MAY 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 567

Land taken for a Road in Wallace County.

(L.S.) Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken, under “The Public Works Act, 1882,” and its amendments, for a certain work, to wit, the construction of a road in Wallace County:

And whereas the Wallace County Council has laid before the Governor the memorial, accompanied by a map, and also the statutory declaration, required by the said Act and the amendments thereof:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities in me vested 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, from and after the date of the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette, the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is hereby taken for the purposes of the construction of the said road.

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SCHEDULE.

THE parcel of land mentioned hereunder:—

In the Provincial District of Otago; as the said parcel of land is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 15630, 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 eighth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight.

EDWIN MITCHELSON,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

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Lands taken for a Drain in the Borough of Rangiora, Provincial District of Canterbury.

(L.S.) Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto are required to be taken, under “The Public Works Act, 1882,” and its amendments, for a certain work, to wit, the construction of a drain in the Borough of Rangiora, Provincial District of Canterbury:

And whereas the Rangiora Borough Council has laid before the Governor the memorial, accompanied by a map, and also the statutory declaration, required by the said Act and the amendments thereof:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities in me vested 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 lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto are hereby taken for the purposes of the construction of the said drain; and further, that, subject hereto, the said lands shall vest in the Corporation of the said borough, on and after the date of the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

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SCHEDULE.

THE several parcels of land mentioned in list hereunder:—

All in the Provincial District of Canterbury; as the said parcels of land are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 15663, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured blue, pink, green, and yellow.

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

EDWIN MITCHELSON,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

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Extending Time for holding Elections, &c., Kaikoura River District.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this eighth day of May, 1888.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by the twenty-seventh section of “The River Boards Act, 1884,” it is enacted that on the second Tuesday in January, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, and on the same day in every third year thereafter, all the members of the Board shall go out of office and a general election of members shall take place:

And whereas, by misadventure, no election was held on the second Tuesday in January, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight, to elect members to the Kaikoura River Board:

And whereas by the forty-third section of the said Act it is enacted, among other things, that the Governor, by Order in Council notified in the Gazette, may extend the time allowed for the holding of any election or meeting of the Board, whether the day may have passed on which the same ought to have been held or not:

And whereas it is expedient that the neglect to hold such election as aforesaid should be remedied:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the forty-third section of the said Act, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby extend the time for holding the election of members of the Kaikoura River Board to the seventh day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.