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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 30

representing 14 votes; number of ratepayers who voted
against proposal, nil; number of ratepayers who did not
vote, 25, representing 31 votes; number of informal votes,
nil.

As less than the required number of ratepayers voted, and
recorded less than the required number of votes, I hereby
declare the proposal to be not carried.

F. A. MAJENDIE,
Chairman, Hutt County Council.

Hutt County Council Office,
Wellington, 25th March, 1897.

Notice of the Laying-off of Roads through the Whakarewarewa Block, Auckland Land District.

NOTICE is hereby given, by direction of His Excellency
the Administrator of the Government of the Colony
of New Zealand, under the authority of section 92 of “The
Public Works Act, 1894,” that the roads described in the
Schedule hereto were, on the 20th October, 1896, duly taken
and laid off through the land specified in the said Schedule,
under the authority of the Governor of the said colony, by
a warrant dated the 28th March, 1894.

SCHEDULE.
ROADS THROUGH WHAKAREWAREWA BLOCK.

As the said areas are delineated upon the plan marked as
above mentioned, deposited in the District Office of the
Lands and Survey Department at Auckland, in the Auckland Land District, and thereon coloured as above stated.

Dated this 25th day of March, 1897.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Notice of the Laying-off of Roads through the Pahaoa Nos. 2, 3, 4, and 5, Takapau, and Wainuioru Blocks, in the Wellington Land District.

NOTICE is hereby given, by direction of His Excellency
the Administrator of the Government of the Colony
of New Zealand, under the authority of “The Native Land
Court Act, 1894,” that the roads described in the Schedule
hereto were, on the 10th day of October, 1896, duly taken
and laid off through the lands specified in the said Schedule,
under the authority of the Governor of the said colony, by
warrants dated the 2nd April and 11th May, 1896.

SCHEDULE.
PAHA OA AND NGAKONUI ROADS.

As the said areas are delineated upon the plans marked as
above mentioned, deposited in the District Office of the
Lands and Survey Department at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured as above stated.

Dated this 29th day of March, 1897.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Leases of Lands in Southland forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 31st March, 1897.

IT is hereby notified that, the leases of the under-mentioned Crown lands having been forfeited by resolutions
of the Southland Land Board, the said lands have reverted
to the Crown under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Lands in the Nelson District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 30th March, 1897.

IT is hereby notified that, the leases of the under-mentioned Crown lands having been forfeited, or surrenders
accepted, by resolutions of the Nelson Land Board, the said
lands have reverted to the Crown under the provisions of
“The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Public Notice under “The Orchard and Garden Pests Act, 1896.”—Notice No. 477.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 24th March, 1897.

IT having been reported to me that the disease known as
phyloxera exists amongst vines growing on certain
lands in the Auckland Land District, I therefore, in accordance with section 10 of “The Orchard and Garden Pests Act, 1896,” hereby declare the under-mentioned lands to be infected places from which no plants shall be removed except under the direction of an Inspector appointed under the said Act:—

Lots 8 and 9 of Section 19, Grey Street, Devonport. Occupied by Mr. James Trayes.

Part of Lot 20A, Section 20, Buchanan Street, Devonport. Occupied by Mr. William Philcox.

Lots 65 and 66 of Section 30, Takapuna Riding. Occupied by Mr. John Denby, Northcote.

Lots 4 and 5 of Section 10, Auckland Suburbs. Occupied by Mr. W. Bridgman, Mount Eden Road.

Lots 7A and 12, Section 10, Auckland Suburbs. Occupied by Mr. Samuel Harding, Mount Eden Road.

Lots 7 and 8, Section 16, Eden County, Parish of Waitemata. Occupied by Mr. C. T. Wren, Remuera.

Sections 352, 436, 456, Block IX., Parahaki Survey District. Occupied by Mrs. M. A. Horn, Whangarei.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister for Agriculture.

Volunteer Officers promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th March, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government
has been pleased to approve of the under-mentioned
promotions, under paragraph 73, Volunteer Regulations, 1895:—