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of about three miles, to the ocean; and also the several tributaries thereof.
46. That creek known as Hacket Creek, which flows westerly, from its source in the McKenzie Ranges, for a distance of about four miles, to the ocean; and also the several tributaries thereof.
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 sixth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.
R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Mines.
Approved in Council.
ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
Defining the Middle Line of Further Portion of the Catlin's River Branch of the Waitaki-Bluff Railway.
(L.s.) ONSLOW, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS the Waitaki-Bluff Railway, with a branch from the main line to Catlin's River, is one of the railways specified in the First Schedule to "The Public Works Act, 1879," and which Act is, in the seventh section thereof, declared to be a special Act authorising the construction of such railway; and such railway is unfinished, and it has been determined to construct and maintain a further portion of the same:
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 conferred on me by the aforesaid section seven of "The Public Works Act, 1879," and by sections one hundred and twenty-nine and one hundred and thirty of "The Public Works Act, 1882," and in exercise of every other power and authority in anyway enabling me in that behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the middle line of the said further portion of the said railway shall be as defined and set forth in the Schedule hereto.
SCHEDULE.
COMMENCING at a point on the western boundary of Section No. 5 (Education Reserve), Block VII., Glenomaru Survey District, the said point being the termination of the railway as described in a Proclamation dated the 28th July, 1888, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 43, of the 2nd August, 1888; proceeding thence generally in a south-easterly and south-westerly direction for a distance of about 76 chains, and passing in, into, through, or over the following lands, namely: Section 5 (Education Reserve), Section 8 (Education Reserve), Railway Reserve, Road Reserve, and Section 30, and terminating at a point on the western boundary of said Section 30 distant about 1500 links in a north-easterly direction from the south-westernmost corner thereof; including all intervening places, roads, streams, and water-courses; all in Block VII., Glenomaru Survey District, in the Provincial District of Otago; in the manner delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 16788, a copy of which has been deposited in the office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court, Dunedin, in the said Provincial District of Otago.
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 Auckland, this fourteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.
R. J. SEDDON,
Minister for Public Works.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
Wellington College and Girls' High School to be subject to the Provisions of "The Public Bodies' Powers Act, 1887."
ONSLOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this sixth day of March, 1891.
Present:
THE HONOURABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by section four of "The Public Bodies' Powers Act, 1887" (hereinafter termed "the said Act"), it is provided that the Governor, by Order in Council, may from time to time declare that any leasing authority shall be subject to the provisions of the said Act, but that no such order shall have any effect unless it be issued at the request or upon the recommendation of the leasing authority on whose behalf such order is issued:
And whereas it has been made to appear that the Governors of the Wellington College and Girls' High School are a leasing authority within the meaning of the said Act, and have requested that they may be brought under the provisions thereof:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Right Honourable William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, and in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by the said Act, doth hereby order and declare that from and after the date hereof the Governors of the Wellington College and Girls' High School shall be subject to the provisions of "The Public Bodies' Powers Act, 1887."
ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
North Wairarapa Subdivision exempted from Wool-branding Sheep, under Section 67, "Sheep Act, 1890."—Notice No. 315.
ONSLOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this sixth day of March, 1891.
Present:
THE HONOURABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS a petition has been presented to His Excellency the Governor, signed by a majority of the owners of sheep in the North Wairarapa Subdivision of the Wellington Sheep District (representing the ownership of not less than two-thirds of the total number of sheep in the said subdivision), requesting that such subdivision may be exempted from the operation of section sixty-seven of "The Sheep Act, 1890:" And whereas it appears expedient to grant the prayer of the said petition:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Right Honourable William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by "The Sheep Act, 1890" (hereinafter termed "the said Act"), and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby order and declare that the North Wairarapa Subdivision of the Wellington Sheep District, as defined under the said Act, shall be exempt from the operation of section sixty-seven of the said Act; and it is hereby declared that this Order in Council shall come into force upon the publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.
ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
Revoking Order in Council licensing Charles Effey to use and occupy a part of the Foreshore at New Brighton.
ONSLOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this sixth day of March, 1891.
Present:
THE HONOURABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the twenty-third day of August, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 55, of the twenty-fifth day of the same month, His Excellency the Governor in Council did, in pursuance of the provisions of "The Harbours Act Amendment Act, 1883," license and permit Charles Effey, of Christchurch, to use and occupy a part of the foreshore and of the land below low-water mark immediately contiguous thereto, as shown on plan marked M.D. 1351, for the purpose of constructing or erecting thereon bathing-machines and bath-houses;