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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 19

Conferring Criminal Jurisdiction on District Court of Waikato and Thames.

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

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The District Courts Criminal Jurisdiction Extension Act, 1870” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is enacted that the Governor may, by Proclamation, from time to time declare that any District Court shall have cognisance of all felonies and indictable misdemeanours, as specified in the fourth section of the said Act: And whereas it is expedient that such jurisdiction should be conferred upon the District Court of Wairarapa:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power vested in me by the said Act, and of all other powers enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that

THE DISTRICT COURT OF WAIKATO AND THAMES

shall, from and after the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and four, have cognisance of all felonies and indictable misdemeanours committed after the passing of the said Act within the district over which its jurisdiction extends, saving only the felonies and offences specially excepted in and by the fourth clause of the said Act.

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

JAS. McGOWAN.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Land taken for a Road in Block XV., Matakoe Survey District (Paparoa Parish), Auckland Land 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, with the consent of the owner, and with the consent of the Otamatea County Council, being the local authority in whose district the said land is situated, do by this notice hereby proclaim as taken for a road the land in the Paparoa Parish hereinafter described, that is to say,—

In the Auckland Land District; as the same is 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-fourth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and four.

C. H. MILLS,
For Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Lands taken for widening Willis Street, in the City of Wellington.

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

WHEREAS the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto are required to be taken, under “The Public Works Act, 1894,” for a certain work, to wit, the widening of a street in the City of Wellington, known as Willis Street, in pursuance of powers granted by “The Wellington City Empowering Act, 1897,” and “The Wellington City Empowering Act, 1899,” and “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900”:

And whereas the Council of the City of Wellington has laid before the Governor a memorial, accompanied by a map, and also the statutory declaration as required by “The Public Works Act, 1894”:

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 by the other Acts hereinbefore mentioned, and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in that behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that, from and after the date of the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette, the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto are hereby taken for the purpose of widening Willis Street, and shall vest in the Mayor, Councillors, and Citizens of the City of Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

All in the City of Wellington; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked and coloured as above noted, 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 twenty-fourth 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!

Land taken for a Road in Muhunga Block, Waimata Survey District, Cook County.

(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 work, to wit, for the purposes of a road in Waimata Survey District:

And whereas the Cook County Council has laid before the Governor the memorial, accompanied by a map, and also the statutory declaration, as required by the said 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 and authorities in me vested by “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, from and after the date of the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette, the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is hereby taken for the purposes of the said road.