JUNE 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1163

Taking the Fernhill Railway.

(l.s.) JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS under the provisions of “The Fernhill Railway Purchasing Act, 1895,” the Governor, in the name and on behalf of Her Majesty, has purchased the railway therein particularly mentioned and described:

And whereas by the said Act it is enacted among other things that for the purpose of vesting the said railway in Her Majesty, and completing the purchase thereof as aforesaid, the Governor is thereby empowered to issue a Proclamation formally taking the said railway under the provisions of “The Public Works Act, 1894”:

Now, therefore, I, James Prendergast, Knight, the Administrator of the Government of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by the hereinbefore in part recited Act, and by “The Public Works Act, 1894,” respectively, do hereby proclaim and declare that the said railway mentioned and described in “The Fernhill Railway Purchasing Act, 1895,” is hereby taken under the provisions of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” and also that the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto (being all the lands included in the said purchase), are hereby taken for the purposes of the said railway.

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. 17904, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured as above stated.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, Administrator of the Government in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, at the Government House, at Wellington; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, this seventh day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Land declared to be Crown Land subject to “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894.”

(l.s.) JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto has been acquired under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), and the purchase thereof has been concluded as by the said Act is provided: And whereas it is enacted by the said Act that all land so acquired shall be proclaimed as Crown land subject to the provisions of the said Act:

Now, therefore, I, James Prendergast, the Administrator of the Government of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the power and authority conferred by the said Act, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto shall, on the date of the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette, be and be deemed to be Crown land subject to the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894.”

SCHEDULE.

HORSLEY DOWN ESTATE.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 3,982 acres 3 roods 35 perches, more or less, situated in Blocks II., III., and IV., Waipara Survey District, and Block V., Waitohi Survey District, and comprising Rural Sections Nos. 7075, 7083, 7084, 7553w, 10771, 18080, 24602, 24603, 29015x, 29016x, 29685, 29686, 32404, 32877, 33844, 33845, 33846, 33864, and part of Rural Sections Nos. 2391, 7081, 7082, 7077, 7553, 9762, 9916, 18081, 18082, 19718, 29015, 29016, 29257, 30110, 30732, 30733, 31374, 33842, 33843, and 33863; as the said area is delineated upon the plan marked S.G. 19192, deposited in the Head Office of the Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon edged with green.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, Administrator of the Government in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, at the Government House, at Wellington; and issued under the seal of the said Colony, this eighth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Powers delegated under “The Lunatics Act, 1882.”

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this seventh day of June, 1897.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE GOVERNMENT IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the third section of “The Lunatics Act, 1882,” it is enacted, inter alia, that the Governor, by Order in Council, may from time to time direct that all or any of the powers, functions, duties, and authorities by the said Act vested in or required to be performed by the Colonial Secretary shall be exercised by any person the Governor may think fit:

And whereas it is expedient that the said powers should be vested in the person and in the manner hereinafter expressed:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Administrator of the Government of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby direct that the powers granted to the Colonial Secretary by the sixth section of the said Act shall be exercised by

HERBERT WILLIAM BRABANT, Esq.,

of Auckland, within the Provincial District of Auckland, in the said colony.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Delegating Powers under “The Cemeteries Act, 1882,” to the Southland County Council.

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this seventh day of June, 1897.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE GOVERNMENT IN COUNCIL.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers vested in him by “The Cemeteries Act 1882 Amendment Act, 1885,” and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, His Excellency the Administrator of the Government of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby delegate to the Council of the Southland County the powers conferred upon him by section six of “The Cemeteries Act, 1882,” as to the appointment and removal of trustees for the cemetery described in the Schedule hereto; and doth declare that this Order in Council shall take effect as from the day of the date hereof.