Feb. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 225

of the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette, the
lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto are hereby taken
for the purposes of the construction of the said road.

SCHEDULE.

The several parcels of land mentioned in list hereunder:—

| Approximate | Being | Situated in the | Situated in the |
| Area of each of | Portion | Parish of | Survey District of |
| the Parcels of | of Section | | |
| Land required | No. | | |
| to be taken. | | | |
| A. R. P. | | | |
| 2 0 7 | 263 | Kirikiriroa | Hamilton. |
| 0 3 36 | 262 | Kirikiriroa | Hamilton. |

All in the Provincial District of Auckland; as the same
are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D.
15446, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public
Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Welling-
ton, and thereon coloured blue.

Given under the hand of the Honourable Sir James
Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, for and on
behalf of His Excellency the Governor, and as his
duly-appointed Deputy, in and over Her Majesty's
Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies;
and issued under the Seal of the said Colony,
at the Government House, at Wellington, this
second day of February, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight.

EDWIN MITCHELSON,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Land taken for a Further Portion of the Invercargill-
Kingston Railway, viz., Branch from Lumsden to the
Mararoa River (Mossburn Section).

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor,
By his Deputy,
(L.S.) JAMES PRENDERGAST.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto
is required to be taken for a further portion of the
Invercargill-Kingston Railway, namely, Branch from Lums-
den to the Mararoa River (Mossburn Section):

And whereas all conditions precedent required by law to
be observed and performed prior to the taking of such land
in the manner hereby provided have been observed and per-
formed:

Now, therefore, I, James Prendergast, in the name and on
behalf of His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New
Zealand, and as his duly-appointed Deputy, in exercise of
the powers and authorities conferred by section one hundred
and thirty of "The Public Works Act, 1882," and of every
other power and authority in anywise enabling him in that
behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land men-
tioned in the Schedule hereto is taken for the further portion
of the said line of railway hereinbefore specified.

SCHEDULE:

The several parcels of land mentioned in list hereunder:—

| Approximate | Being | | Situated |
| Area of each of | Portion of | | in the Survey |
| the Parcels of | Section | | District of |
| Land required | No. | | |
| to be taken. | | | |
| A. R. P. | | | |
| 28 3 30 | 45 | .. | Taringatura. |
| 0 1 24 | .. | Road between Sec- | Taringatura. |
| | | tions 45 and 16 | |
| 6 3 33 | 16 | .. | Taringatura. |
| 17 1 38 | 102 | Education reserve | Taringatura. |

All in the Provincial District of Otago; as the same are
more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D.
15003, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public
Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Welling-
ton, and thereon coloured pink and neutral tint.

Given under the hand of the Honourable Sir James
Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, for and on
behalf of His Excellency the Governor and as his
duly-appointed Deputy, in and over Her Majesty's
Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies;
and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at

the Government House, at Wellington, this sixth
day of February, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight.

EDWIN MITCHELSON,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Districts constituted under "The Registration of Births and
Deaths Act, 1875."

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor,
By his Deputy,
(L.S.) JAMES PRENDERGAST.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority
vested in the Governor by "The Registration of Births
and Deaths Act, 1875," I, James Prendergast, in the name
and on behalf of His Excellency the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, and as his duly-appointed Deputy, do
hereby abolish the existing registration districts known as
the Cromwell and Mount Cook Districts; and do proclaim
and declare that the territory heretofore comprised within
the said districts is hereby divided anew into three registra-
tion districts, the names whereof shall be the Wanaka,
Mount Cook, and Cromwell Districts, and the boundaries
whereof shall be coterminous with the boundaries of the
marriage districts bearing the same names as are set forth
in a Proclamation of even date herewith, made under the
provisions of "The Marriage Act, 1880."

And I hereby declare that this Proclamation shall come
into operation on the first day of March, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir James
Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, for and on
behalf of His Excellency the Governor, and as his
duly-appointed Deputy, in and over Her Majesty's
Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies;
and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at
the Government House, at Wellington, this
sixth day of February, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight.

T. W. HISLOP.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Districts constituted under "The Marriage Act, 1880."

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor,
By his Deputy,
(L.S.) JAMES PRENDERGAST.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority
vested in the Governor by "The Marriage Act, 1880," I,
James Prendergast, in the name and on behalf of His
Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand,
and as his duly-appointed Deputy, do hereby abolish
the existing marriage districts known as the Cromwell and
Mount Cook Districts, and do proclaim and declare that the
territory heretofore comprised within the said districts is
hereby divided anew into three marriage districts, the names
and boundaries whereof shall be as follow:—

WANAKA DISTRICT.

All that area in the Provincial Districts of Otago and Can-
terbury bounded towards the north-east by the summit of
the watershed from the Hunter Saddle to Mount Ward;
towards the east generally by the summit of the watershed
over Mount Huxley to the source of the Ahuriri River; thence
by the summit of the western watershed of that river over
Mount Gladwish, Birch Hill, Pavilion Peak, Dromedary
Mountain, Longslip Peak, and Lindis Pass to the western
watershed of Dunstan Creek; towards the south-east by the
summit of the range to the source of Long Spur Creek, and
by that creek to Lindis Burn; thence by a straight line to
Lindis Peak; thence by the summit of the range over Trig.
Station O, Tarras Survey District, to the eastern boundary-
line of Section No. 2, Block X., of the said Tarras Survey
District; towards the east by the eastern boundary-line of
the said Section No. 2, and the eastern boundary-line of
Section No. 3 of the said Block X., and the eastern boundary-
lines of Sections Nos. 1 and 2, Block XII., of Tarras District
aforesaid; towards the south by the southern boundary-line
of the last-mentioned section and that boundary-line pro-
duced across the Clutha River; again towards the east by
the said Clutha River to Poison Creek; again towards the
south-east by a straight line to Mount Pisa; thence by a
straight line to Queensberry Hill; towards the south-west
by a straight line to Mount Soho; towards the west
generally by the summit of the watershed over Motutapu,
Treble Cone, Black Peak, Mount Repulse, Fog Peak, Mount