Num. 33.

757

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1898.

Lands taken for Roads in connection with the Kaihu Valley Railway.

RANFURLY, Governor.
By his Deputy,
JAMES PRENDERGAST.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto are required to be taken, under “The Public Works Act, 1894,” for a certain public work, to wit, the construction of roads in connection with the Kaihu Valley Railway: And whereas a plan has been prepared in duplicate showing accurately the extent and position of the said lands, and the Minister for Public Works has recommended the Governor to issue a Proclamation taking the same, as required by the said Act:

Now, therefore, I, James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, in the name and on behalf of His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, and as his duly appointed Deputy, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities in me vested by “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, from and after the date of the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette, the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto are hereby taken for the purposes of the construction of the said roads.

SCHEDULE.

The several parcels of land mentioned hereunder:—

All in the Land District of Auckland; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 16829, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured sepia.

Given under the hand of Sir James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, for and on behalf of His Excellency the Governor, and as his duly appointed Deputy 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 fourth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Conferring Jurisdiction on Native Land Court in Respect of Porirua Reserve.

RANFURLY, Governor.
By his Deputy,
JAMES PRENDERGAST.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-sixth day of April, 1898.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS, under the terms of the deed of purchase of the Porirua Block, dated the first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, certain reserves were excepted by the Native vendors of the said block; the southern boundary of one of the reserves was fixed at a point on the sea-coast called Te Arataura, thence in a straight line inland in a north-easterly direction: And whereas a portion of the said reserve in that locality was excluded owing to an error in the survey: And whereas it has been decided to compensate the Natives entitled for the loss sustained by them through such exclusion, and certain lands enumerated in section eleven of “The Reserves and Crown Lands Disposal and Enabling Act, 1896,” have been set apart for the purpose: And whereas it is necessary that an inquiry should be held to ascertain and determine the Natives who are entitled to that part of the said reserve—who would have been, on inquiry, had the boundary been accurately laid down, the persons to whom titles would have been issued by the Native Land Court—for the purpose of vesting in such persons or their successors the fee-simple of Sections 23 and 24 of Block VIII., Tiriraukawa Survey District, in the Wellington Land District, in terms of section eleven of the aforesaid Act; and that, for the purpose aforesaid, the necessary jurisdiction should be conferred upon the Native Land Court, under the provisions of section fifteen of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894”:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by section fifteen aforesaid, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby order and declare that the Native Land Court shall have jurisdiction to ascertain and determine the names of the Natives beneficially interested in the said Porirua Reserve, and also any and every matter or question incident thereto, and to do all acts necessary to be done for the purpose aforesaid; and the said Court is hereby authorised and empowered accordingly, as from the seventh day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.