Numb. 58.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1896.

Lands taken for a Further Portion of the Nelson-Greymouth
Railway: Greymouth-Brunnerton Section.

(L.S.) GLASGOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto
are required to be taken for a further portion of
the Nelson-Greymouth Railway—namely, the Greymouth-
Brunnerton Section:

And whereas all conditions precedent required by law to
be observed and performed prior to the taking of such lands
for the purposes hereinafter specified have been observed
and performed:

Now, therefore, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor
of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers
and authorities conferred on me by section one hundred
and sixty-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 lands
mentioned in the Schedule hereto are taken for the further
portion of the said line of railway hereinbefore specified.

SCHEDULE.

The several parcels of land mentioned in list hereunder:—

| Approximate
Area of each
of the Parcels
of Land
taken. | Being Portion of | Situated
in
Block
No. | Situated in
the Survey
District of |
|--------|------------------|------------|--------------|
| A. R. P. | | | |
| 5 1 1 | Coal Reserve No. 274 | IX. | Arnold. |
| 15 3 29 | Coal Reserve No. 274 | IX. & X. | Arnold. |
| 7 1 6 | Coal Reserve No. 274 | X. | Arnold. |
| 5 3 21 | Coal Reserve No. 274 | X. | Arnold. |
| 1 1 23 | Coal Reserve No. 274 | X. | Arnold. |
| 13 2 17 | Coal Reserve No. 274 | X. | Arnold. |
| 4 0 8 | Coal Reserve No. 274 | X. | Arnold. |
| 6 2 0 | Railway Reserve | X. | Arnold. |
| 1 0 32 | Coal Reserve No. 274 | X. | Arnold. |
| 9 1 32 | Coal Reserve No. 274 | X. | Arnold. |

All in the Westland Land District; as the same are more
particularly delineated on the plans marked P.W.D. 17683,
deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works,
at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and
thereon coloured red and purple.

A

1199

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
twenty-eighth day of July, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Amending Boundaries of Paparoa and East Tamaki Road
Districts, County of Manukau.

GLASGOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-
seventh day of July, 1896.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by section 20 of "The Counties Act, 1886"
(hereinafter termed "the said Act"), it is provided
that all the powers of a County Council relating to the
alteration of the boundaries of any road or town districts
within a county, or of amalgamating such districts, or of
merging any of them into the county, and all other powers
in relation to such districts exercisable by the Council by
special order or on petition, may be exercised by the
Governor in Council in respect of any of the counties in
which the said Act is suspended: And whereas the said
Act is suspended in the County of Manukau: And whereas,
in pursuance of "The Road Boards Act, 1882," and "The
Road Boards Act 1882 Amendment Act, 1883," petitions
have been presented to His Excellency the Governor praying
him to alter the boundaries of the Paparoa and East Tamaki
Road Districts:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the
powers and authorities vested in him by the said Act, and of
all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf,