Num. 49. 1481

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1903.

Allocating Land reserved and taken for a Railway to the
Purposes of a Road in Rangitikei County.

(L.S.) RANFURLY, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto
form part of land taken for the purposes of the
Foxton-New Plymouth Railway, and it is considered desir-
able to allocate such lands to the purposes of a road :
And whereas it has been certified by the Minister for
Railways that such lands are not required for railway pur-
poses : And whereas such lands are situated in Rangitikei
County, the local authority of which has consented to the
issue of this Proclamation :
And whereas His Excellency the Governor is of opinion
that the said local authority can conveniently construct and
maintain the said road :
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 in me vested
by section one hundred and seventy-seven of “The Public
Works Act, 1894,” and of every other power and authority
in anywise enabling me in that behalf, do hereby proclaim
and declare that the lands described in the Schedule hereto
shall, upon the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette,
become a road, and that the said road shall be under the
control of the Rangitikei County Council, and shall be main-
tained by the said Council in like manner as other public
highways are controlled and maintained by the said
Council.

SCHEDULE.

All that area in the Wellington Land District, in the Rangi-
toto Survey District, containing 1 acre and 36 perches, more
or less, being a part of Section 7, Block III., Rangitoto
Survey District, situate at Marton Station, on the Foxton-
New Plymouth Railway, and being bounded as follows :
Commencing at a point at the junction of the western
boundary of the railway land with the south side of the road
approaching the railway-station from the west ; thence
easterly by a line at a bearing of 85° 40', a distance of 104·5
links ; thence south-easterly by a line at a bearing of 141° 30',
a distance of 111·5 links ; thence south-westerly by a line at
a bearing of 202° 7' 44", a distance of 47 links ; thence
southerly by a line at a bearing of 158° 46', a distance of
1044 links ; thence south-westerly by a line at a bearing of
244° 1', a distance of 100 links ; and thence northerly along
the western boundary of the railway land, at a bearing of
338° 43', a distance of 1223·4 links, to the commencing-
point.
Also all that area in the Wellington Land District, in the
Rangitoto Survey District, containing 1 rood 34 perches,
more or less, being a part of the railway reserve at Marton
Station, in said Section 7, Block III., Rangitoto Survey
District, and being bounded as follows : Commencing at a
point on a line at a bearing of 145° 49', and distant southerly
142·7 links from the junction of the north-eastern and
southern sides of the land taken for road purposes by a Pro-
clamation dated the 10th day of May, 1898 ; thence south-
easterly at a bearing of 145° 49', a distance of 379·1 links ;
thence south-westerly at a bearing of 202° 7' 44", a distance
of 120·2 links ; thence north-westerly at a bearing of 325° 56',
a distance of 550·7 links ; and thence easterly at a bearing of
102° 36' 24", a distance of 143·8 links, to the commencing-
point.
As the said parcels of land are more particularly delineated
on the plan marked 10858, deposited in the office of the
Minister for Railways, at Wellington, and thereon coloured
purple.

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 twelfth day of June, in the year
of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and
three.

J. G. WARD,
Minister for Railways.

God save the King !

Additional Land in the Waipukurau Village taken for the
Purposes of the Wellington-Napier Railway.

(L.S.) RANFURLY, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS it has been found desirable for the use,
convenience, and enjoyment of the Wellington-
Napier Railway to take further land in the Waipukurau
Village, in addition to land previously acquired for the pur-
poses of the said railway :
Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of
the powers and authorities conferred on me by sections
twenty-eight and one hundred and sixty-seven of “The
Public Works Act, 1894,” and of every other power and
authority in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby
proclaim and declare that the land mentioned in the Sche-
dule hereto is taken for the purposes above mentioned,