1536
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 50

"The Coastwise Trade Act, 1903," assented to by His Majesty
in Council.

(L.S.)
RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by an Act passed in the session of Parliament held in the fifteenth and sixteenth years of the reign of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria, entitled "An Act to grant a Representative Constitution to the Colony of New Zealand," it is, among other things, enacted that no Bill which shall be reserved for the signification of the Sovereign's pleasure thereon shall have any force or authority within the Colony of New Zealand until the Governor of the said colony shall signify by speech or message to the Legislative Council and House of Representatives of the said colony, or by Proclamation, that such Bill has been laid before the Sovereign in Council, and that the Sovereign has been pleased to assent to the same:

And whereas a certain Bill passed by the Legislative Council and House of Representatives of the said colony entitled "An Act to provide for the Prohibition or Restriction of Coasting Trade in New Zealand by Ships of certain Countries," the short title whereof is "The Coastwise Trade Act, 1903," was presented to the Governor of the said colony for His Majesty's assent, and was reserved for the signification of His Majesty's pleasure thereon:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the provisions of the said in-part-recited Act, do hereby proclaim and declare that "The Coastwise Trade Act, 1903," aforesaid, has been laid before His Majesty in Council, and that His Majesty has been pleased to assent to the same; and, in pursuance of the provisions of "The Coastwise Trade Act, 1903," aforesaid, I do hereby further proclaim and notify that the said Act shall come into operation on the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and four.

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

J. G. WARD.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Additional Land in Blackstone Survey District taken for
the Purposes of the Otago Central Railway.

(L.S.)
RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS it has been found desirable for the use, convenience, and enjoyment of the Otago Central Railway to take further land in Blackstone 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 hereby taken for the purposes above mentioned.

SCHEDULE.

The parcel of land mentioned hereunder:—

In the Otago Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 20314, 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 tenth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and four.

JAS. McGOWAN,
For Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Lands taken for a Road in Blocks XV. and XVI., Mangaone Survey District, Masterton County.

(L.S.)
RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers conferred by section thirteen of "The Land Act, 1892," and its amendments, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, with the consent of the owners and mortgagees of the lands hereinafter mentioned, and with the consent of the Masterton County Council, being the local authority in whose district the said lands are situated, do by this notice hereby proclaim as taken for a road the lands in Mangaone Survey District hereinafter described, that is to say,—

All in the Wellington Land District; as the same are 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.

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

JAS. McGOWAN,
For Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Lands taken for a Public Road in the Borough of Karori, Port Nicholson Survey District.

(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, for the purposes of a public road:

And whereas the Council of the Borough of Karori has laid before the Governor a 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