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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 56

Land taken for Roads in connection with the Otago Central Railway.

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

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken, under “The Public Works Act, 1894,” for a certain public work, to wit, the construction of roads in connection with the Otago Central Railway:
And whereas all conditions precedent required by law to be observed and performed prior to the taking of such land in the manner hereby provided have been observed and performed:
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 the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is hereby taken for the purposes of the construction of the said roads.

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SCHEDULE.

The several parcels of land mentioned hereunder:—

• Komako Village Settlement.

All in the Land District of Otago; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plans marked P.W.D. 18640, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured as above.

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-first day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

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Land brought within the Jurisdiction of the Native Land Court.

RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of June, 1900.

Present:
His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS the ownership of the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto requires to be ascertained, and it is also necessary to determine the relative shares or interests of the Native owners of the said land:
And whereas it is expedient that the several matters should be brought within the jurisdiction of the Native Land Court in order that the same may be effectively dealt with:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the fifteenth section of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby order and declare that the investigation and determination of the ownership of the land described in the Schedule hereto, and of the relative shares or interests of any Natives therein, and also the determination of any matter or question which may arise in relation to the premises, or which it shall be necessary to determine for the purpose aforesaid, shall be and the same are hereby brought within the jurisdiction of the Native Land Court established under the said Act.
And it is hereby further declared that this Order shall take effect on and after the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred.

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SCHEDULE.

All that piece or parcel of land, containing by admeasurement 191 acres 1 rood 16 perches, be the same more or less, situated in the District of Wainui, in the Survey District of Totaranui, being section numbered 11 on Square 12 of the plan of the Land District of Nelson, and bounded as follows: On the northward partly by the River Wainui, and (3396 links) partly by a road, and partly by Section 21; on the eastward (3696 links) partly by Section 2 and partly by a public road; on the southward (6304 links) by Section 1; and on the westward (4210 links) by Section 13: excepting and excluding the River Wainui and the public roads which cross the said section numbered 11.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Regulations and Charges for the Transmission of Telegrams.

RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of June, 1900.

Present:
His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by section fifteen of “The Electric Lines Act, 1884” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is provided that the Governor in Council may from time to time make, alter, amend, and revoke regulations for the transmission of telegrams by means of any electric line, and for the delivery thereof, and for the disposal of all unclaimed or undelivered telegrams, for fixing and determining the fees and rates to be demanded and received for the transmission of any telegram, and for the other purposes in such section mentioned: And whereas by Order in Council dated the twenty-eighth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, and published in a supplement to the New Zealand Gazette, of the twenty-ninth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, regulations and charges were made and fixed for the purposes hereinbefore mentioned:
And whereas it is expedient to revoke such regulations and charges, and to make others in lieu thereof:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by the said Act and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby revoke the regulations and charges made by the aforesaid Order in Council, and in lieu thereof doth hereby make the regulations set forth in the Schedule hereto for the transmission of telegrams, for fixing the fees and rates to be demanded for such transmission, and for the other purposes hereinbefore recited, and doth further order and declare that these regulations shall have effect on and from the twenty-sixth day of June, one thousand nine hundred.

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