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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 35

Land taken for a Road near Marton in Connection with the Foxton–New Plymouth Railway.

RANFURLY, Governor.
By his Deputy,
(l.s.) JAMES PRENDERGAST.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken, under “The Public Works Act, 1894,” for a certain public work, to wit, the construction of a road near Marton in connection with the Foxton–New Plymouth Railway:

And whereas agreements for the taking of the estate in fee-simple of the said land have been entered into, and it has been made to appear that such agreements are sufficient for the purposes intended to be effected thereby:

And whereas a plan has been prepared in duplicate showing accurately the position and extent of the said land, and the Minister for Public Works has recommended that this Proclamation should be issued:

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 that the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is hereby taken for the purposes of the construction of the said road. And it is hereby declared that this Proclamation shall take effect on and after the date of the publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

SCHEDULE.

The parcels of land mentioned hereunder:—

In the Land District of Wellington; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 18116, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured green and neutral tint.

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 tenth 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!

Military Districts abolished and reconstituted.

RANFURLY, Governor.
By his Deputy,
(l.s.) JAMES PRENDERGAST.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by “The Defence Act, 1886” (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), it is provided that the Governor from time to time may divide the colony into districts for the purposes of the said Act, and may designate the same respectively by such names as he may deem fit: And whereas, by Proclamation bearing date the second day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, published in New Zealand Gazette No. 25, of the ninth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, a portion of the “Otago Military District” was detached from the said Otago Military District, and formed into the “Southland Military District,” with headquarters at Invercargill: And whereas, by Proclamation bearing date the eighteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, and published in New Zealand Gazette No. 36, of the twenty-first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, the Otago District as theretofore constituted under the said Act was abolished, and two districts, known as the “North Otago District” and the “South Otago District,” were respectively constituted in lieu thereof: And whereas it is expedient to abolish the said “Southland Military District,” and the “North Otago and South Otago Military Districts,” heretofore constituted respectively as aforesaid, and to create the district described in the Schedule hereto in lieu thereof:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred on me by the said Act, do hereby constitute for the purpose of the said Act, as and from the tenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, the Otago District, as described in the Schedule hereto, and do hereby declare that such district shall be called and known by the name set opposite the description thereof in the said Schedule; and I do hereby further declare that, as and from the said tenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, the districts heretofore constituted for defence or military purposes under the said Act or otherwise shall be abolished.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO (INCLUDING THE SUB-DISTRICTS OF NORTH OTAGO AND SOUTHLAND).

ALL that area in the Otago and Southland Land Districts, bounded towards the north generally by the Waitaki River; towards the east and south generally by the sea; and towards the north-west by a right line from Orepuki to North Roughridge Hill, and thence by a right line to the junction of the Waitaki and Hakateramea Rivers.

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 tenth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

T. THOMPSON,
Minister of Defence.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Excepting Land from Operation of Section 117 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894.”

RANFURLY, Governor.
By his Deputy,
JAMES PRENDERGAST.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this ninth day of May, 1898.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by section four of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1895,” it is enacted that the Governor may, by Order in Council, except from the operation of section one hundred and seventeen of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894” (hereinafter called “the said Act”), for a limited period or otherwise, and either generally or for such purposes and subject to such restrictions as shall be in such Order specified, any land, wheresoever situate, which is for the time being subject to the operation of the said section, or any interest therein or right over the same, or may in like manner make such exception in favour exclusively of any lessee or other person who has been bonâ fide in occupation of and has made improvements on such land, or has paid money to Native owners for lease or purchase thereof prior to the passing of the said Act: Provided that no Order in Council under the provisions of this section shall take effect until after the expiration of two months from the date of the publication thereof in the Gazette: Provided also that every alienation under the provisions of this section shall be confirmed by the Court in terms of section fifty-three of the said Act:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by section four of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1895,” and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby except from the operation of section one hundred and seventeen of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” for the purpose of alienation by way of mortgage to the Government Advances to Settlers Office Superintendent, the block or parcel of land known as Ruatangata 1c No. 1, situate in the Provincial District of Wellington, containing six hundred and five acres, more or less, being the land comprised in a partition order of the Native Land Court, dated the twenty-seventh day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, in favour of Ratana Ngahina and others.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.