4 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 1

Land taken for a Further Portion of the Railway from the
Main Line of the Waitaki-Bluff Railway to Oteramika and
Toitois: Seaward Bush Branch, Remaining Part of Mataura
Section.

(L.S.)
RANFURLY, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto
is required to be taken for a further portion of the
railway from the main line of the Waitaki-Bluff Railway to
Oteramika and Toitois, Seaward Bush Branch, namely, the
remaining part of Mataura Section:
And whereas all conditions precedent required by law to
be observed and performed prior to the taking of such land
for the purpose hereinafter specified have been observed
and performed:
Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly,
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 any-
wise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and
declare that the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is
taken for the further portion of the said line of railway
hereinbefore specified.

SCHEDULE.
The several parcels of land mentioned in list hereunder:—

All in the Land District of Southland; as the same are
more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D.
18100, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public
Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Welling-
ton, and thereon coloured blue, green, red, and yellow.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right
Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly;
Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; Go-
vernor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her
Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its De-
pendencies; and issued under the Seal of the said
Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington,
this twenty-third day of December, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-
seven.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Additional Land taken in Hokonui Survey District for the
Purposes of the Waimea Plains Railway.

(L.S.)
RANFURLY, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS it has been found desirable for the use,
convenience, and enjoyment of the Waimea Plains
Railway to take further land in Hokonui Survey District, in
addition to land previously acquired for the purposes of
the said railway:
Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise
of the powers and authorities conferred on me by sections
twenty-eight and 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 land mentioned in the Schedule
hereto is taken for the purposes above mentioned.

SCHEDULE.
The parcel of land mentioned hereunder:—

In the Land District of Southland; as the same is more
particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 18104,
deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works,
at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington,
and thereon coloured green.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right
Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly;
Knight Commander 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-third day of December,
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-seven.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Proclaiming Roads as closed through Lands in Wallace County (Otahu Estate).

(L.S.)
RANFURLY, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.
IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers conferred by section eleven of “The Land for Settlements Act Amendment
Act, 1895,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do by this notice,
with the consent of the Wallace County Council, hereby proclaim as closed the roads in the Wallace County hereinafter
described, that is to say:—

As the same are more particularly delineated upon the plan deposited in the Head Office of the Department of Lands and
Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and coloured thereon as above mentioned.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly;
Knight Commander 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-
fourth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!