JUNE 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1569

Vesting Control of Drummond’s Ferry, across the Waiau River, in the Wallace County Council.

(L.S.) RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by section one hundred and fourteen of “The Public Works Act, 1894” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is, inter alia, enacted that the Governor may, upon the terms and conditions in the said section mentioned, by Proclamation publicly notified, direct that any ferry already established over or across any river or arm of the sea shall, from and after the date to be fixed in such Proclamation, be under the exclusive care, control, and management of such local authority as shall be mentioned in that behalf in such Proclamation; and may by any such Proclamation as aforesaid fix and determine whether all or any, and if so what part, of the cost, whether theretofore incurred or thereafter to be incurred, of managing and maintaining any such ferry is to be provided and paid by any local authority, and, if so, by what local authority; and may by any such Proclamation as aforesaid direct how and when and to whom any such payment is to be made:

And whereas it is expedient that provision should be made under the hereinbefore-in-part-recited Act for the purpose hereinafter mentioned:

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 said Act, and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby direct that the ferry mentioned in the Schedule hereto, and known as Drummond’s Ferry, shall, from and after the date of this Proclamation, be under the exclusive care, control, and management of the Wallace County Council; and in further pursuance and exercise of the powers aforesaid I do hereby fix and determine that the entire cost of managing and maintaining the said ferry and appliances used therewith, less any revenue by way of rates, fees, or otherwise received in respect to persons, animals, machinery, vehicles, goods, or other things carried upon the said ferry, shall be provided and paid by the Wallace County Council out of the funds of the said county.

SCHEDULE.

All that portion of the Waiau River situated in the Districts of Waiau and Alton, consisting of double boats and superstructure, and worked by wire rope, a distance of about .750 links, and commonly known by the name of Drummond’s Ferry; as the site of the said ferry is shown on the plan marked R. 1877, deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon marked A.B. in 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 sixteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and four.

JAS. McGOWAN,
Acting Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Allocating Land reserved and taken for a Railway to the Purposes of a Road in Waipawa County.

(L.S.) RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto forms part of land taken for the purposes of the Wellington-Napier Railway, and it is considered desirable to allocate such land to the purposes of a road:

And whereas it has been certified by the Minister for Railways that such land is not required for railway purposes: And whereas such land is situated in Waipawa County, the local authority of which has assented to the issue of this Proclamation:

And whereas His Excellency the Governor is of opinion that the said local authority can conveniently construct and maintain the said road:

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 section one hundred and seventy-seven of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in that behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto shall, upon the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette, become a road, and that the said road shall be under the control of the Waipawa County Council, and shall be maintained by the said Council in like manner as other public highways are controlled and maintained by the said Council.

SCHEDULE.

All that area in the Hawke’s Bay Land District, in Block III., Tahoraite Survey District, containing 3 roods 34 perches, more or less, being portions of Tahoraite No. 2 Block and of the Native reserve in said Block III. Bounded on the south-east by the south-eastern boundary of the railway reserve; on the west by the main road; on the north-west by a line parallel to and 100 links distant from the said south-eastern boundary of the railway reserve, a distance of 860 links; on the north-east by a line at right angles to the last-described boundary, a distance of 71·3 links; again on the north-west by a line parallel to the south-eastern boundary of the railway reserve, a distance of 125 links, more or less, to the Tapuata Creek; and on the north by the Tapuata Creek: as the said parcel of land is more particularly delineated on plan No. 12413, deposited in the office of the Minister for Railways, at Wellington, and thereon coloured purple.

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

J. G. WARD,
Minister for Railways.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Additional Land at Petone 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 Petone, 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 lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto are taken for the purposes above mentioned.

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 12545, deposited in the office of the Minister for Railways, at Wellington, in