1836
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 86

Additional Land in Waiotohi Valley District taken for the Purposes of the Picton-Hurunui Railway.

RANFURLY, Governor.
By his Deputy,
ROBERT STOUT.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS it has been found desirable for the use, convenience, and enjoyment of the Picton-Hurunui Railway to take further land in Waiotohi Valley District, in addition to land previously acquired for the purposes of the said railway :

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by sections twenty-eight and one hundred and sixty-seven of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is taken for the purposes above mentioned.

SCHEDULE.

The parcels of land mentioned hereunder :—

All in the Land District of Marlborough; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 19070, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured red and 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 fifth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Declaring that Protective Works and the Diversion of the Ashley River, near Rangiora, shall be a Public Work.

RANFURLY, Governor.
By his Deputy,
ROBERT STOUT.

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 it is by the said section enacted that the Governor may declare that any work of the description mentioned in such section which has been heretofore executed, or partially executed, for the purpose of the safety or proper maintenance of a public work has been executed for that purpose :

And whereas it has been found desirable for the safety and proper maintenance of the Ashley Traffic-bridge, described in the First Schedule hereto, to protect the banks of the Ashley River and to divert the course of the river; and the banks and protective works described in the Second Schedule hereto have been constructed for that purpose :

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 works mentioned and described in the Second Schedule hereto have been executed for the purpose of protecting the banks of the Ashley River, and for the purpose of diverting the Ashley River, in order to provide for the safety and proper maintenance of the public work known as the Ashley Traffic-bridge, described in the First Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

The bridge known as the Ashley Traffic-bridge, over the Ashley River, in a continuation southerly of Cone’s Road, in Block VI., Rangiora Survey District: as the site of the said bridge is shown on the plan marked S.G. 15167, deposited in the Head Office of the Lands and Survey Department, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

The protective works existing and extending generally in a south-westerly direction from the southern end of the Ashley Traffic-bridge, as approximately shown on plan hereinafter referred to, and marked by letters A B (in length about 80 chains, more or less); also the groin or protective works on the left bank of the river above the northern end of the said bridge: as the sites of the said protective works and groin respectively are shown on the plan marked S.G. 15167, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District.

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 third day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Authorising Native to mortgage Lands under Section 6 of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1897.”

RANFURLY, Governor.
By his Deputy,
ROBERT STOUT.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this fourth day of October, 1900.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section six of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1897,” it is enacted that the Governor may, by Order in Council, authorise any Native owning land in severalty to mortgage such land to any lending department of the Government, and that in such case the mortgage shall operate in all respects as if the mortgagor were other than a Native, and accordingly none of the restrictions, limitations, or provisions of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” or any other Act affecting Native lands, or lands owned or held by Natives, shall apply, anything in any such Act to the contrary notwithstanding: And whereas Edward Sutherland, otherwise called Eruera Whakaahu, of Wanganui, in the Provincial District of Wellington, in the Colony of New Zealand, being the owner in severalty of the blocks or parcels of land mentioned and particularised in the Schedule hereto, has applied to be allowed to mortgage the said blocks of land: And whereas, by certificate bearing date the ninth day of May, one thousand nine hundred, under the hand of Robert Ward, Esquire, a Judge of the Native Land Court of New Zealand, and the seal of the said Court, it was certified that the said Edward Sutherland, otherwise called Eruera Whakaahu, possesses, irrespective of the lands proposed to be mortgaged, other land sufficient for his maintenance:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred by the Act aforesaid, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby authorise the said Edward Sutherland, otherwise called Eruera Whakaahu, to mortgage the lands set out in the Schedule hereto to a lending department of the Government as aforesaid.

SCHEDULE.

All that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Provincial District of Wellington, containing 777 acres, more or less, known as Maputahi No. 12, being the land comprised in