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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 11

Allocating Land in Pahiatua County reserved and taken for
a Railway to the Purposes of a Road.

(L.S.)
GLASGOW, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto
forms part of the land taken for the purposes of
the Wellington–Woodville Railway, and it is considered
desirable to allocate such land to the purposes of a road:
And whereas it has been certified by the Minister for
Public Works that such land is not required for railway
purposes: And whereas such land is situated in Pahiatua
County, the local authority of which has consented to the
issue of this Proclamation, and appears to be the local
authority most capable of conveniently and effectively
constructing, controlling, and maintaining the said road:
Now, therefore, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor
of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of
the powers and authorities vested in me by section one
hundred and seventy-seven of “The Public Works, Act,
1894,” and of every other power and authority in anywise
enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare
that the land described 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 Pahiatua County Council, and shall be liable to be
maintained by the said Council in like manner as other
public highways are controlled and maintained by the said
Council.

SCHEDULE.

All that area of land in Block VII., Mangahao Survey
District, 50 links wide, containing by admeasurement
1 acre 1 rood 18·3 perches, more or less, being portion of
Railway Reserve in the Township of Scarborough, and
bounded as follows: Commencing at the north-east corner
of Section 23, Block VII., Mangahao Survey District, and
proceeding thence on a bearing of 44° 53′ 10″ for a distance of
756·2 links; thence on a bearing of 39° 5′ 40″ for a distance
of 1969·6 links; thence on a bearing of 120° 39′ 40″ for a
distance of 50·5 links; thence on a bearing of 219° 5′ 40″ for
a distance of 1979·5 links; thence on a bearing of 224° 53′ 10″
for a distance of 751·6 links; thence on a bearing of 306° 45′ 40″
for a distance of 50·5 links, to the commencing point: as
the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked
P.W.D. 17585, deposited in the office of the Minister for
Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of
Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

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 issued under the Seal of the said Colony,
at Wellington, this seventeenth day of February,
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Resuming Land held under Perpetual Lease for the Purposes
of a Road.

(L.S.)
GLASGOW, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by section one hundred and fifty-eight of
“The Land Act, 1885” (hereinafter termed “the
said Act”), it is, inter alia, enacted that the Governor in
Council may, by Proclamation, resume possession of any
land leased under Part IV. of the said Act which in his
opinion is required for any public purpose:
And whereas the lands described in the Schedule hereto
form part of lands which are held on perpetual lease from
Her Majesty the Queen under Part IV. of the said Act,
dated respectively the twelfth day of February, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-one, and the thirty-first day of
August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one:
And whereas in the opinion of the Governor the said lands
described in the said Schedule are required for a public pur-
pose—that is to say, for the purposes of a public road or
highway:
Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers
and authorities conferred upon me by “The Land Act,
1885,” and of all other powers and authorities in anywise
enabling me in this behalf, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said
colony, do hereby proclaim and declare that I hereby resume
possession of the lands described in the Schedule hereto for
the public purpose hereinbefore mentioned, the same being
part of the lands as held under lease as aforesaid; and do
also hereby proclaim and declare that this Proclamation
shall take effect on the twenty-first day of February, one
thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.

SCHEDULE.

All that area, 100 links wide, commencing at or near the
north-western corner of Section No. 4 of Block III., Kumeu
Survey District, in the Auckland Land District, and pro-
ceeding through parts of the said Section No. 4 and of Sec-
tions Nos. 6 and 2 of the said block to a point at or near the
north-eastern corner of Section No. 2: as the same is
delineated upon the plan marked S.G. 27969, deposited in
the Head Office of the Department of Lands and Survey, at
Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon
coloured red.

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 issued under the Seal of the said Colony,
at the Government House, at Wellington, this
seventeenth day of February, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Approved in Council.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Proclaiming Bradshaw’s Creek, together with its Tributaries,
in the Provincial District of Nelson, to be Watercourses.

(L.S.)
GLASGOW, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the one hundred and fifty-second sec-
tion of “The Mining Act, 1891” (hereinafter termed
“the said Act”), it is enacted that the Governor in Council
may from time to time, by Proclamation published in the
Gazette, proclaim and declare that any watercourse shall be
a watercourse into which tailings, mining débris, and waste
water of any kind used in, upon, or discharged from any
claim or licensed holding shall be suffered to flow or be dis-
charged:
And whereas not less than ninety days’ notice has been
published, in the manner provided by the said section, that
application has been made to the Governor to proclaim the
watercourse hereinafter mentioned, and its tributaries, to
be watercourses for the purposes of the said section men-
tioned:
And whereas His Excellency the Governor has decided to
exercise the powers conferred upon him by the said Act:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Right Honourable
David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New
Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred by the said
Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby proclaim
and declare that the following creek, and all its tributaries,
in the Provincial District of Nelson, shall be watercourses
into which tailings, mining débris, and waste water of every
kind used in, upon, or discharged from any claim or licensed
holding adjacent to such watercourse shall be suffered to
flow or be discharged; and, with the like advice and consent,
His Excellency doth hereby prescribe that this Proclamation
shall take effect on and after the first day of June, one
thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.

NELSON PROVINCIAL DISTRICT.

That creek known as Bradshaw’s Creek, and all its tribu-
taries, from its source to where it discharges into the sea,
about two miles south of the Buller River.

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 issued under the Seal of the said Colony,
at the Government House, at Wellington, this
seventeenth day of February, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister of Mines.

Approved in Council.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!