Num. 27.

931

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1904.

Taking the Matamata Estate under “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900.”

(L.S.) RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by a notice published in the New Zealand Gazette of the fourteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and three, it was therein stated that it was the intention of the Governor to take compulsorily, under the powers in that behalf conferred by “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” the land mentioned in such notice:

And whereas, in pursuance of such notice, a claim for compensation was made, and the claim has been determined by the Compensation Court in the manner provided by such Act:

And whereas, in pursuance of the said Act, an order was made by the said Court on the fifteenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and four, declaring the land which the Minister is entitled to take, being the land specified in the Schedule hereto, and also declaring the amount of compensation and costs to be paid in respect to the taking of such land:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and in exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities in anywise enabling me in that behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto (being the land specified in the aforesaid order) is compulsorily taken under the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

MATAMATA SETTLEMENT.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, situated in the Wairere, Tapapa, and Cambridge Survey Districts and Township of Waharoa, containing in the aggregate 42,739 acres, more or less, and known as the Matamata Estate, being Sections 8A, 9, 23, 24, and 18, Block XIII.; Sections 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 22A, 22B, 22C, 23A, 23B, 23C, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, and 35, Block XIV.; Sections 26, 27, and 27A, Block X.—Wairere Survey District: Sections 114, 115, 115A, 115B, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, and 151, Block I.; Sections 1, 2, 3, 3A, 4, 5, 5A, 6A, 7A, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 83A, 84, 85, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, and 113, Block II.; Sections 16, 17, 18, 36, 37, and 38, Block III.; Sections 117, 120, 121, 137, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, and 145, Block V.; Sections 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 99A, 99B, 99C, 100A, 100B, 100C, 116, 118, and 119, Block VI.; Sections 95, 96, 97, 98, 122, 123, 124, 125, and 138, Block IX.; Sections 126, 127, Block XIII.—all of the Tapapa Survey District: Section 136, Block VIII.; Sections 132, 133, 134, and 135, Block XII.; Sections 128, 129, 130, 131, 129A, 129B, and 129C, Block XVI.—Cambridge Survey District: also Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14, Block I.; Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14, Block II.; Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14, Block III.; Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14, Block IV.; Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14, Block V.; Sections 1 and 8, Block VI.; Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14, Block VII.; Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14, Block VIII.; Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14, Block IX.; Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14, Block X.; Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14, Block XI.; Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13, Block XIII.; Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, and 13, Block XIV.; Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14, Block XV.; Sections 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, and 14, Block XVI.; and Lots 28 and 29—all Township of Waharoa, and the Shearing Reserve, Matamata: also the roads, and reserves for roads, laid out and abutting on or intersecting the said sections which have not been specially dedicated or taken under statute: also the reserves for recreation or other purposes situated within the said estate, but subject nevertheless to any rights or easements which may have been granted over such roads and reserves prior to the date hereof, or otherwise acquired by any person: excluding from the lands within the said described area all Crown lands and public roads: as the said land is more particularly delineated on the plan marked S.G. 19293, deposited in the Head Office of the Lands and Survey Department, in Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon edged with 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 thirty-first day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and four.

R. J. SEDDON,
For Minister of Lands.

Approved in Council.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

God save the King!