Dec. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1481

Land taken for a Road in connection with the Palmerston-Woodville Railway: Palmerston-Gorge Section.

(I.S.) ONSLOW, 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 connection with the Palmerston-Woodville Railway, Palmerston-Gorge Section:

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 twentieth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety, 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 in list hereunder:—

In the Provincial District of Wellington; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 16603, 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 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 Wellington, this seventeenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety.

Thos. FERGUS,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

“The Railways Construction and Land Act, 1890.”—Authorising the taking of Additional Land for the Wellington and Manawatu Railway.

ONSLOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this tenth day of December, 1890.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the second section of “The Railways Construction and Land Act, 1890,” it is enacted that, when a company formed under the provisions of “The Railways Construction and Land Act, 1881” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), has already constructed, or shall hereafter construct, or be engaged in constructing, a railway under contract made and entered into pursuant to the said Act, and it is proved to the satisfaction of the Governor that it is necessary or desirable, for the use, convenience, or enjoyment of such railway, to take any land, in addition to land previously taken for the purposes of such railway, the Governor may, by Order in Council, authorise the company to take any such land in the like manner as is provided by the said Act for taking land: And whereas the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company (Limited) is a company formed under the provisions of the said Act, and has constructed a railway under contract entered into pursuant thereto: And whereas it has been proved to the satisfaction of the Governor that it is desirable, for the use, convenience, and enjoyment of the said railway, to take the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto, in addition to the land previously taken for the purposes of such railway:

Now, therefore, His Excellency, the Right Honourable William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the power and authority conferred by “The Railways Construction and Land Act, 1890,” and the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby authorise the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company (Limited) to take the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto for the purposes of the said railway, in the like manner as is provided by “The Railways Construction and Land Act, 1881,” for taking land.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land, being a portion of Manawatu Kukutauaki No. 3, situated in Block XIV., Mount Robinson Survey District, Provincial District of Wellington, containing by admeasurement 17 acres 3 roods 14 perches, or thereabouts; commencing at a point distant 290·6 links, on a bearing of 128° 41′, from the south-eastern corner of Takapu No. 2, and bounded as follows: South-westerly by railway land passing through Takapu No. 2, 100 links; generally northerly by other part of Manawatu-Kukutauaki No. 3 and a road, 12192·9 links; north-easterly by Manawatu-Kukutauaki No. 1, 136·6 links; and generally southerly by other part of Manawatu-Kukutauaki No. 3, 12191·2 links, to the commencing-point: be all the aforesaid measurements a little more or less; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 16688, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Terms and Conditions of the Sale or Selection of a Village Settlement in Hawke’s Bay.

ONSLOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this sixteenth day of December, 1890.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the one hundred and sixty-seventh section of “The Land Act, 1885,” it is enacted that the Governor in Council may fix the terms and conditions upon which the lands comprised in any village settlement shall be disposed of, and the mode of payment for the same:

And whereas His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand has, by Proclamation issued under the provisions of section one hundred and sixty-six of the said Act and the fourteenth section of “The Land Acts Amendment Act, 1888,” set apart the lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto as a village settlement:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the hereinbefore in part recited Acts, and by and with the advice of the Executive Council thereof, doth, by this present order, fix the following as the terms and conditions upon which the village settlement enumerated in the First and Second Schedules hereto shall be disposed of, and the mode of payment for the same, that is to say,—

1. The day upon which the lands shall be open for sale or selection shall be Wednesday, the twenty-first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.

2. The lands enumerated in the First Schedule hereto shall be open as village allotments, and the lands mentioned in the Second Schedule shall be open as small-farm allotments, for sale or selection either for cash, or on deferred payments, or on perpetual lease.

3. The purchaser for cash of any of the lands enumerated in the First or Second Schedules hereto must deposit with the Receiver of Land Revenue for the land district one-fifth of the purchase-money at the time of application, and shall pay the whole remainder of the purchase-money within thirty days of the granting of his application; and if not paid within thirty days his deposit shall be forfeited, and the lands shall be again open for sale or occupation forthwith; and upon full payment of the purchase-money he will be entitled to a Crown grant, to be issued in the usual way.

4. If any of the lands enumerated in the First or Second Schedules hereto are selected upon deferred payments, the selector shall be subject to the provisions relating to suburban lands of Part III. of “The Land Act, 1885.”

5. If any of the lands enumerated in the First or Second Schedules hereto are selected under the perpetual-leasing system, the selector shall be subject to the provisions of Part IV. of “The Land Act, 1885.”

6. No person shall be allowed to apply for or select more than one allotment.

7. The prices stated in the First and Second Schedules hereto shall be the prices at which the lands shall be open