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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 24

SCHEDULE.

All that area contained in Blocks II. to XV., Waitaki Survey District, and Blocks VII. to XI., Elephant Hill Survey District, in the Canterbury Land District, known as the Waikakahi Estate. | Principal Land Office, Christchurch.

Local Land Office, the Courthouse, Waimate. |

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 March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Altering the Name of the Borough of Newton.

(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 Newton Borough Council has requested that the present name of “Newton” 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 Borough of Newton aforesaid shall, on and after the sixteenth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, be called and known by the name of “Grey Lynn,” and the name of the said Borough of Newton is hereby altered accordingly.

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 February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.

W. C. WALKER.

Approved in Council.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Native Land proposed to be taken for the Construction of a Police-station at Te Whaiti, County of Whakatane.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-eighth day of February, 1899.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken for a public work, to wit, the construction of a police-station at Te Whaiti, County of Whakatane:

And whereas the said land is held or occupied by Native owners under a title which is not derived from the Crown: And whereas a map has been prepared in duplicate showing accurately the position and extent of the said land, as required by the eighty-eighth section of “The Public Works Act, 1894”:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by the eighty-eighth section of the said Act, and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby declare that the land shown upon such map, and described in the Schedule hereto, shall be deemed to be taken for the purposes of the said police-station as from the fifteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.

SCHEDULE.

In the Land District of Auckland; as the said parcel of land is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 18459, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Charges for Long-distance Telephoning on Sundays.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-eighth day of February, 1899.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the twenty-sixth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the twenty-ninth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, rules and regulations were made and fees fixed for the use of Government telephones in bureau stations: And whereas it is expedient to amend such rules and regulations and alter such fees in the manner following:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by “The Electric Lines Act, 1884,” and of all other powers enabling him in this behalf, and acting with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby make the regulation contained in the Schedule hereto, and doth order that the same shall be read as part of the regulations set forth in the Schedule to the before-mentioned Order in Council, and doth further order and declare that this regulation shall take effect on and from the twenty-eighth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.

SCHEDULE.

THE following are the charges to be paid by the public for the use of Government telephones on Sundays for the purpose of conversing between (a) Dunedin and Christchurch, or (b) Dunedin and Invercargill, or (c) Napier and Wellington, or (d) Napier and Auckland, respectively:—

For a period not exceeding six minutes, 2s. 6d., and a further charge of 2s. 6d. for every additional six minutes or portion of six minutes.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Appointment in the Department of Lands and Survey.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 21st February, 1899.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

GEORGE G. KENNY,

Resident Medical Officer, Rotorua Sanatorium, to be the person to receive the fees for springs or baths arising in the Rotorua District, described in the Proclamation dated 12th October, 1881, vice the Chairman of the Rotorua Town Board, as from 1st February, 1899.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.