Numb. 67.

1343

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1888.

Village-homestead Special-settlement Land in Auckland
withdrawn from the Perpetual-leasing System.

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

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon me by the sixth section of "The Land
Act, 1885," I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby declare
that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the Procla-
mations of the fifth day of January, one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-seven, the eleventh day of May, one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, the thirtieth day
of May, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, the
first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-
seven, and the seventh day of July, one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-six, so far as it relates to the sections
mentioned in the Schedule hereto, shall be and the same are
hereby revoked; and do proclaim and declare that the said
sections are hereby withdrawn from the village-homestead
special-settlement system.

SCHEDULE.

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 Honour-
able 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-
ington, this thirtieth day of November, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-eight.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Vesting the Control of a Road, between Papakura and
Wairoa Road Districts, Provincial District of Auckland.

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

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by section twenty of "The Public Works
Acts Amendment Act, 1887," it is enacted, inter
alia, that the Council of any county may, by special order,
declare that all or any part of any district road shall, from
and after a date to be fixed therein, be under the exclusive
control of such local authority within the county as shall be
mentioned in such special order, and may, by the same
special order, direct that the cost of constructing and main-
taining any such road or part of a road shall be borne either
by the local authority to which the exclusive control thereof
is given, or that a proportion of such cost, to be fixed in and
by such special order, shall be borne by any other local
authority or local authorities; and that, wherever the opera-
tion of "The Counties Act, 1876," or of any Act repealing or
amending the same, is suspended, the Governor shall have
and may exercise all the functions vested in a County Coun-
cil under this section :

And whereas the road described in the Schedule hereto is
a district road, and is situated in the County of Manukau, in
which county the operation of "The Counties Act, 1886"
(an Act repealing "The Counties Act, 1876"), is suspended ;
and it is desirable that the said road should be placed under
the exclusive control of the Wairoa Road Board :

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and
pursuance of the powers vested in me in this behalf, do
hereby order and declare that the road described in the
Schedule hereto shall, from and after the first day of January
next ensuing, be under the exclusive control of the Wairoa
Road Board ; and I do hereby further direct that a proportion
of four-fifths of the cost of constructing and maintaining the
said road shall be borne by the Wairoa Road Board, and that