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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 19

the sale or disposal of land, and in like manner from time
to time may appoint land offices and land officers or other
persons for conducting sales of land in such local districts,
and for receiving applications for the sale, letting, disposal,
or occupation of Crown lands, and for generally carrying
into effect the provisions of the said Act :
Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby
proclaim and declare that the district described in the
Schedule hereto is hereby established, defined, and consti-
tuted a local land district for the sale and disposal of land
under the said Act, and that the land office the name of
which is in the said Schedule set opposite the name of the
said local district is appointed the land office for the said
local district.

SCHEDULE.

TRICT.
All that area contained in Blocks VII., IX., and X., Awa-
moko Survey District; Block I., Maruwenua Survey Dis-
trict; Blocks III. and XI., Kauroo Survey District; and
Blocks XIV. and XV., Oamaru Survey District, in the Otago
Land District, known as the Elderslie Settlement. | Principal Land Office,
Dunedin.
Local Land Office, the
office of Mr. Henry Macin-
tosh, Tyne Street, Oamaru. |

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 Wel-
ington, this second day of March, in the year of
our Lord one thousand nine hundred.

JOHN McKENZIE.
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Setting apart Land in Canterbury for Leasing as Small
Grazing-runs under “The Land Act, 1892.”

(L.S.)
RANFURLY, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

BY virtue and in exercise of the powers and authorities
vested in me by the one-hundred-and-seventy-second
section of “The Land Act, 1892,” and of every other power
and authority enabling me in that behalf, I, Uchter John
Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New
Zealand, do hereby declare that the lands mentioned in the
Schedule hereto shall be subject to the provisions of sections
one hundred and seventy-two to one hundred and eighty-six
of Part V. of “The Land Act, 1892,” relating to small
grazing-runs.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—ELEPHANT HILL SURVEY DIS-
TRICT.—TAKITU SETTLEMENT.

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 March, in the
year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred.

W. C. WALKER,
For Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Land set apart for Lease as Village Settlements in the
Wellington 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 pro-
claim and declare that the Crown lands described in the
Schedule hereto shall be and the same are hereby set apart
and declared open for lease as village settlements.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—TAIHAPE VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.
First-class Land.

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 Wel-
ington, this second day of March, in the year of
our Lord one thousand nine hundred.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Land taken for a Road through Blocks V. and VIII.,
Mangatoro No. 1 Block, Mangatoro Survey District.

(L.S.)
RANFURLY, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto
are required to be taken, under “The Public Works
Act, 1894,” for a certain work, to wit, the construction of a
road :
And whereas plans have been prepared, and the Minister
has recommended the Governor to issue a Proclamation
taking the lands as required by the said Act :
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
“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, from and after the date
of the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette, the
lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto are hereby taken for
the purpose of the construction of the said road.

SCHEDULE.

ROAD THROUGH MANGATORO NO. 1 BLOCK.

All in the Hawke’s Bay Land District; as the said areas
are delineated upon the plans marked as above stated,
deposited in the Head Office of the Department of Lands
and Survey at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District,
and thereon coloured as above mentioned.

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