2506
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 92

Lands taken for a Road in Block XI., Ngatimaru Survey District, Stratford County.

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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 and lessee of the lands hereinafter mentioned, and with the consent of the Stratford County Council, being the local authority in whose district the said lands are situated, do by this notice hereby proclaim as taken for a road the lands in the Stratford County, Ngatimaru Survey District, hereinafter described, that is to say,—

In the Taranaki Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked and coloured as above noted, deposited in the District Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at New Plymouth, in the Taranaki 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 November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and three.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Proclaiming Portions of a Road as closed in Block XI., Ngatimaru Survey District, Stratford County.

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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, do by this notice hereby proclaim as closed the road in the Ngatimaru Survey District hereinafter described, that is to say,—

All in the Taranaki Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked and coloured as above noted, deposited in the District Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at New Plymouth, in the Taranaki 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 November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and three.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Proclaiming Native Township of Taumarunui.

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RANFURLY, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by section eight of “The Native and Maori Land Laws Amendment Act, 1902,” it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time, by Proclamation published in the Gazette and Kahiti, declare that any parcel or parcels of Maori land, whether or not such parcels form portions of several blocks, and whether or not such parcels are held by the owners under separate titles, shall be vested in the Council as a site for a Native township, and shall by the same Proclamation assign a name to such township: And whereas it is expedient that the land described in the Schedule hereto should be vested in the Council hereinafter mentioned for the purpose of the said recited Act:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers conferred upon me as aforesaid, do hereby declare that the parcel of land described in the Schedule hereto shall be vested in the Maniapoto-Tuwharetoa District Maori Land Council as a site for a Native township, and do hereby assign the name of “Taumarunui” to such township.

SCHEDULE.
TAUMARUNUI NATIVE TOWNSHIP.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 342 acres, more or less, being part of the Ohura South G or Taumarunui Block, situated in Blocks I. and II., Piopiotea Survey District. Bounded by a line commencing at the south-west angle of the Taumarunui Railway-station Reserve, and proceeding generally easterly along the south side of the North Island Main Trunk Railway Reserve, 4285, 175, and 12701·5 links respectively; thence southerly along the western side of Ballast Reserve, 633 links; thence again easterly along the south boundary of the said Ballast Reserve, 2380 and 300 links respectively, to the Wanganui River; thence westerly generally along the right bank of the Wanganui River to a point in line with the western side of Morero Terrace, Township of Taumarunui; thence northerly along a right line to and along the western side of Morero Terrace, 590 and 430 links respectively, to the south side of Taumarunui Street; thence westerly along the south side of Taumarunui Street, 1300 links, to the western side of Marae Street; thence northerly along the western side of Marae Street, 950 links; thence westerly along a right line, 680 links; thence along a right line across Katarina Street, 180 links; thence northerly along the western side of Katarina Street aforesaid, 740 and 400 links, to the Railway Reserve; thence easterly along the south side of the North Island Main Trunk Railway Reserve, 175 links; and thence southerly along the Railway Reserve aforesaid, 186 links, to the point of commencement: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: save and excepting Taumarunui Native School Site No. 6114c¹, containing 3 acres: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 49498, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.

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 November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and three.

J. CARROLL,
Minister of Native Affairs.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Land in the City of Christchurch taken for Public Buildings.

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RANFURLY, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

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, the construction of public buildings in the City of Christchurch:

And whereas an agreement for the taking of the estate in fee-simple of the said land has been entered into, and it has been made to appear that such agreement is sufficient for the purposes intended to be effected thereby:

And whereas a plan has been prepared in duplicate showing accurately the position and extent of the said land, and