Numb. 33. 509

THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.
WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1891.

Native Land proposed to be taken for a Lighthouse on
Stephen Island.

ONSLOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-
seventh day of February, 1891.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto
is required to be taken for a public work, to wit, the
construction of a lighthouse and other works in connection
therewith:

And whereas the said land is held or occupied by Native
owners, and the title thereto is not derived from the Crown:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers
vested in him by “The Public Works Act, 1882,” and the
amendments thereof, and of all other powers in anywise
enabling him in this behalf, 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, doth
hereby order that the public work hereinbefore mentioned
shall and may be constructed on the land mentioned in the
Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

All that area of land containing 370 acres or thereby,
situated at the northern entrance to Cook Strait, and lying
in a north-eastern direction from Cape Stephens, D’Urville
Island, being the whole of that island commonly known as
Stephen Island or Takaporewa; which said Island of Taka-
porewa is one of the islets enumerated in the description and
delineated on the plan embodied in certificate of title No.
52, dated the 20th November, 1883, issued by the Native
Land Court of New Zealand, at a Court held at Nelson, in
the Provincial District of Nelson, on the said 20th November,
1883; all in the D’Urville Survey District, in the said Pro-
vincial District of Nelson: as the same is more particularly
delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 16720, 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.

Exchange of Land in Canterbury.

ONSLOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this ninth
day of April, 1891.

Present

THE HONOURABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the first column of
the Schedule hereto was reserved for a gravel-pit:
And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient
to exchange the said land for that mentioned in the second
column of the Schedule hereto:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the 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 exercise of the powers and authorities vested
in him by the fourth section of “The Public Reserves Act,
1881,” and the third section of “The Public Reserves Act
Amendment Act, 1889,” doth hereby declare that, from and
after the day of the date hereof, the said reserve mentioned
in the first column of the Schedule hereto shall be ex-
changed for the land mentioned in the second column of the
Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

ERRATUM.—In Gazette No. 20, of the 26th March, 1891, page 387, Inspectors of Weights and Measures appointed, for “Constable William Foughy,” read “Constable William Fouhy.”