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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 40

mander-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 ninth day of July, in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and ninety.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Land taken for a Road to Cruickshank's Siding, on the
Wellington-Napier Railway.

(L.S.)
ONSLLOW, 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 to Cruickshank's Siding, on the
Wellington-Napier Railway:

And whereas the Minister for Public Works has laid before
the Governor the memorial, accompanied by a map, as
required by the said Act and the amendments thereof:

Now, therefore, I, William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, 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.

SCHEDULE.

THE parcel of land mentioned hereunder:—

In the Provincial District of Wellington; as the said parcel
of land is more particularly delineated on the plan marked
P.W.D. 16408, deposited in the office of the Minister for
Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of
Wellington, and thereon coloured green.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right
Honourable William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, of
Onslow in the County of Salop; Viscount Cranley,
of Cranley in the County of Surrey; Baron
Onslow, of Onslow in the County of Salop, and
of West Clandon in the County of Surrey; Baron
Cranley, of Imbercourt; Baronet; Knight Grand
Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint
Michael and Saint George; Governor and Com-
mander-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 tenth day of July, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
ninety.

THOS. FERGUS,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Altering Boundaries of Resident Magistrate's District of
Taranaki, and abolishing District of Patea.

(L.S.)
ONSLLOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The Resident Magistrates Act, 1867,"
it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor
from time to time, by Proclamation in the New Zealand
Gazette, to constitute throughout the colony, or in any part
thereof, districts to be called Resident Magistrates' districts,
and such districts from time to time to abolish, and the
boundaries to define and alter, and in any such Proclama-
tion to fix a time on and from which any such district shall
be constituted or abolished, as the case may be:

And whereas by a Proclamation bearing date the eighth
day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-
four, His Excellency the Governor, in pursuance and exercise
of the powers and authorities so vested in him, did define the
boundaries of the Resident Magistrates' Districts of Taranaki
and Patea, as described in the said Proclamation, to be

Resident Magistrates' districts within the meaning and for
the purpose of the said Act:

And whereas it is expedient to abolish the said District of
Patea, and to alter the boundaries of the said District of
Taranaki so defined as aforesaid:

Now, therefore, I, William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and
exercise of the powers and authorities so vested in me as
aforesaid, do hereby abolish the said District of Patea as
from the first day of September next, and do hereby alter
the boundaries of the said District of Taranaki, and define
them, as described in the Schedule hereto, as from the said
first day of September next.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI DISTRICT.

All that area in the Provincial District of Taranaki bounded
towards the north-west generally by Kawhia County, from
the mouth of the Mokau River to Mount Rangitoto; thence
towards the east generally by a right line to the source of
the Ongaruhu River, and by a line along the middle of that
river and of the Wanganui River to the ocean; and towards
the south-west and west generally by the ocean to the
place of commencement.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right
Honourable William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, of
Onslow in the County of Salop; Viscount Cranley,
of Cranley in the County of Surrey; Baron
Onslow, of Onslow in the County of Salop, and
of West Clandon in the County of Surrey; Baron
Cranley, of Imbercourt; Baronet; Knight Grand
Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint
Michael and Saint George; Governor and Com-
mander-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 tenth day of July, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
ninety.

W. R. RUSSELL.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

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

(L.S.)
ONSLLOW, Governor.

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, William Hillier, Earl of Onslow,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby
abolish the existing registration districts known as the
Motueka and Nelson Districts; and do proclaim and de-
clare that the territory heretofore comprised within the said
districts is hereby divided anew into two registration dis-
tricts, the names whereof shall be the Motueka and Nelson
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 August, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right
Honourable William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, of
Onslow in the County of Salop; Viscount Cranley,
of Cranley in the County of Surrey; Baron Onslow,
of Onslow in the County of Salop, and of West
Clandon in the County of Surrey; Baron Cranley,
of Imbercourt; Baronet; Knight Grand Cross of
the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael
and Saint George, 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 twelfth day of July, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety.

W. R. RUSSELL.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

*Districts constituted under "The Marriage Act, 1880."

(L.S.)
ONSLLOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority
vested in the Governor by "The Marriage Act, 1880,"