MAY 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1393

lands in the Huiroa Survey District, Stratford County, hereinafter described, that is to say,—

All in the Taranaki Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plans marked and coloured as above noted, deposited in the District Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at New Plymouth, in the Taranaki 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 eighteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and four.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Additional Land at Wallaceville taken for the Purposes of the Wellington-Napier Railway.

(L.S.) RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS it has been found desirable for the use, convenience, and enjoyment of the Wellington-Napier Railway to take further land at Wallaceville, 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 Land District of Wellington; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked 12621, deposited in the office of the Minister for Railways, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured green.

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

J. G. WARD,
Minister for Railways.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Second Schedule of “The Noxious Weeds Act, 1900,” extended to include Fennel, Periwinkle, and Elderberry. — Notice No. 869.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this eleventh day of May, 1904.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by “The Noxious Weeds Act, 1900” (hereinafter called “the said Act”), His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby extend the operation of the Second Schedule of the said Act by including therein the several plants described in the Schedule hereto; and it is hereby declared that this Order shall come into force from and after the day of the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

SCHEDULE.

Fennel (Fœniculum vulgare).

Periwinkle (Vinca major).

Elderberry (Sambucus niger).

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Native Land proposed to be taken for a Road through Paramata No. 2, Uawa Survey District.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this second day of May, 1904.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken for a public work, to wit, for the purpose of a road in Paramata No. 2, Uawa Survey District:

And whereas the said land is held or occupied by Native owners under a title which is not derived from the Crown: And whereas a map in duplicate has been prepared of the said land, as required by the eighty-eighth section of “The Public Works Act, 1894”:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by the eighty-eighth section of the said Act, and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby declare that the land shown upon such map, and described in the Schedule hereto, shall be deemed to be taken for the purposes of the said road, and the said land vest in His Majesty the King as from the twenty-second day of June, one thousand nine hundred and four.

SCHEDULE.

In the Hawke's Bay Land District; as the same is 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.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.