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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 30

Notice of Intention to change the Purpose of a Reserve in the Nelson Land District.

RANFURLY, Governor.

WHEREAS by “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” it is, amongst other things, enacted that the Governor may declare his intention to make, change, exchange, or alter the dedication of any public reserve now or hereafter vested in Her Majesty or the Governor for any of the purposes named in Class II. of the Schedule to the said Act, whether the same be granted or not; and in the case of any reserve made under the authority of section one hundred and forty-four of “The Land Act, 1877,” if it shall, in the opinion of the Governor, be expedient to change the purpose of such reserve or any part thereof from the purpose or presumed purpose for which it was set apart to any other purpose, or if it shall, in the opinion of the Governor, be expedient to exchange any of the land comprised in such reserve for other land of equal value, to be dedicated to one or more purposes named in the said Class II., the Governor may, by notice gazetted, make such change, exchange, or dedication, as the case may be, and in such notice declare the manner and terms in which the same is intended to be so made:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” aforesaid, declare my intention to change the specific purpose of the reserve described in the first column of the Schedule hereto from that named to the purpose named in the second column of the said Schedule respectively.

SCHEDULE.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Lands.

Removal of Restrictions on Alienation of Native Land.

RANFURLY, Governor.

By his Deputy,

JAMES PRENDERGAST.

WHEREAS application has been made to the Governor by the owners of the land described in the Schedule hereto, praying that the restrictions on the alienation of such land contained in the Native Land Court certificate bearing date the twenty-second day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, and now contained in partition order of the Native Land Court bearing date the fourteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, may be removed: And whereas inquiry has been duly made by the Native Land Court, and the said Court has recommended that such restrictions be removed:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the fifty-second section of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” and in accordance with the recommendation of the Native Land Court, doth hereby order and declare that all restrictions imposed by the said Native Land Court certificate and partition order on the alienation of the said land are hereby removed.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land, containing 2,653 acres, situate in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay, known as Awarua No. 1a No. 2 West, held under a partition order of the Native Land Court dated 14th March, 1895, in favour of Utiku Potaka and others, and containing the following restriction: “Absolutely inalienable.”

As witness the hand of Sir James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, for and on behalf of His Excellency the Governor, and as his duly appointed Deputy, this twenty-second day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

R. J. SEDDON.

Removal of Restrictions on Alienation of Native Land.

RANFURLY, Governor.

By his Deputy,

JAMES PRENDERGAST.

WHEREAS application has been made to the Governor by the Native owner of the land described in the Schedule hereto, praying that the restrictions on the alienation of such land originally imposed by section twenty-four of the First Schedule to “The Special Powers and Contracts Act, 1886,” and now contained in Land Transfer certificate bearing date the twenty-sixth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, may be removed: And whereas inquiry has been duly made by the Native Land Court, and the said Court has recommended that such restrictions be removed:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by the fifty-second section of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” and in accordance with the recommendation of the Native Land Court, doth hereby order and declare that all restrictions imposed by the said Act and the said Land Transfer certificate on the alienation of the said land are hereby removed.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land, containing 55 acres, situate in the Provincial District of Wellington, being Subsection 4 of Section 153 of the Township of Sandon, held under Land Transfer certificate dated 26th October, 1891, in favour of Ruera te Nuku, and containing the following restrictions: “Inalienable except by lease for not exceeding twenty-one years in possession and not in reversion, without premium or forgift, and without agreement or covenant for renewal or for purchase at any future time.”

As witness the hand of Sir James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, for and on behalf of His Excellency the Governor, and as his duly appointed Deputy, this twentieth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

R. J. SEDDON.

Warrant authorising the Ngaruawahia Town Board to construct a Bridge over the Waipa River, at Ngaruawahia, and apportioning the Cost of the Bridge between the said Town Board, the Raglan County Council, and the Waipa County Council.

RANFURLY, Governor.

By his Deputy,

JAMES PRENDERGAST.

WHEREAS by section one hundred and thirteen of “The Public Works Act Amendment Act, 1894” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is, inter alia, enacted that, in any case where the local authority of any district desires to construct a bridge in any position that will, in its opinion, be of advantage and benefit to the whole or any considerable portion of the inhabitants of an adjacent district or districts, as well as to the inhabitants of its own district, and where it is, in the opinion of such local authority, reasonable that the local authority or local authorities of such district or districts whose inhabitants are to be so benefited should contribute to the cost of constructing or establishing the said bridge, the provisions of the said section mentioned shall have effect:

And whereas application has been made to the Governor to authorise the construction of the work mentioned in the Schedule hereto (hereinafter referred to as “the said work”), and to apportion the cost of constructing the said work between the Ngaruawahia Town Board, the Raglan County Council, and the Waipa County Council:

And whereas plans, specifications, and estimates of the work of constructing the said bridge have been prepared, and a copy of same sent to the office of the Raglan County Council and the Waipa County Council, and to the Minister for Public Works, together with a notice as required by the hereinbefore in part recited Act:

And whereas a Commissioner was appointed, and an inquiry duly held, with a view to determining what proportion of the cost of constructing the said bridge should be