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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 26

20677, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured as above.

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 eighteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and four.

JAS. McGOWAN,
For Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Land taken for a Further Portion of the Branch Line of the Foxton-New Plymouth Railway from Stratford to Wangamomona (Further Portion of the Oruru Section), and for a Road-deviation in connection therewith.

(L.S.)
RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken for a further portion of the branch line of the Foxton-New Plymouth Railway from Stratford to Wangamomona—namely, a further portion of the Oruru Section, and for a road-deviation in connection therewith:

And whereas all conditions precedent required by law to be observed and performed prior to the taking of such land for the purpose 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 of the powers and authorities conferred on me by section one hundred and sixty-seven of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” and section eleven of “The Public Works Act, 1903,” 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 hereby taken for a further portion of the said railway hereinbefore specified, and for a road-deviation in connection therewith.

SCHEDULE.

THE several parcels of land mentioned in list hereunder:—

FOR RAILWAY.

| A. R. P. | Sub. 8, Huikama Block | Blue | 20587 | XIII. | Ngatimaru. |
| 1 0 13 | Sub. 8, Huikama Block | Blue | 20587 | XIII. | Ngatimaru. |
| 0 1 11 | Sub. 8, Huikama Block | Red | 20658 | XIII. | Ngatimaru. |
| 2 2 38 | Sub. 8, Huikama Block | Sepia | 20587 | XIII. | Ngatimaru. |

FOR ROAD-DEVIATION.

| 1 2 10·9 | Sub. 8, Huikama Block | Sepia | 20587 | XIII. | Ngatimaru. |

All in the Taranaki Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plans numbered as above, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured as stated.

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 eighteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and four.

JAS. McGOWAN,
For Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Additional Land in Block IV., Kowai Survey District, taken for the Purposes of the Midland Railway.

(L.S.)
RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS it has been found desirable for the use, convenience, and enjoyment of the Midland Railway to take further land in Block IV., Kowai Survey District, 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 Canterbury Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 20753, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured as above.

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 eighteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and four.

JAS. McGOWAN,
For Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

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 Waikato and Thames:

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 section 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 eighteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and four.

JAS. McGOWAN.

GOD SAVE THE KING!