Feb. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 543

above mentioned, 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 twelfth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and four.

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Proclaiming Road as closed through Lands in Hunua Road District.

(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, do by this notice hereby proclaim as closed the road in the Hunua Road District hereinafter described.

All in the Auckland Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked and coloured as above mentioned, and 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 twelfth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and four.

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Lands taken for Road Purposes in Hunua Road District.

(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 of the lands hereinafter mentioned, and with the consent of the Hunua Road Board, 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 Hunua Road District 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 mentioned, 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 twelfth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and four.

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Land in the City of Christchurch taken for an Extension to the Chief Post-office.

(l.s.) 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 an extension to the Chief Post-office in the City of Christchurch:

And whereas all conditions precedent required by law to be observed and performed prior to the taking of such land for the purposes hereinbefore specified have been observed and performed:

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 “The Public Works Act, 1903,” and of every other power and authority in any-wise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim that the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is hereby taken for the purposes of the public work hereinbefore mentioned. And it is hereby declared that this Proclamation shall take effect on and after the thirteenth day of February, 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. 20656, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured yellow.

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 February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and four.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Lands set apart for Settlement.

(l.s.) RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the seventy-third section of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901” (herein termed “the said Act”), it is, amongst other things, enacted that before certain moneys therein mentioned shall be expended upon any block of land it shall be necessary that the same be proclaimed as set apart for settlement:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of every power and authority enabling me in this behalf, and for the purposes of the said Act, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby pro-