FEB. 20.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

TURANGANUI RIDING.

Bounded towards the north generally by the Kahutara and Otaraia Ridings, hereinbefore described, from Lake Wairarapa to the Ruakokopatuna Stream: thence towards the south-east generally by that stream and the Ruakokopatuna Road to the eastern boundary-line of Block XV., Haurangi Survey District; thence by the eastern and southern boundary lines of the said Block XV., the eastern and southern boundary-lines of Block II., Kaiwaka Survey District, and the southern boundary-line of Block I., said Kaiwaka Survey District, to the sea: thence towards the west and south-west generally by the sea to Western Lake Riding, hereinbefore described : and thence towards the west generally by the said Western Lake Riding to the place of commencement.

AWHEA RIDING.

Bounded towards the north generally by the northern boundary-line of Block II., Waipawa Survey District, from the middle of the Huangarua River to Windy Peak; thence by the Ngawaka-a-kupe No. 2 (Native reserve) and the western and southern boundary-lines of Block III., Waipawa Survey District, to the westernmost corner of Section No. 112, Block VIII.; thence by the southern boundary-line of that section to the Rerewakaito Stream; thence by a line along the middle of that stream to the sea: thence towards the south-east and west by the sea to the southern boundary-line of Block I., Kaiwaka Survey District: thence towards the north-west generally by the Turanganui and Otaraia Ridings, hereinbefore described, and a line along the middle of the Ruakokopatuna Stream and the Huagarua River to the place of commencement.

PAHAOA RIDING.

Bounded towards the north and north-east generally by Wairarapa South County from the Wangaehu Road to the sea; thence towards the south-east by the sea to the Rerewakaito Stream; thence towards the south-west by the Awhea Riding, hereinbefore described, to the middle of the Huangarua River; and thence towards the west generally by a line along the middle of the said Huangarua River to the Martinborough-Pahaoa Road, near the Kehemene Block, and thence by that road and the Wangaehu Road to the place of commencement.

MARTINBOROUGH RIDING.

Bounded towards the north generally by the Wairarapa South County; towards the east generally by the Pahaoa and Awhea Ridings, hereinbefore described; towards the south-west by the Otaraia Riding, hereinbefore described; and towards the west generally by the Kahutara and Greytown Ridings, hereinbefore described.

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 twentieth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and two.

WM. HALL-JONES.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Fixing Sitting of Court of Appeal.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this fourteenth day of February, 1902.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE J. CARROLL PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Court of Appeal Act, 1882," it is enacted that the Court shall hold its sittings at such times and places as shall from time to time be fixed by the Governor in Council, and proclaimed in the Government Gazette twenty-one days at least before the times so fixed respectively:

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, doth hereby fix that a sitting of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand shall be held within the Supreme Court House, in the City of Wellington, upon Monday, the seventeenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and two, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon.

J. F. ANDREWS,

Acting-Clerk of the Executive Council.

Time for Preparation of Roll under Gold Duty Abolition and Mining Property Rating Act extended, Westland County.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this fifteenth day of February, 1902.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE J. CARROLL PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS, the County Council of the Westland County having failed, through misadventure, to prepare the valuation roll of mining property in the Westland County in the month of January, one thousand nine hundred and two, as required by section seven of "The Gold Duty Abolition and Mining Property Rating Act, 1890," it is expedient to extend the time for preparing the said roll, as hereinafter mentioned:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in order that the purpose and intent of "The Gold Duty Abolition and Mining Property Rating Act, 1890," may have effect, and in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by "The Rating Act, 1882," which said Act is incorporated with the first abovementioned Act, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby extend the time for the preparation of the valuation roll for the Westland County, under "The Gold Duty Abolition and Mining Property Rating Act, 1890," until the twenty-eighth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and two.

J. F. ANDREWS,

Acting-Clerk of the Executive Council.

Land taken for a Public School in Waihua Survey District.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this tenth day of February, 1902.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

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, a public school:

And whereas the Native owners of the said land have agreed to make a free gift thereof to the Education Board of the District of Hawke's Bay for the site of the said school, and it has been made to appear that such agreement is sufficient for the purposes intended to be effected thereby:

And whereas by an order of the Native Land Court, made under the provisions of subsection ten of section fourteen of "The Native Land Court Act, 1894," bearing date the fifteenth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, certain aboriginal natives, as in the said order mentioned, were declared to be the owners of the portion of the Waipapa Block within which the said land is situated:

And whereas, as required by the said Act, a map has been prepared and signed showing accurately the position and extent of the said land, and such map is hereto attached, and the Minister for Public Works has recommended that this Order in Council should be issued:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred by "The Public Works 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 land shown upon the said map and mentioned in the Schedule hereto is hereby taken for the purposes of a public school, and is vested in the Education Board of the District of Hawke's Bay: And it is hereby declared that this Order in Council shall take effect on the fifteenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and two.

SCHEDULE.

MOHAKA SCHOOL SITE.

All that piece or parcel of land, situated in Block XIII., Waihua Survey District, Wairoa County, Hawke's Bay Provincial District, containing by admeasurement 2 acres and 2 perches, being part of the Waipapa Block. Bounded on the north by other part of the Waipapa Block, 421·2 links ; on the east by other part of the Waipapa Block, 485 links ; on the south-east by other part of the Waipapa Block, 146·2 links ; on the south by other part of the Waipapa Block, 554 links ; and on the west by a public road, 208·8 links : as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked 1901/2173-243, deposited in the office of the Minister of Education, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon outlined in red.

J. F. ANDREWS,

Acting-Clerk of the Executive Council.