1274
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 72

Lands set apart for Settlement.

(L.S.)
GLASGOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the second section of “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act Amendment Act, 1891” (herein termed “the said Act,”), it is, amongst other things, enacted that, before certain moneys therein mentioned shall be expended upon any block of land, it shall be necessary that the same be proclaimed as set apart for settlement:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of every power and authority enabling me in this behalf, and for the purposes of the said Act, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim the blocks of land described in the Schedule hereto as set apart for settlement.

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SCHEDULE.

AKAAKA SWAMP BLOCK, AUCKLAND.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, and situated in Onewhero Survey District, containing by admeasurement 2,935 acres, more or less, and being the following Sections, viz., Nos. 215, 216, 217, 218, 220, 221, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, and 257, all of the Parish of Waiuku East.

NGARARA BLOCK, WELLINGTON.

All that parcel of land in the Wellington Land District, containing 8,729 acres, more or less, situate in Blocks VI., VII., X., XI., XIV., and XV., Kaitawa Survey District, and Block III., Akatarawa Survey District, being Subdivisions Nos. 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, and 39, and parts of Subdivisions Nos. 24 and 41 of the Ngarara West C Block. Bounded towards the north-east by Sections Nos. 11 and 10, Block VII., Kaitawa, and Section No. 2, Block XII., Kaitawa; towards the south-east generally by the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company’s Endowment Block and by Subdivision No. 40 of Ngarara West C Block; towards the south-west by Subdivisions Nos. 18, 17, 15, 13, and 12 of Ngarara West C Block; and towards the north-west by the Waikanae River and by part of Subdivision No. 41 of Ngarara West C Block.

HUIROA BLOCK, TARANAKI.

All that area in the Taranaki Land District, situated in Huiroa Survey District, containing by admeasurement 6,433 acres, more or less, and being Sections Nos. 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18, Block VII.; Sections Nos. 3, 4, 5, and 7, Block VIII.; and Section No. 22, Block XII.

MANGAEOU BLOCK, TARANAKI.

All that area in the Taranaki Land District, situated in Omona Survey District, containing by admeasurement 492 acres, more or less, and being Sections Nos. 1 and 2, Block V.

KAIMANUKA BLOCK, TARANAKI.

All that area in the Taranaki Land District, situated in Kapara Survey District, containing by admeasurement 9,987 acres, more or less, and being Section No. 1, Block I.; Sections Nos. 1 and 2, Block V.; Sections Nos. 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11, Block VI.; and Section No. 1, Block X.

MOMAHAKI BLOCK, WELLINGTON.

All that area in the Wellington Land District, situated in Block V., Momahaki Survey District, containing by admeasurement 626 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the north-west by Block VI., Kapara Survey District; towards the east by the Waitotara River and School Reserve; and towards the south by land disposed of.

RESERVE NO. 1126, CANTERBURY.

All that area in the Canterbury Land District, situated in Waimate Survey District, being Reserve No. 1126, containing by admeasurement 634 acres 2 roods, more or less. Bounded towards the north-east generally by a road south of Sections Nos. 17064 and 18255; towards the south-east by Section No. 16587, and a road north-west of that section; towards the south-east and south-west by Sections Nos. 6287, 6218, and 6145, and a road; and towards the west generally by a road south-east of Section No. 11094 and by that section, and by Sections Nos. 17327, 11478, 7391, and 17151.

RESERVE NO. 1128, CANTERBURY.

All that area in the Canterbury Land District, situated in Waimate Survey District, being Reserve No. 1128, containing by admeasurement 516 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the north-west by the Great Northern Railway; towards the north generally by Section No. 9662, a road east of that section, and a road south-west of Section No. 11022; towards the north-east by a road south-west of Section No. 16225; and towards the south-west generally by Section No. 16476, a road, Section No. 25, and Section No. 27534.

RESERVE NO. 1178, CANTERBURY.

All that area in the Canterbury Land District, situated in Waimate and Waitaki Survey Districts, being Reserve No. 1178, containing by admeasurement 157 acres 2 roods, more or less. Bounded towards the north-west by the Great Northern Railway; towards the north-east by Section No. 27534; towards the south-east by Meikle’s Road; and towards the south-west by Section No. 12868.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable David, Earl of Glasgow; 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 tenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

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Milford Sound Prison ceased to be a Prison.

(L.S.)
GLASGOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The Prisons Act, 1892,” it is enacted that the Governor may, by Proclamation in the New Zealand Gazette, declare that any prison or police gaol shall no longer be a prison or police gaol; and upon the gazetting of such Proclamation, or from and after any later date fixed in such Proclamation for the purpose, such prison or police gaol shall cease to be a prison or police gaol:

Now, therefore, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the above-recited power and authority, do hereby declare that, from and after the gazetting of this Proclamation, the prison at Milford Sound, in the Provincial District of Otago, shall cease to be a prison.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable David, Earl of Glasgow; 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 tenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two.

A. J. CADMAN.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

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Native Lands acquired by Her Majesty declared to be Crown Lands.

(L.S.)
GLASGOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by section two hundred and forty-seven of “The Land Act, 1885” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is enacted that whenever the Governor is satisfied that any Native lands acquired by Her Majesty in any way, or purchased out of any sums authorised, or to be authorised, to be issued and expended in the purchase of lands in the North Island of New Zealand are free from Native claims and all difficulties in connection therewith, he shall, by Proclamation, declare such lands to be Crown lands, subject to be sold and dealt with as in the said Act is more particularly mentioned: And whereas the lands hereinafter mentioned have been purchased out of sums so authorised to be issued and expended as aforesaid:

Now, therefore, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, being satisfied that the lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto are free from Native claims and all difficulties in connection therewith, do hereby, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in me by the said Act, proclaim and declare the lands so enumerated as aforesaid to be Crown lands, subject to be sold and dealt with according to the provisions of the laws regulating the sale and disposal of Crown lands in force in the land districts in which they are respectively situated.

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SCHEDULE.

Kaitaia A and B.—Containing together 5,220 acres, situated in the Takahue Survey District, being the whole of the lands comprised in Crown grants 1H422, Nos. 121648