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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 14

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by “The Land Act, 1892,” and of all other powers and authorities in anywise enabling me in this behalf, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby proclaim and declare that I hereby resume possession of the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto for the public purpose hereinbefore mentioned, the same being part of the land held under occupation with right of purchase as aforesaid.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 2 acres, more or less, being Section No. 37A, Block XVI., Ohinewairua Survey District. Bounded towards the north by Section No. 37, towards the east by Rangitikei Road, towards the south by Section No. 39, and towards the west by said Section No. 37; as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 51625, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, 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 seventeenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and four.

C. H. MILLS,
For Minister of Lands.

Approved in Council.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Validating Irregularities in the Public Notifications for a Loan of £1,000 applied for by the Wanganui County Council.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirteenth day of February, 1904.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Wanganui County Council lately proposed to raise a loan of one thousand pounds for the purpose of acquiring land for a road to connect Okoia with Mataraua, and forming, metalling, and providing necessary culverts for the said road: And whereas a special order making a special rate has been made as a security for the said loan: And whereas the provisions of section one hundred and twenty-four of “The Counties Act, 1886,” relating to special orders were not complied with by the said Wanganui County Council, inasmuch as public notice of the meeting for the purpose of confirming the resolution adopting such special order, although published for four successive weeks, was not given once in each of the four weeks immediately after the date at which such resolution was passed: And whereas the public notification of the intention of the said Wanganui County Council to raise such loan and to make such special rate is defective, inasmuch as in the description of the boundaries of the Mataraua Special-rating District, Section Number 207, Block VII., Ikitara Survey District, is mentioned therein in lieu of Section Number 270 of the same block: And whereas it appears that the ratepayers have not been misled, and it is expedient to validate such irregularities:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, and in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by section ten of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Amendment Act, 1902,” doth hereby declare that the said public notifications shall be deemed and taken to be valid to all intents and purposes as though the same were regular in form and the provisions of section one hundred and twenty-four of “The Counties Act, 1886,” had been duly complied with, and as though the lands to be subject to such special rate had been correctly described in such public notification.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Declaring Roads in Waipawa County to be County Roads.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirteenth day of February, 1904.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in him by “The Public Works Act, 1894,” and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby order and declare that the roads described in the Schedule hereto shall, on and after the date of this Order in Council, be county roads.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that road in the Hawke’s Bay Land District, situated in Waipawa County, and known as Waikopiro Road, commencing at its junction with Maunga Road at the northern corner of Section 26, Block XIV., Takapau Survey District, and running in a southerly direction along the western frontage of Sections Nos. 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9, Block XV., Takapau Survey District, and ending at the point where it crosses the southern boundary of Section 1, Block III., Mangatoro Survey District, near the Mangapuaka Stream, a length of three miles and a half, or thereabouts; as the said road is delineated on the plan marked R. 5161AA, deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, coloured red thereon and marked A.B.

RUAHINE ROAD.

Also all that road in the Hawke’s Bay Land District, situated in Waipawa County, commencing at its junction with Blackburn Road, at the eastern corner of Section 37, Block V., Makaretu Survey District, and ending at the north-west corner of Section 42 of the same block, a length of two miles and a quarter, or thereabouts; as the same is delineated on the plan marked R. 5161cc, deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, coloured red thereon.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Excepting Land from the Operation of Section 117 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894.”

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirteenth day of February, 1904.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section four of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1895,” it is enacted that the Governor may, by Order in Council, except from the operation of section one hundred and seventeen of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894” (hereinafter called “the said Act”), for a limited period or otherwise, and either generally or for such purposes and subject to such restrictions as shall be in such Order specified, any land, wheresoever situate, which is for the time being subject to the operation of the said section, or any interest therein or right over the same, or may in like manner make such exception in favour exclusively of any lessee or other person who has been bonâ fide in occupation of and has made improvements on such land, or has paid money to Native owners for lease or purchase thereof, prior to the passing of the said Act: Provided that no Order in Council under the provisions of this section shall take effect until after the expiration of two months from the date of the publication thereof in the Gazette: Provided also that every alienation under the provisions of this section shall be confirmed by the Court in terms of section fifty-three of the said Act:

And whereas the Aotea District Maori Land Council has recommended that the block or parcel of land known as Maungakaretu No. 5B No. 2B No. 2 be excepted from the operation of section one hundred and seventeen of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” for the purpose of lease:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by section four of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1895,” and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby except from the operation of section one hundred and seventeen of “The Native Land Court