Dec. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2409

All in the Nelson Land District; as the same are delineated upon the plan marked as above mentioned, deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured as above noted.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly; Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order* of Saint Michael and Saint George; Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over His 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 sixteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and one.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Proclaiming the Taking of Lands for Road in Sections 1, 2, 20, and 21, Block VIII., and Section 5, Block IX., French Pass Survey District.

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(L.S.) RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers conferred by section thirteen of “The Land Act, 1892,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, with the consent of the owner of the lands hereinafter mentioned, do by this notice hereby proclaim as a road the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto.

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SCHEDULE.

The parcels of land mentioned hereunder:—

All in the Nelson Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked as above noted, deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, 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 Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over His 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 sixteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and one.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Proclaiming a Road as closed through Land in Block II., Upper Kaikorai Survey District, Borough of Maori Hill.

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(L.S.) RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers conferred by section thirteen of “The Land Act, 1892,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do by this notice hereby proclaim as closed the portions of road in the Upper Kaikorai Survey District hereinafter described.

In the Otago Land District; as the same is delineated upon the plan marked as above mentioned, deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured as above stated.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly; Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over His 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 sixteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and one.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Consenting to closing Road through Section 2 of 2, Block V., Otago Peninsula, Portobello Road District.

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RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this eleventh day of December, 1901.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. C. WALKER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section twelve, subsection one, of “The Public Works Acts Amendment Act, 1900,” it is enacted that a local authority shall not declare any county or district road to be stopped, and such road shall not be deemed to be stopped, until the consent thereto of the Governor by Order in Council gazetted is obtained: And whereas the Portobello Road Board has applied for such consent in respect of the road described in the Schedule hereto:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and in exercise of the above-in-part-recited 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 consent to the Portobello Road Board closing the part of the road mentioned in the Schedule hereto.

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SCHEDULE.

In the Otago Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked R. 3058, deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured as above noted.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Extending Time for holding Election of Chairman, County of Waipawa.

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RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this eleventh day of December, 1901.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. C. WALKER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Council of the County of Waipawa failed to elect a Chairman of the said county at the annual meeting held on the twenty-seventh day of November, one thousand nine hundred and one, in the manner provided by section seventy-eight of “The Counties Act, 1886”: And whereas it is expedient to extend the time for such election:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by “The Counties Act, 1886,” and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby extend the time for holding the election of the Chairman of the County of Waipawa; and doth hereby order and declare