756
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 31

Vesting a Reserve in the Ashburton County Council.

RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twelfth day of March, 1901.
Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto has been permanently set apart for tree-planting purposes: And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient to vest the said land in the Ashburton County Council:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, and in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the fourth section of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” doth hereby declare that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the reserve mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall become vested in the Ashburton County Council, in trust, for tree-planting purposes.

SCHEDULE.
ALL that parcel of land in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 12 acres 2 roods 33 perches, more or less, being Reserve No. 3031, Blocks VIII., XII., Shepherd's Bush Survey District. Bounded towards the north-west by a road-line; towards the south-east by a line being the north-western boundary of Lot 4, Subdivision of Rural Section No. 36297; and towards the south-west by a road-line: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Christchurch.
J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting-Clerk of the Executive Council.

Vesting a Reserve in the Lower Wairau River Board.

RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twelfth day of March, 1901.
Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto has been permanently reserved for river-bank-protection purposes:
And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient that the said land should be vested in the Lower Wairau River Board:
Now, therefore, 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, and in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the fourth section of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” doth hereby declare that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the reserve mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall become vested in the Lower Wairau River Board, in trust, as a reserve for the purpose of protecting the river-banks.

SCHEDULE.
ALL that parcel of land in the Marlborough Land District, containing by admeasurement 227 acres, more or less, being Section No. 172 (Omaka), Block XVI., Onamalutu Survey District. Bounded towards the north by a road-line fronting the Wairau and Opawa Rivers; towards the south partly by a road-line, 11771 links, and by Section No. 34 of Block I., 5532 links; and towards the west by a public road, 941 links: subject to three road-lines intersecting the section: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Blenheim.
J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting-Clerk of the Executive Council.

Vesting a Reserve in the Taihape Mechanics' Institute.

RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this eighteenth day of March, 1901.
Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto was permanently reserved as a site for a mechanics' institute and library, on the ninth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine:
And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient that the said land should be vested in the Taihape Mechanics' Institute:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, and in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the fourth section of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” doth hereby declare that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the reserve mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall become vested in “The Taihape Mechanics' Institute,” in trust, as a site for a mechanics' institute and library.

SCHEDULE.
ALL that parcel of land in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 rood, more or less, being Section No. 3, Block VI., Taihape Township.
J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting-Clerk of the Executive Council.

Increasing the Holding-area of Land to Settlers in the Upper Makuri Village Settlement.

RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twelfth day of March, 1901.
Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by an Order in Council issued on the twenty-ninth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, under the authority of the one-hundred-and-sixty-ninth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” fixing the terms and conditions upon which certain village-homestead allotments therein enumerated should be disposed of, it was provided that no person should hold more than one allotment:
And whereas it is expedient to allow one person to hold and acquire two allotments of land in the Upper Makuri Village Settlement:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in pursuance of all powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony of New Zealand, doth hereby amend the Order in Council aforesaid so far as it affects the areas in which the land in the Upper Makuri Village Settlement shall be held, and doth by this present Order declare that any settler in the village settlement aforesaid may apply for and acquire not more than two allotments of land therein. And it is hereby further declared that all the provisions of the Order in Council of the twenty-ninth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, aforesaid, shall apply, except as regards the area in which the land may be held, to the Upper Makuri Village Settlement aforesaid.
J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting-Clerk of the Executive Council.

Revoking Order in Council authorising Erection of Wharf at Mokau.

RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twelfth day of March, 1901.
Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the twenty-eighth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 9, of the tenth day of February in the same year, His Excellency the Governor in Council did, in pursuance of the provisions of “The Harbours Act Amendment Act, 1883,” license the Mokau Coal-mines Syndicate (Limited) to use and occupy a part of the foreshore and land below low-water mark of the Mokau River, for the purpose of erecting and maintaining thereon a wharf, in the position shown on and in accordance with plan marked M.D. 2168, and deposited in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington:
And whereas the said syndicate has, with the consent of the Minister of Marine, assigned its rights and privileges under the said Order in Council to Messrs. Leo Jacob and John O'Brien, on behalf of the settlers of the district:
And whereas the said wharf has not been erected as required by the said Order in Council, and it is therefore desirable that the license should be revoked: