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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 48

for the purposes hereinafter 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 and pursuance of the powers and authorities in me vested by “ The Public Works Act, 1894,” and “ The Public Works Act, 1903,” and of every other power and authority in any-wise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim that the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is hereby taken for the purposes of a rifle range as aforesaid ; and it is hereby declared that this Proclamation shall take effect on and after the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and four.

SCHEDULE.

The parcels of land mentioned hereunder :—

All in the Land District of Wellington ; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 20886, 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 sixth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and four.

J. CARROLL,
For Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING !

Defining the Middle Line of a Further Portion of the Extension of the Midland Railway from Reefton to Inangahua —namely, from Inangahua Landing to Inangahua Junction.

(L.S.)
RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS an extension of the Midland Railway from Reefton to Inangahua is a railway specified in the Schedule to “ The Railways Authorisation Act, 1900,” which Act is, in the fourth section thereof, declared to be a special Act authorising the construction of such extension: And whereas such extension is unfinished, and it has been determined to construct and maintain a further portion of the same—namely, from Inangahua Landing to Inangahua Junction :

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 conferred on me by section one hundred and sixty-seven of “ The Public Works Act, 1894,” and in exercise of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the middle line of the said further portion of the said railway shall be as defined and set forth in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

Commencing at a point marked 54 miles 43 chains, situated on the north-eastern boundary of Reserve No. 15, Block VIII., Inangahua Survey District, and distant about 22 chains from the northernmost corner of said reserve, the said point being the termination of the railway described in a Proclamation dated the 4th day of March, 1903, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 19, of 12th March, 1903 ; proceeding thence generally in a north-easterly direction for a distance of about 4 miles 62 chains, and passing in, into, through, or over the following sections—viz., Crown land, Sections Nos. 11, 8, and 7, Block VIII., Sections Nos. 29, 28, and 27, Block IV., Sections Nos. 24, 23, 20, 21 (Gravel Reserve), 18, 17, 16, 28, 26, 19 (Ferry Reserve), and 1, Block V., all in the Inangahua Survey District, and terminating at a point marked 59 miles 25 chains, distant in a north-westerly direction about 12 chains from the south-eastern corner of said Section No. 19 (Ferry Reserve), Block V., Inangahua Survey District : including all adjoining and intervening places, lands, reserves, roads, tracks, rivers, streams, and watercourses : in the manner delineated on the plan marked “ P.W.D. 20229,” deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington.

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 sixth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and four.

J. CARROLL,
For Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING !

Redefining Opaki and Te Whiti Ridings, Masterton County.

(L.S.)
RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by an Order in Council dated the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and four, made under “ The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900,” and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 31st day of March, one thousand nine hundred and four, the boundaries of the Borough of Masterton were altered and certain areas thereby added to the County of Masterton :

And whereas it is expedient to include the said areas in the Opaki and Te Whiti Ridings of the said County of Masterton :

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the powers vested in me by “ The Counties Act, 1886,” do hereby declare that the areas so added to the County of Masterton shall be included in the Opaki and Te Whiti Ridings, and that the boundaries of the said ridings shall be those described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

O PAKI R IDING.

All that area in the Wellington Land District bounded towards the north-east by the County of Mauriceville, as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 106, of the 19th December, 1901, from the County of Horowhenua, as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 133, of the 19th December, 1884, to the Rangitumau Riding, as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 6, of the 17th January, 1901 ; towards the east generally by the said Rangitumau Riding to the Masterton-Bideford Road ; thence towards the south by the last-mentioned road to the Borough of Masterton, as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 27, of the 31st March, 1904 ; thence towards the south-west by the said Borough of Masterton to its northernmost corner ; thence towards the south-east by the said Borough of Masterton to a point being the intersection of a line along the centre of Westbush Road with a line along the centre of Railway Road ; thence by a right line to the easternmost corner of Section No. 50, Block IV., Tiffin Survey District ; thence again towards the south-west and again towards the south-east by the said Section No. 50, and the north-western boundary-line of the last-mentioned section produced to the right bank of the Waingawa River ; thence again towards the south-west by the County of Wairarapa South, as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 106, of the 19th December, 1901 ; and towards the west by the said County of Horowhenua to the place of commencement.

TE WHITI RIDING.

All that area in the Wellington Land District bounded towards the north generally by the Opaki Riding, hereinbefore described, and the Rangitumau and Wainuioru Ridings, as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 6, of the 17th January, 1901, from the north-eastern boundary-line of the Borough of Masterton, as described in the New Zealand