Auckland, known by the name of Wharekawa East No. 2, containing by admeasurement 6,921 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the East by the sea and the Wharekawa Harbour; towards the South by the Wharekawa East No. 1 Block, 20780 links; towards the West by the Wharekawa East No. 3 Block 515 and 402 links, and the Tairua Block 421, 251, 314, 1188, 1015, 1044, 1580, 393, 345, 229, 179, 186, 105, 758, 202, 533, 150, 266, 410, 200, 1002, 1815, 639, 1090, 171, 197, 502, 116, 374, 1145, 212, 245, 185, 185, 607, 452, 290, 612, 312, 365, 293, 157, 594, 392, 207, 357, 146, 293, 104, 1148, 508, 1075, 818, 333, 2860, 419, 631, 1306, 2380, 422, 194, 779, 1056, 407, 1424, 927, 503, 843, 1563, 500, 656, 541, 1075, 323, 680, 848, 567, 1515, 3560, 2168, and 996 links; and towards the North by the said block, 1884, 226, 654, and 1262 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less.