2080
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 92

And whereas a certain public work, to wit, the Okuku Bridge, between the limits defined in the Schedule below, is endangered by the Okuku River encroaching thereon, and it is desirable to protect the bank of such river by erecting, constructing, and maintaining such embankments and such protective works as may be necessary for the safety and proper maintenance and strengthening of the said bridge, and to prevent encroachment of the said river:

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 banks of the Okuku River, within the limits aforesaid, required for the purpose of securing the safety and proper maintenance of the Okuku Bridge, shall be protected, and thereupon the protection of the banks of the said river shall be a public work within the meaning of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District, being portion of the Okuku River bed, situated in Block IV. of the Mairaki Survey District, and containing 102 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the south by the northern boundary of Reserve No. 2415, as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 81, 31st July, 1879; towards the west by the right bank of the said Okuku River; towards the north by a line 31 chains from and parallel to the northern boundary of Reserve 2415 aforesaid; and towards the east by the left bank of the said Okuku River: as shown upon the plan marked S.G. 18706, deposited in the Head Office of the Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon edged red.

Also all that area in the Canterbury Land District, being portion of the Okuku River bed, situated in Block IV. of the Mairaki Survey District, and containing 29 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the north by the southern boundary of Reserve No. 2415, as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 81, 31st July, 1879; towards the east by the left bank of the said Okuku River; towards the south by a line parallel to and 10 chains distant from the southern boundary of Reserve No. 2415 aforesaid; and towards the west by the right bank of the said Okuku River: as shown upon the plan marked S.G. 18706, deposited in the Head Office of the Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon edged 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 second day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Allocating Land reserved and taken for a Railway to the Purposes of a Road in Tinwald Town Board District.

RANFURLY, Governor.
By his Deputy,
ROBERT STOUT.

(l.s.)
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto forms part of land taken for the purposes of the Hurunui-Waitaki Railway, and it is considered desirable to allocate such land to the purposes of a road:

And whereas it has been certified by the Minister for Railways that such land is not required for railway purposes: And whereas such land is situated in Tinwald Town Board District, the local authority of which has consented to the issue of this Proclamation:

And whereas His Excellency the Governor is of opinion that the said local authority can conveniently construct and maintain the said road:

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 Tinwald Town Board, and shall be maintained by the said Board in like manner as other public highways are controlled and maintained by the said Board.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District, in the Westerfield Survey District, containing 24 perches, more or less, being a portion of Rural Section 3936, in Block XVI., in said survey district. Bounded on the north-west and south-west by a public road, distances of 420·4 links and 70 links respectively, and on the south-east by other portion of said Rural Section 3936, distances of 417·9 links and 10 links respectively; as the said parcel of land is more particularly delineated on the plan marked 8714, 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 seventh day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister for Railways.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Licensing Occupation of Foreshore in Whangaroa Harbour.

RANFURLY, Governor.
By his Deputy,
ROBERT STOUT.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-eighth day of October, 1899.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS, there being no Harbour Board empowered to grant the licenses hereinafter mentioned under “The Harbours Act Amendment Act, 1883” (hereinafter called “the said Act”), the persons named in the first column of the First Schedule hereto (hereinafter called “the licensees”) have applied to the Governor in Council for licenses under the said Act to occupy the parts of the foreshore, and of the land below low-water mark adjacent thereto, in Whangaroa Harbour, as described in the second column of the First Schedule hereto, and shown on plan marked M.D. 2294, which has been deposited in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington in accordance with the one-hundred-and-fifty-sixth section of “The Harbours Act, 1878,” for the purposes specified in the third column of the First Schedule hereto: And whereas the Governor in Council has approved of the purposes for which the said foreshore and land below low-water mark are to be occupied: And whereas it is expedient that licenses should be granted and issued to the licensees under the said Act for the purposes aforesaid, on the terms and conditions set forth in the Second Schedule hereto:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him by the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby approve of the objects for which the said licenses are required by the licensees as aforesaid; and, in further pursuance and exercise of the said power and authority, and with the like advice and consent as aforesaid, doth hereby license and permit the licensees to use and occupy the parts of the foreshore and of the land below low-water mark as shown on the plan so deposited as aforesaid, for the purpose of erecting and maintaining thereon the works described in the third column of the First Schedule hereto; such licenses to be held and enjoyed by the licensees at the annual rentals specified in the fourth column of the First Schedule hereto, and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Second Schedule hereto.