JAN. 7. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 5

All in the Auckland 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 Auckland, in the Auckland 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-first day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and three.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

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Proclaiming a Road as closed in Block IX., Titirangi Survey District (Karangahape Parish), Auckland Land District.

(L.S.)
RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

I N 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 Karangahape Parish hereinafter described, that is to say,—

All in the Auckland 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 Auckland, in the Auckland 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-first day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and three.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

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Land in Stonyhurst Survey District taken for Road Purposes.

(L.S.)
RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

W HEREAS 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 a road in Stonyhurst Survey District:

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 purpose 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 the Minister for Public Works has recommended that this Proclamation should be issued:

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 “The Public Works Act, 1894,” and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim that the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is hereby taken for the purpose of the construction of the said road. And it is hereby declared that this Proclamation shall take effect on and after the eleventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and four.

SCHEDULE.

The parcel of land mentioned hereunder:—

In the Canterbury Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 20317, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured sepia.

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

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

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Additional Land at Lower Hutt taken for the Purposes of the Wellington-Napier Railway.

(L.S.)
RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

W HEREAS it has been found desirable for the use, convenience, and enjoyment of the Wellington-Napier Railway to take further land at Lower Hutt, in addition to land previously acquired for the purposes 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 Schedule hereto is taken for the purposes above mentioned.

SCHEDULE.

The parcel of land mentioned hereunder:—

In the Land District of Wellington; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked 12245, deposited in the office of the Minister for Railways, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, 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 second day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and four.

J. G. WARD,
Minister for Railways.

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