1108
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 54

Mangahoe Land Drainage District, County of Waipa, constituted.

GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirteenth day of July, 1896.
Present:
His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS, in accordance with the provisions of the fifth section of “The Land Drainage Act, 1893,” a majority of the ratepayers in the district described in the Schedule hereto, situated in the County of Waipa, have presented a petition to His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand praying that the land comprised in the said district be constituted a drainage district under the provisions of the said Act:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority contained in the fifth section of “The Land Drainage Act, 1893,” His Excellency 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 constitute and declare the block of land described in the said petition, and in the Schedule hereto, to be a district for the purposes of Part I. of the said Act, and to be called by the name of “The Mangahoe Drainage District”; and also, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority contained in the ninth section of the said Act, doth hereby declare that the Board of Trustees for the said district shall consist of five members, to be elected under and in accordance with the said Act.

SCHEDULE.
MANGAHOE DRAINAGE DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, and situated in the Puniu Survey District, and containing by admeasurement 4,890 acres; more or less. Bounded towards the north-east generally by the Mangapiko Stream, Section No. 250, Puniu Parish, and a right line from the southernmost corner of the last-mentioned section to the north-western corner of Section No. 131; thence by the road forming the northern boundaries of Sections Nos. 131, 130, and 125, and its continuation along the north-eastern boundaries of Sections Nos. 124, 123, 122, 3, and 16, to the road forming the north-western boundary of Section No. 19; thence by that road, and its continuation along the north-eastern boundaries of Sections Nos. 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, and 31, to the boundary of West Taupo County: thence towards the south-east by the said West Taupo County: and towards the south-west generally by the road forming the northern boundaries of Sections Nos. 110, 109, 108, 107, 106, 89, 88, 87, 86, 85, and 342, Puniu Parish aforesaid, to the Town District of Kihikihi, as described in New Zealand Gazette, No. 128, 7th December, 1883; thence by that town district and the Te Awamutu Road, passing Sections Nos. 14, 12, 138, 139, and 136, Puniu Parish aforesaid, to the Town District of Te Awamutu, as described in New Zealand Gazette, No. 110, 3rd October, 1884; thence by Sloane Street and Alexandra Road, in the said town district, intersecting Section No. 321, Mangapiko Parish, to the road forming the eastern boundary of Section No. 320, in the Town District of Te Awamutu aforesaid; and thence by that road to the Mangapiko Stream aforesaid.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Putting beyond Doubt the Vesting of the Poukawa Native Reserve in the Public Trustee, under “The Native Reserves Act, 1882.”

GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirteenth day of July, 1896.
Present:
His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by section 5 of “The Native Reserves Act Amendment Act, 1895,” it is enacted that, if any question arises whether any land is vested in the Public Trustee under “The Native Reserves Act, 1882” (therein referred to as “the principal Act”), the Governor may by Order in Council declare that such land is so vested, and such Order in Council shall be final and conclusive:

And whereas a question has arisen whether the land described in the Schedule hereto is vested in the Public Trustee under “The Native Reserves Act, 1882,” and in order to set such question at rest the Governor in Council has determined to exercise the powers and authorities conferred by the said section by declaring that the land described in the Schedule hereto is vested in the Public Trustee under “The Native Reserves Act, 1882”:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, and in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred by the aforesaid section, and of all other powers and authorities in that behalf, doth hereby declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto is vested in the Public Trustee under “The Native Reserves Act, 1882.”

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land, situated at Poukawa, in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay, in the Colony of New Zealand, containing by admeasurement 3,668 acres, more or less. Bounded as follows: Commencing at an angle on the western side of the Te Aute Road near Hapuku’s pa, crossing the road, and following along the southern boundary of Te Aute No. 5 Block a distance altogether of 376 links; thence following along the south-eastern boundary of Te Aute No. 5 Block, a distance of 4350 links, to the eastern corner of that block; thence along the southern boundary of the Koparakore Block to its south-eastern corner, a distance of 6720 links; thence following along the south-western boundary of the Tarere Block to its southernmost corner on Poukawa Creek; from thence following along the eastern side of Poukawa Lake to the north-eastern corner of Pukekura Block West; thence along the northern and western boundaries of that block to Tukituki, distances respectively of 4680 links and and 7250 links; thence along the north-eastern, northern, north-western, western, and south-western boundaries of Pukerowhitu Block, distances respectively of 4080 links, 2200 links, 1090 links, 985 links, 610 links, 270 links, 770 links, 1750 links, 515 links, 1630 links, 450 links, and 2890 links, to the western boundary of Pukekura Block West; thence southerly along that boundary, distances respectively of 1332 links and 619 links, to the north-eastern corner of Te Aute Block No. 2; thence along the north-eastern and north-western boundaries of that block, distances of 1047 links and 3850 links respectively, to the easternmost corner of Whakawiringa Block; from thence following along the north-eastern boundary of that block and of Te Aute Blocks 3 and 4, the eastern boundary-line of Raukawa Block No. 1, and the south-eastern boundary-lines of Raukawa Block No. 2, Te Whareate Atapuru Block and Te Pukehou Block, distances respectively of 6610 links, 1316 links, 283 links, 206 links, 900 links, 379 links, 466 links, 886 links, 500 links, 811 links, 660 links, 360 links, 311 links, 940 links, 1500 links, 4873 links, and 2880 links, to the eastern corner of Pukehou Block; thence along the south-western and south-eastern boundaries of Te Kena Block, distances of 2425 links, 1055 links, 1720 links, and 330 links respectively, to the south-eastern corner of said block, on the eastern side of Te Aute Road; thence along the eastern and north-eastern boundaries of Te Kena Block, distances of about 1050 links and 650 links respectively, to the north-eastern corner of the said block; thence, following along the northern boundary of said block, distances of 1960 links, 540 links, and 1840 links, to the Mangawehi Stream, following southerly along that stream to the north-eastern boundary of Pukehou Block; thence along that boundary distances of 2450 links and 4200 links to the south-eastern boundary of Raukawa Block East; thence following north-easterly along that boundary and the south-eastern boundary of Mangaroa Block, distances respectively of 8170 links, 5950 links, and 1300 links, to the westernmost corner of Koparakore Block; from thence along the south-western boundary of that block, distances of 700 links and 4610 links, to the northernmost corner of Te Aute Block No. 6; thence following along the north-western, south-western, and southern boundaries of that block, distances of 1304 links, 947 links, 1633 links, and 2396 links, to the southern boundary of the Koparakore Block, following along that boundary, a distance of 280 links, to the western side of the Te Aute Road; and from thence following southerly along that road, a distance of 4860 links, to the commencing-point at the angle of the road opposite the south-western corner of Te Aute Block No. 5: excepting always the two small blocks of land called or known by the names of Koroki No. 1 and Koroki No. 2.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Native Land proposed to be taken for the Construction of a Police Station in Hawke’s Bay County.

GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this nineteenth day of June, 1896.
Present:
His Excellency the Governor 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 police station in Hawke’s Bay County: