Dec. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1943

Additional Land set apart for an Improved-farm Special Settlement.

(L.S.) RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred by the one-hundred-and-sixty-second section of “The Land Act, 1892,” and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that the lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be and the same are hereby set apart and declared open for a special settlement.

SCHEDULE.

OTUAREI IMPROVED SMALL-FARM SETTLEMENT BLOCK.

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

J. CARROLL,
For Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Land set apart as Village Allotments in the Southland Land District.

(L.S.) RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by the one-hundred-and-sixty-eighth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that the allotments of Crown lands respectively described in the Schedule hereto shall be and the same are hereby set apart and declared open for sale and selection as village allotments under Part III. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.
Chatton Village.

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

J. CARROLL,
For Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Declaring that the Protection of a Part of the Southern Terrace or Bank of the Orari River, in the Geraldine County, 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 southern terrace or bank of the Orari River, between the limits defined in the Schedule below, is endangered by the said river encroaching thereon, and it is desirable to further protect the bank of such river by erecting, constructing, and maintaining such embankments and such other protective works as may be necessary for the safety and proper maintenance and strengthening of the said river-bank, and to prevent further encroachment of the Orari River on to the public and private 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 portion of the southern bank of the Orari River, 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.

THAT portion of the southern bank of the Orari River situated in Geraldine Survey District, and lying between Hewson’s Road and the south-eastern boundary-line of Reserve No. 2488, as shown upon a plan marked S.G. 29320, deposited in the Head Office of the Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereupon shown as between points A and B.

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

J. CARROLL,
For Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Altering the Name of the Town of Birmingham.

(L.S.) RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by sections two and three of “The Designation of Districts Act, 1894” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is provided that the Governor in Council may, at the request or with the consent of the Council of any county, city, or borough, alter the geographical name or designation of any place or locality in the colony:

And whereas the Kiwitea County Council has requested that the present name of “Birmingham,” within the County of Kiwitea, be altered as hereinafter mentioned, and it appears expedient to comply with such request:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby proclaim and declare that the Township of Birmingham, in the County of Kiwitea aforesaid, shall, on and after the fourth day of February, one thousand eight