APRIL 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 507

John Masey Stacpoole, the persons elected on the said seventh day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, by the Town Board of Raleigh as members of the Waitara Harbour Board, shall continue to hold office as members of the Waitara Harbour Board in the same manner as if the irregularities hereinbefore mentioned in connection with such election had not taken place.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Native Land taken for Portion of Hurunui-Waitaki Railway, Branch from Racecourse to Southbridge, with a Sub-branch to Little River and thence to Akaroa (Portion of Sub-branch to Little River and thence to Akaroa).

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-fourth day of February, 1887.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in him by “The Public Works Act, 1882,” and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby order that the Government work known as the Hurunui–Waitaki Railway, branch from Racecourse to Southbridge, with a sub-branch to Little River and thence to Akaroa (portion of sub-branch to Little River and thence to Akaroa), shall and may be constructed on or through the parcel of land more particularly mentioned in the Schedule hereto.

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. 14506, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured green.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Native Land taken for a Road in the Omapere Survey District, Provincial District of Auckland.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this first day of February, 1887.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in him by “The Public Works Act, 1882,” and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in that behalf, His Excellency Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby order that the Government work known as a road in the Omapere Survey District, Provincial District of Auckland, shall and may be constructed on or through the parcels of land mentioned in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land containing approximately 650 acres, situate in the Omapere Survey District, Provincial District of Auckland. Bounded towards the North generally by the Whakanekeneke River; towards the South generally by the Pataikoka Block (No. 252), 598, 362, 238, 536, 233, and 1173 links; towards the East generally by the same block, 833, 770, 477, 504, and 535 links; towards the South generally by Section No. 36, Parish of Okaihau, 1205 links, by Section No. 37 of the same parish 2910 and 903 links, by Section No. 38 211 and 3396 links, by Section No. 39 2654, 670, and 610 links, and by Section No. 40, all of the Parish of Okaihau aforesaid, 1646 and 1403 links; and towards the South-west by Section No. 2, Block V., Omapere Survey District, 700 and 63 links, by the crossing of a public road 100 links wide, and again by Section No. 2 aforesaid 47, 473, 57, and 363 links to the point of commencement: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less.

All that piece or parcel of land containing approximately 60 acres, more or less, situate in the Omapere Survey District, Provincial District of Auckland. Bounded towards the North generally by the Whakanekeneke River; towards the East generally by Section No. 70 of the Parish of Okaihau 55 links, by the crossing of a public road 100 links wide, and by a public road 1230 links; towards the South generally by a public road 179 links, and by Section No. 35, Parish of Okaihau aforesaid, 4033 links; and towards the West by the Pataikoka Block (No. 252), 676 links, to the point of commencement: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Native Land taken for Portion of Maungakawa-Waiorongomai Road, Waitoa Road District.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-fourth day of February, 1887.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in him by “The Public Works Act, 1882,” and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby order that the Government work known as the Maungakawa–Waiorongomai Road, in the Waitoa Road District, shall and may be constructed on or through the parcel of land mentioned in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

THE parcel of land mentioned hereunder:—

In the Provincial District of Auckland; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 14516, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Order authorizing Removal of Sheep in the Auckland, Napier, West Coast, and Wellington Sheep Districts.—Notice No. 230.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by section three of “The Sheep Act 1878 Amendment Act, 1886,” I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby order and declare that from and after the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette, and until this order is formally revoked, sheep may be introduced by land to and from the Auckland, Napier, West Coast, and Wellington Sheep Districts, without giving to the Sheep Inspector the notice mentioned in section forty of “The Sheep Act, 1878.”

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this thirteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven.

P. A. BUCKLEY.