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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 34

Land taken for Roads in connection with the Catlin’s River Branch of the Waitaki-Bluff Railway.

(L.S.)
GLASGOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken, under “The Public Works Act, 1894,” for a certain public work, to wit, the construction of roads in connection with the Catlin’s River Branch of the Waitaki-Bluff Railway:

And whereas a plan has been prepared, and the Minister for Public Works has recommended the Governor to issue a Proclamation taking the land as required by the said Act:

Now, therefore, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, 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, 1894,” and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that, from and after the date of the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette, the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is hereby taken for the purposes of the construction of the said roads.

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SCHEDULE.

The several parcels of land mentioned in list hereunder:—

All in the Provincial District of Otago; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 17526, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured blue and yellow.

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 eleventh day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

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Defining the Middle Line of an Extension of the Kaihu Valley Railway from the Present Terminus at Opanake to a Point adjacent to the Waima River (Waima Section).

(L.S.)
GLASGOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the construction of an extension of the Kaihu Valley Railway for a distance of three miles or thereabouts, in a north-westerly direction, from the present terminus at Opanake to a point adjacent to the Waima River, was authorised by “The Kaihu Valley Railway Extension Act, 1895”; and such extension is unfinished, and it has been determined to complete and maintain the same:

Now, therefore, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred by “The Kaihu Valley Railway Extension Act, 1895,” and by sections one hundred and sixty-six and one hundred and sixty-seven of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” and in exercise of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the middle line of the said extension of the said railway shall be that defined and set forth in the said Schedule hereto.

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SCHEDULE.

Commencing at the middle point of the line forming the north-western boundary of land taken from Opanake No. 1, Block XIII., Tutamoe Survey District, by Proclamation dated 21st January, 1896, published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 7, of 30th January, 1896, and as is shown on sheet No. 17 of the plan marked P.W.D. 16829, referred to in the said Proclamation; proceeding thence generally in a north-westerly direction for a distance of about 3 miles 9 chains, and passing in, into, through, or over the following lands—viz., the said Opanake No. 1, Opanake No. 2, 3046A, and the Kaihu Valley Railway Company’s endowment; and terminating in the said Kaihu Valley Railway Company’s endowment at a point adjacent to the right bank of the Waima River, the said terminating-point being distant about 14438 links north and 1474 links east of the trigonometrical station numbered 982 on the map of the said Tutamoe Survey District: including all adjoining and intervening places, lands, rivers, streams, and watercourses: all in Block XIII., Tutamoe Survey District: in the manner shown by a red line on the plan marked P.W.D. 17648, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington.

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 eleventh day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

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Local Land District constituted.

(L.S.)
GLASGOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the twenty-third section of “The Land Act, 1892,” it is enacted that the Governor, by Proclamation in the Gazette, may from time to time establish and define, abolish, alter, or reconstitute local districts for the sale or disposal of land, and in like manner from time to time may appoint land offices and land officers or other persons for conducting sales of land in such local districts, and for receiving applications for the sale, letting, disposal, or occupation of Crown lands, and for generally carrying into effect the provisions of the said Act:

Now, therefore, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that the district described in the Schedule hereto is hereby established, defined, and constituted a local district for the sale and disposal of land under the said Act, and that the land office the name of which is in the said Schedule set opposite the name of the said local district is appointed the land office for the said local district.

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SCHEDULE.

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 eleventh day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.

JOHN MCKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

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Dividing New Plymouth Harbour Rating District into Electoral Wards.

GLASGOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this sixth day of May, 1896.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it is enacted by the seventh section of “The Harbours Act Amendment Act, 1894,” that the Governor may, by Order in Council, empower a Harbour Board the members of which are not wholly nominated to