May 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 633

Land taken at Taiaroa Heads, Otago, for Defence Purposes.

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

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land mentioned and described in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken, under “The Public Works Act 1882 Amendment Act, 1885,” for the construction of a public work within the meaning of the said Act: And whereas all notices and acts required by law to be given and done have been duly given and performed, and the Minister for Public Works has laid before the Governor a memorial containing a list of the lands proposed to be taken as aforesaid, together with a map showing accurately the position and extent thereof, as required by “The Public Works Act, 1882,” and the Acts amending the same:

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 “The Public Works Act 1882 Amendment Act, 1885,” and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in that behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land mentioned and described in the Schedule hereto is hereby taken for the construction of a public work within the meaning of “The Public Works Act 1882 Amendment Act, 1885,” namely, construction of works for the purpose of defence at Taiaroa Heads, Otago.

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. 14545, 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 twenty-ninth 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!

Defence Buildings, Fort Cautley, declared a Prison.

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

A PROCLAMATION.

COLONY OF NEW ZEALAND, }
TO WIT.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The Prisons Act, 1882,” it is provided that the Governor may, by Proclamation published in the Gazette, declare any house, building, enclosure, or place to be a prison; and from and after the gazetting of any such Proclamation, or from any time later specified in the Proclamation, such house, building, enclosure, or place shall be deemed a prison:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the above-recited power and authority, do hereby declare that the Defence Buildings at Fort Cautley in the Provincial District of Auckland, and all enclosures used or occupied therewith, shall, from and after the publication of this Proclamation in the Gazette, be a prison within the meaning and for the purposes of “The Prisons Act, 1882.”

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

THOS. FERGUS.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Defence Buildings, Taiaroa Heads, declared a Prison.

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

A PROCLAMATION.

COLONY OF NEW ZEALAND, }
TO WIT.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The Prisons Act, 1882,” it is provided that the Governor may, by Proclamation published in the Gazette, declare any house, building, enclosure, or place to be a prison; and from and after the gazetting of any such Proclamation, or from any time later specified in the Proclamation, such house, building, enclosure, or place shall be deemed a prison:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the above-recited power and authority, do hereby declare that the Defence Buildings at Taiaroa Heads, in the Provincial District of Otago, and all enclosures used or occupied therewith, shall, from and after the publication of this Proclamation in the Gazette, be a prison within the meaning and for the purposes of “The Prisons Act, 1882.”

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

THOS. FERGUS.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

The Prison at Lawrence declared a Police Gaol.

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

A PROCLAMATION.

COLONY OF NEW ZEALAND, }
TO WIT.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The Prisons Act, 1882,” it is provided that the Governor may, by Proclamation published in the Gazette, declare any house, building, or enclosure to be a police gaol, and, from and after the gazetting of any such Proclamation, or from any later time specified in the Proclamation, such house, building, enclosure, or place shall be deemed a police gaol: And whereas it is desirable to proclaim the prison at Lawrence to be a police gaol:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the above-recited power and authority, do hereby declare that the house and buildings at Lawrence, in the Provincial District of Otago, now constituted a prison under the said Act, and all enclosures used or occupied therewith, shall, from and after the publication of this Proclamation in the Gazette, be a police gaol within the meaning and for the purposes of “The Prisons Act, 1880.”

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 Wel-