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the Order in Council aforesaid so far as it affects the areas in which the land in the village settlement on Reserve one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four shall be held, and doth declare that, on and after the date hereof, any settler at present residing in the village settlement aforesaid may apply for and acquire one additional allotment of land therein: And it is hereby further declared that all the provisions of the Order in Council of the fifth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, aforesaid, shall apply, except as regards the area in which the sections may be held, to the village settlement on Reserve one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Times and Places for Payment of Duties under “The Property-tax Act, 1887.”

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-eighth day of December, 1887.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance of the power and authority vested in him under “The Property-tax Act, 1887,” His Excellency 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 and direct that the several duties leviable under the said Act, shall be paid on the days and in the manner hereinafter particularly mentioned, that is to say,—

1. In respect of the duty of one penny, the same shall be paid on the thirty-first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight.

2. In respect of the duty on fire, marine, accident, fidelity, live-stock, plate-glass, or guarantee policies issued by any insurance company, the same shall be paid on the sixth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight.

And doth also direct that the places where the said tax shall be paid shall be any post office which is also a money-order office, and at the office of the Property-tax Commissioner, at the Government Buildings, Wellington; and that notice to the foregoing effect shall be given by the said Commissioner accordingly.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Native Land proposed to be taken for Portion of the Thames to Hikutaia Section of the Waikato-Thames Railway.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-seventh day of September, 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 Thames-Hikutaia Section of the Waikato-Thames Railway:

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

Now, therefore, in pursuance and in 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 Thames-Hikutaia Section of the Waikato-Thames Railway shall and may be constructed on or through the parcels of land more particularly mentioned in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land containing by admeasurement 3 acres 3 roods 16 perches, being portion of Native land, commencing at the southernmost corner of Tawhitirahi No. 1, 1333. Bounded North-westerly by a line, 266 links; North-easterly by a road, 1356 links; South-easterly by a line, 312 links; South-westerly by high-water mark and by lines to commencing-point, 377 and 988 links respectively.

All those pieces or parcels of land containing by admeasurement 15 acres 2 roods 11 perches, being portions of Native land east of Kopu Block, commencing at the point of intersection of the eastern boundary of Kopu Block with the north-west boundary of Kopu Road. Bounded Westerly by a line, 70 links; North-easterly by a line, 68 links; South-easterly by Kopu Road to commencing-point, 40 links.

Also all that other piece or parcel of land commencing at the north-west corner of Mimiakaiauru Block, 4363. Bounded North-westerly by a road, 1096 links; Westerly and South-westerly by lines, 297, 408, and 849 links respectively; South-easterly by a line, 143 links; South-westerly by a line, 1389 links; South-easterly by a line, 101 links; North-easterly by a line, 1406 links; South-easterly by lines, 157 and 520 links respectively; North-easterly by lines to commencing-point, 308 and 854 links respectively.

Be all the above areas and linkages either more or less: the several parcels of land being situate in the Provincial District of Auckland, Colony of New Zealand; and are more particularly delineated upon the plan marked P.W.D. 8330, 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 Otorohanga Station for the North Island Main Trunk Railway, from a Point at or near Marton to Te Awamutu, via Murimotu, Taumaranui, and the Ongaruhe River Valley.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this seventh day of December, 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 North Island Main Trunk Railway, from a point at or near Marton to Te Awamutu, via Murimotu, Taumaranui, and the Ongaruhe River Valley:

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 North Island Main Trunk Railway, from a point at or near Marton to Te Awamutu, via Murimotu, Taumaranui, and the Ongaruhe River Valley, shall and may be constructed on or through the parcels of land more particularly mentioned in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

THE parcel of land mentioned hereunder:—

In the Provincial District of Auckland; as the said parcel of land is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 15097, 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 for Wellington-Napier Railway.—Portion of Tamaki Section.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of October, 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