Oct. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2171

Proclaiming the Taking of Lands for Roads in Block X., Opaku Survey District, Patea County.

(l.s.) RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers conferred by section thirteen of “The Land Act, 1892,” and its amendments, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, with the consent of the owners and lessee of the lands hereinafter mentioned, and with the consent of the Patea West Road Board, being the local authority in whose district the said lands are situated, do by this notice hereby proclaim as roads the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

All in the Taranaki Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked as above mentioned, deposited in the District Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at New Plymouth, in the Taranaki 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 twenty-third day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and two.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Defining the Middle Line of a Portion of the Section of the Midland Railway between Otarama and Jackson’s, namely, between Otira and Jackson’s.

(l.s.) RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the section of the Midland Railway between Otarama and Jackson’s (hereinafter termed “the said railway”) is a railway the construction of which is authorised by “The Railways Authorisation Act, 1900”: And whereas it has been determined to construct and maintain a portion of the same, namely, that portion between Otira and Jackson’s:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, 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 in exercise of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the middle line of the said portion of the said railway shall be that defined and set forth in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

COMMENCING at a point in the Jackson’s Station yard marked 32 miles, which point is also a point at or near the termination of the line of railway from Brunner to Jackson’s, as constructed by the New Zealand Midland Railway Company (Limited); proceeding thence generally in an easterly direction for a distance of about five miles and a half, and thence generally in a south-westerly direction for a distance of about six miles, and passing in, into, through, or over the following lands—viz., Crown lands in Blocks I. and II., Otira Survey District; Crown lands, Reserve No. 212, and Subdivisions 1, 2, and 3 of Section No. 2007, all in Block VI., Otira Survey District; Crown lands and railway reserve in Blocks VII. and XI., Otira Survey District; Crown lands and Section 2038 in Block X., Otira Survey District—and terminating at a peg marked LXII., at the south end of the Otira Station yard; the total length of the line thus described being 11 miles 39 chains, or thereabouts: including all adjoining and intervening lands, places, reserves, roads, tracks, rivers, streams, and watercourses: all in the Land District of Westland: as the same is delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 19968, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington.

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 twenty-sixth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and two.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Land taken for a Road through Section 31, Block I., Jacob’s River Hundred.

(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 land hereinafter mentioned, and with the consent of the Wallace County Council, being the local authority in whose district the said land is situated, do by this notice hereby proclaim as taken for a road the land in Block I., Jacob’s River Hundred, Southland District, hereinafter described, that is to say,—

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

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 twenty-seventh day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and two.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Defining the Middle Line of a Portion of the Section of the Midland Railway between Otarama and Jackson’s—namely, between Otarama and Broken River.

(l.s.) RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the section of the Midland Railway between Otarama and Jackson’s (hereinafter termed “the said railway”) is a railway the construction of which is authorised by “The Railways Authorisation Act, 1900”: And whereas it has been determined to construct and maintain a portion of the same, namely, that portion between Otarama and Broken River:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, 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 in exercise of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in this behalf,