Sept. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2143

Act to set apart any specified area of Crown lands within a kauri-gum district to be a kauri-gum reserve under the said Act:

And whereas it is expedient to create and set apart the kauri-gum reserves hereinafter mentioned:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby set apart the areas of Crown lands described in the Schedule hereto as kauri-gum reserves, with the names set over the descriptions of such reserves in the said Schedule.

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SCHEDULE.

MANGONUI COUNTY.

Pukewhau Kauri-gum Reserve.

All that area in the Auckland Land District, situate in Blocks VII., XI., and XII., Rangaunu Survey District, containing by admeasurement 1,530 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the east and north by Block VIII., Rangaunu Survey District; again towards the east by Sections Nos. 33, 34, and 35 of the Parish of Waiake; towards the south by a public road; and towards the west generally by land granted to J. Davis (O.L.C. 31), by Section No. 1 of Block VII., Rangaunu Survey District, and by Rangaunu Bay, to the point of commencement: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 37704, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red. For Mangatete Settlement.

Pairatahi Kauri-gum Reserve.

All that area in the Auckland Land District, situate in Blocks VII. and XI., Rangaunu Survey District, containing by admeasurement 1,750 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the north generally by Rangaunu Bay and by unadjudicated Native land; towards the east generally by the Koterutaaraukai River, by land granted to J. Davis (O.L.C. 31), by the Te Rangi Ranginga Block, and by Section No. 2 of Block XI., Rangaunu Survey District; towards the south generally by a public road, by Section No. 130 of the Parish of Mangatete, and by a public road; and towards the south-west generally by land granted to R. Matthews (O.L.C. 119), by Section No. 1 of Block XI., Rangaunu Survey District, again by land granted to R. Matthews aforesaid, by the Pairatahi River, again by land granted to R. Matthews aforesaid, and by the Okapiti River, to the point of commencement: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 37704A, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red. For Mangatete Settlement.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Vesting a Reserve in the Tapanui Borough Council.

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RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-second day of September, 1902.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto has been permanently reserved for Town Hall and athenæum purposes: And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient to vest the said land in the Tapanui Borough 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 Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Tapanui,” in trust, for Town Hall and athenæum purposes.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Otago Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 rood, more or less, being Section No. 5, Block II., Town of Tapanui.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Increasing the Number of Allotments that may be held by Settlers in the Welford Village Settlement, Wellington.

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RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-second day of September, 1902.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by an Order in Council issued on the twenty-seventh day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, under the authority of section one hundred and sixty-three of “The Land Act, 1885,” fixing the terms and conditions upon which village-settlement lands should be disposed of, it was provided that no lessee would be allowed to hold more than one allotment:

And whereas the Welford Village Settlement was, by a Proclamation dated the twenty-second day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, set apart for selection under the terms and conditions of the aforesaid Order in Council:

And whereas it is expedient to allow one person to hold more than one allotment in the said Welford 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 in so far as it affects the number of allotments which may be held in the Welford Village Settlement, and doth declare that on and after the date hereof any settler in the Welford Village Settlement aforesaid may hold more than one allotment; and it is hereby further declared that all the provisions of the Order in Council of the twenty-seventh day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, aforesaid shall apply, except as regards the number of allotments that may be held by one person, to the Welford Village Settlement aforesaid.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Declaring Road through Plantation Reserve, Starborough, to be a Government Road.

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RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-second day of September, 1902.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in him by section one hundred and two of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Right Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, 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 order that the road in the Awatere Road District described in the Schedule below shall, on and after the date above mentioned, be a Government road.

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SCHEDULE.

That road known as Starborough Nursery Road, bounding Sections Nos. 3F and 3G in Block X., Clifford Bay Survey District; as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 46664, deposited in the Head Office of the Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured green.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Consenting to closing Road through Sections 9494 and 10270, Block XIV., Pigeon Bay District, Akaroa County.

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RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-second day of September, 1902.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor 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