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appointed Deputy, do hereby proclaim the block of land

described in the Schedule hereto as set apart for settlement.

SCHEDULE.

WOODLAND, BLOCK IX.

ALL that area in the Otago Land District, containing by

admeasurement 2,936 acres, more or less, being Sections

Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18,

19, 21, and 22, Block IX., Woodland Survey District.

Given under the hand of the Honourable Sir James

Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, for and on

behalf of His Excellency the Governor, and as his

duly-appointed Deputy in and over Her Majesty's

Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies;

and issued under the seal of the said Colony,

at the Government House, at Wellington, this

ninth day of February, in the year of our Lord

one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.

JOHN McKENZIE,

Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Allocating Land reserved and taken for a Railway to the

Purposes of a Road in Buller County.

GLASGOW, Governor.

By his Deputy,

(L.S.) JAMES PRENDERGAST.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto

forms part of the land taken for the purposes of the

Westport-Ngakawau Railway, and it is considered desirable

to allocate such land to the purposes of a road:

And whereas it has been certified by the New Zealand

Railway Commissioners that such land is not required for

railway purposes: And whereas such land is situated in

Buller County, the local authority of which has consented

to the issue of this Proclamation:

And whereas I am of opinion that the said local authority

can conveniently construct and maintain the said road:

Now, therefore, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, Governor of the

Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the

powers and authorities in me vested by section five of "The

Public Works Acts Amendment Act, 1889," section two hun-

dred and ninety of "The Public Works Act, 1894," and of

every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in

that behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land de-

scribed in the Schedule hereto shall, upon the publication

hereof in the New Zealand Gazette, become a road, and that

the said road shall be under the control of the Buller County

Council, and shall be maintained by the said Council in like

manner as other public highways are controlled and main-

tained by the said Council.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Nelson Land District, containing by

admeasurement 2 acres 1 rood 24 perches, more or less, and

being a strip of land, 50 links in width, situate at Granity

Creek, Block I., Ngakawau Survey District, and being a portion

of land taken for railway purposes. Bounded on the north-

west by the north-west boundary of the railway reserve

aforesaid to a point 100 links from the intersection of the

production of the north-east boundary-line of Section No. 7,

Village of Torea, with the said north-west boundary of rail-

way reserve; towards the north-east by a line at right angles

to the said north-west boundary-line, 50 links in length;

towards the south-east by a line parallel to the said north-

west boundary-line to a point in line with the north-east

boundary-line of Section No. 23 of the said village; and

towards the south-west by a right line in direction of the

eastern corner of that section to the north-western boundary

of railway reserve aforesaid: as the same is delineated on

plan numbered S.G. 25077, deposited in the Head Office of

the Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in

the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured purple.

Given under the hand of the Honourable Sir James

Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, for and on

behalf of His Excellency the Governor, and as his

duly-appointed Deputy in and over Her Majesty's

Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies;

and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at

the Government House, at Wellington, this ninth

day of February, in the year of our Lord one

thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.

JOHN McKENZIE,

Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Powers delegated to the Christchurch Domains Board under

"The Public Domains Act, 1881."

GLASGOW, Governor.

By his Deputy,

JAMES PRENDERGAST.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this ninth day of

February, 1895.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities

vested in him by "The Public Domains Act, 1881," His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand,

by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council

thereof, doth hereby revoke a certain Order in Council,

dated the twenty-fifth day of September, one thousand eight

hundred and ninety-one, making delegation of certain powers

in manner as therein appears; and doth, with the like

advice and consent, by this present Order, delegate, but only

with respect to the pieces or parcels of land described in the

Schedule hereto, all the powers conferred by the Act afore-

said, except the powers under or conferred by sections

five and twelve thereof, to the under-mentioned persons,

who shall be known as the Christchurch Domains Board,

namely,—

The Hon. Sir John Hall,

The Hon. William Rolleston,

Richard James Strachan Harman,

Hugh Percy Murray-Aynsley,

Charles Christopher Bowen,

John William Allman Marchant,

William Jacques,

The Mayor of the City of Christchurch,

The Mayor of the Borough of Sydenham,

The Mayor of the Borough of St. Albans, and

The Chairman of the Selwyn County Council,

subject to the stipulations hereinafter contained:—

1. The Board shall meet at such times and places as shall

be from time to time appointed by the Chairman, or when it

shall be convened by him; and the business shall be con-

ducted under such regulations as shall be determined on by

the Board.

2. The Board shall keep proper minutes and records of all

its proceedings, and full accounts of its receipts and expendi-
ture; and a yearly statement of the same, together with a

general report of its proceedings, shall be forwarded to the

Governor once in every year.

3. This delegation of powers to the Board shall not in any

way affect any lease or contract now validly in force in

respect of any portion of the lands named in the Schedule

hereto, nor any agreement in respect of the dedication of

any portion of the said lands to any purpose of public

recreation or amusement.

4. None of the powers delegated shall be exercised in

respect of the ground occupied by the building known as the

Canterbury Museum, or by any building pertaining thereto

which has been or may hereafter be erected in connection

therewith, or of such enclosures in connection therewith as

may be approved by the Board and the Governor.

The Trustees of the said Museum, and their officers and

servants, shall at all times have the right of ingress and

egress to and from the said Museum, at such times as shall

be determined by the said Trustees.

SCHEDULE.

1. THE land commonly known, and described in the Sche-
   dule B to "The Canterbury Association's Ordinance, Ses-
   sion IV., No. 6," as the Government Domain No. 25, save

and except such part of the same as has been duly conveyed

to the Corporation of Christ's College, Canterbury.

2. The land commonly known as Hagley Park, being part

of the land numbered 24, and described as the town reserves

in the Schedule B to "The Canterbury Association's Ordi-
nance, Session IV., No. 6." Bounded on the west and south

by the road reserved along the boundary of the town reserves;

on the north by the road reserved along the banks of the

River Avon; on the east and south-east by the River Avon

and the Lower Lincoln Road.

J. F. ANDREWS,

Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.