1398
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 65

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 in me vested by section one hundred and seventy-seven of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in that behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto shall, upon the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette, become a road, and that the said road shall be under the control of the Corporation of the Borough of Timaru, and shall be maintained by the said Corporation in like manner as other public highways are controlled and maintained by the said Corporation.

SCHEDULE.

All that area of land, containing 38·8 perches, more or less, being a piece of railway land at Timaru heretofore vested in Her Majesty the Queen for railway purposes under the provisions of “The Timaru Harbour Board Act 1876 Amendment Act, 1881,” and being bounded as follows: Commencing at a point on the south-eastern side-line of the breakwater being 51 ft. distant seaward from the seaward face of the retaining-wall at the shore-end of the breakwater, as the said point is described in the Schedule to “The Timaru Harbour Board Act 1876 Amendment Act, 1881”; thence running in a north-easterly direction along the south-eastern side-line of the breakwater a distance of 178 ft.; thence along the boundary-line described in the said Schedule running in a south-easterly direction towards a point in the north boundary-line of Section 9 abutting on George Street produced seaward, and distant 615 ft., or thereabouts, eastward from the north-east corner of Section 9 aforesaid, for a distance of 71 ft. 6 in.; thence south-westerly by a line parallel to the said south-eastern side-line of the breakwater, and distant 66 ft. therefrom, for a distance of 142 ft. 2 in.; and thence north-westerly by a straight line 66 ft. 6 in. in length to the commencing-point: as the said parcel of land is more particularly delineated on the plan marked 7995, deposited in the office of the Minister for Railways, at 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-fourth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister for Railways.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Declaring that the Protection of the Banks of the Takaka River, in the Takaka District, shall be a Public Work.

(L.S.)
RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by section one hundred and sixty-four of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” it is, inter alia, enacted that whenever it is found desirable, for the safety or proper maintenance of any public work constructed or authorised under the authority of Her Majesty or the Governor, or the Government of the colony, or by or under the provisions of any Act of the General Assembly, to protect, alter, or divert, either wholly or partially, any river, stream, or watercourse, the Governor, by Proclamation, may declare that the course of such river, stream, or watercourse shall be protected, altered, or diverted, and thereupon the said protection, alteration, or diversion shall be a public work within the meaning of the said Act:

And whereas a certain public work, to wit, the protection to the banks of the Takaka River, on part of Section 22, Takaka District, is endangered by the said river encroaching thereon, and it is desirable to further protect the banks of such river, for the safety and proper maintenance and strengthening of the said river-banks, and to prevent encroachment of the Takaka River on to the public road and lands immediately adjoining:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and in exercise of the powers granted by the hereinbefore in part recited Act, and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the work for protective purposes on the banks of the Takaka River, and comprised in the area mentioned in the Schedule hereto, heretofore executed and hereafter to be done, shall be a public work, and such work shall for all purposes be taken and deemed to have been executed under the authority of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

All that area in the Nelson Land District, in the Waitapu Survey District, bounded towards the south-west by a right line joining the easternmost corner of Section No. 137 and the southernmost corner of Section No. 2 of 22 of Block X., Waitapu Survey District; towards the west and south generally by the old left bank of the Takaka River to the road intersecting Section No. 131; towards the north-west generally by a right line to the westernmost corner of Section No. 6 of 22, and by the north-western boundary of said Section No. 6 of 22; and towards the north and east generally by the present right bank of the Takaka River: as the said area is delineated upon the plan marked S.G. 37402, deposited in the Head Office of the Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.

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

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Land set apart for Settlement.

(L.S.)
RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the second section of “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act Amendment Act, 1891” (herein termed “the said Act”), it is, amongst other things, enacted that, before certain moneys therein mentioned shall be expended upon any block of land, it shall be necessary that the same be proclaimed as set apart for settlement:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of every power and authority enabling me in this behalf, and for the purposes of the said Act, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim the block of land described in the Schedule hereto as set apart for settlement.

SCHEDULE.

WAIPU BLOCK.

All that area in the Auckland Land District, situate in Blocks V., VI., VII., IX., X., and XI., Waipu Survey District, and containing by admeasurement 6,350 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the north generally by Sections Nos. 252, 329, and 115 of the Parish of Waipu; by a right line being the production in a westerly direction of the northern boundary of Section No. 117 of that parish; by said Section No. 117, by a public road, by Section No. 260 of the same parish, by a public road, and by Sections Nos. 122, 123, and 335 of the same parish: towards the east generally by Sections Nos. 133, 332, 338, and 350 of the said Parish of Waipu, by a public road, and again by Section No. 350 aforesaid, by Sections Nos. 349 and 235 of the same parish, and by Section No. 131 of the Parish of Kaiwaka: towards the south-west by a public road, by Section No. 152 of the Parish of Kaiwaka; by Section No. 1 of Block X., Waipu Survey District; and by the Piroa River: and towards the west generally by Sections Nos. 311, 254, and 316A of the Parish of Waipu aforesaid; by a public road, again by Sections Nos. 316A and 254 aforesaid, by Section No. 253 of the same parish, by a forest reserve, by Section No. 305 of the Parish of Waipu aforesaid, and again by the forest reserve before mentioned: save and except Sections Nos. 132, 262, and 341 of the Parish of Waipu from the area hereinbefore described; as the said area is delineated upon the plan marked S.G. 37808, deposited in the Head Office of the Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon edged with red.

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

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!