Num. 43.

959

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1898.

Lands taken for a Further Portion of the Line of Railway known as the Forest Hill Tramway (Portion from about 9 m. 67½ ch. to 12 m. 41 ch.).

(L.S.) RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto are required to be taken for a further portion of the line of railway known as the Forest Hill Tramway (portion from about 9 m. 67½ ch. to 12 m. 41 ch.) :

And whereas all conditions precedent required by law to be observed and performed prior to the taking of such lands 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 lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto are 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 plans marked P.W.D. 18120, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured red, blue, yellow, and 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 sixth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Amending Order in Council altering the Boundaries of the Wellington, Auckland, and Hawke’s Bay Land Registration Districts.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this thirty-first day of May, 1898.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE J. CARROLL PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Order in Council dated the twenty-first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, purporting to be made in exercise of the powers under section three of “The Land Transfer Act, 1885,” the boundaries of the Auckland, Hawke’s Bay, and Wellington Land Registration Districts were altered and redefined: And whereas by the said Order in Council portions of the Poverty Bay Land Registration District were in error included in the limits of the Auckland and Hawke’s Bay Districts respectively, and it is necessary that the definition of the boundaries of the said last-mentioned districts should be amended by the exclusion of the areas wrongfully included as aforesaid :

Now, therefore, I, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in further exercise of the powers aforesaid, and of all powers enabling me in that behalf, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby order that the boundaries of the Auckland, Wellington, and Hawke’s Bay Land Registration Districts respectively shall be those set forth in the Schedule to the said Order in Council of the twenty-first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, excepting thereout so much of the areas included therein respectively as are within the area of the Poverty Bay Land Registration District, as defined by “The Poverty Bay Land and Deeds Registration Districts Act, 1896.”

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

ERRATA.—In Supplement to New Zealand Gazette, of the 28th May, 1898, No. 40, “Justices of the Peace appointed,” for “Alfred Abraham Blackmore, of Hunter,” read “Abraham Blackmore, of Hunter”; for “William Donald McGregor, of Opunake,” read “Donald McGregor, of Opunake”; for “C. A. Grainger, of Maharahara,” read “George Willan Grainger, of Maharahara.”

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