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the statutory declaration, 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 lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto are hereby taken for the purposes of the construction of the said roads.

SCHEDULE.

THE several parcels of land mentioned in list hereunder:—

All in the Provincial District of Auckland; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plans marked S.G. 13431 and S.G. 13431A respectively, deposited in the General Survey Office, 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 Wellington, this thirtieth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

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 Takaporewa 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 Provincial 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.

Land in the Borough of Sydenham, not required for Public Use, authorised to be sold.

ONSLow, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

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

Present:

THE HONOURABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section fourteen of “The Public Works Act, 1882,” it is enacted that, if it is found that any land held, taken, purchased, or acquired at any time under that Act, or any other Act or provincial ordinance, or otherwise however, for public works, is not required for public use, the Governor may, by an Order in Council, publicly notified and gazetted, cause the same to be sold under the conditions therein set forth: And whereas the Borough Council of Sydenham has laid before the Governor the memorial referred to in the section aforesaid, praying the Governor, by an Order in Council, to cause such land to be sold:

Now, therefore, I, 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 exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities aforesaid, do hereby order and authorise the land described in the Schedule hereto to be sold and dealt with in the manner and subject to the conditions in the fourteenth and following sections of the above in part recited Act.

SCHEDULE.

THE parcel of land mentioned hereunder:—

As the same is delineated on plan marked S.G. 12830A, a copy of which is deposited in the General Survey Office, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured green.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Removal of Restrictions on Alienation of Native Land.

ONSLow, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

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

Present:

THE HONOURABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS application has been made to the Governor in Council by Aperahama Mira, Ropata Tangahoe, Hiniri Tangahoe, Wi Parata te Kahakura, and Heperi Riki, comprising a majority in number of the Native owners of the land described in the second column of the Schedule hereto, praying that the restrictions on the alienation of such land contained in the Native Land Court order bearing date the sixth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight, described in the first column of the said Schedule, may be removed: And whereas inquiry has been duly made by the Native Land Court in respect of the subject-matter of the said application, and the said Court has reported thereon to His Excellency the Governor: And whereas it appears expedient to grant such application:

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 on him by “The Native Land Act, 1888,” and acting with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby order and declare that all restrictions imposed by the said Native Land Court order on the alienation of the said lands are hereby removed.