New Zealand Gazette – 1887 – No. 55

Page 1121

✨ Land Acquisition, Appointments

Aug. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1121

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by “The Public Works Act, 1882,” and the amendments thereof, 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 Opaki Section of the Wellington-Napier Railway 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:—

Approximate Area of the Parcel of Land required to be taken.	Being Section or Portion of Section No.	Situated in Block No.	Situated in the Survey District of
A. R. P. 8 2 8	60	IX.	Kopuaranga.

In the Provincial District of Wellington; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 14762, 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.

Native Land proposed to be taken at Petone for Wellington-Napier Railway.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this ninth day of August, 1887.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken for a public work authorised to be constructed by the Government, to wit, the Wellington-Napier Railway:

And whereas the said land is held or occupied by Native owners:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by “The Public Works, Act, 1882,” and the amendments thereof, 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 Wellington-Napier Railway shall and may be constructed on or through the parcels of land more particularly mentioned in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

THE several parcels of land mentioned in list hereunder:—

Approximate Area of each of the Parcels of Land required to be taken.	Being Portion of Section No.	Situated in Block No.	Situated in the Survey District of
A. R. P. 0 1 21	Portion of Sub-division 10 of Section 3	XIII.	Belmont.
0· 2 38·5	Portion of Sub-division 10 of Section 3	XIII.	Belmont.
1 1 8·2	Portion of Sub-division 9 of Sections 2 and 3	XIII.	Belmont.

All in the Provincial District of Wellington; as the said parcels of land are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 14839, 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.

Returning Officer for Wallace appointed.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

WHEREAS by “The Regulation of Elections Act, 1881,” it is enacted that the Governor may appoint such Returning Officers, clerks, and other officers as may be required to carry the provisions of the said Act into execution, and that every person so appointed shall hold office during the Governor’s pleasure:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the power and authority vested in me by the said Act, do hereby appoint

JOHN ROBERT MILLS, Esquire,

to be the Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Wallace, in the place of Peter Grant, Esquire.

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Public Vaccinator, Hororata District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 17th August, 1887.