SEPT. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2199

Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured as above.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable William Lee, Baron Plunket, Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, 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 September, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and four.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Defining the Middle Line of a Further Portion of the Otago Central Railway (Alexandra Section).

(L.S.) PLUNKET, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the Otago Central Railway (hereinafter termed “the said railway”) is a railway the construction of which is authorised by “The Public Works Act, 1879”: And whereas the said railway has been partly constructed, and it has been determined to construct and maintain a further portion of the same:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred by “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 that defined and set forth in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO CENTRAL RAILWAY (ALEXANDRA SECTION).

COMMENCING at a point in Section 33, Block I., Tiger Hill Survey District, distant about 10 chains in a south-westerly direction from the north-eastern corner of said section, which point is also the terminal point of the portion of the Otago Central Railway as described in a Proclamation dated the 18th day of February, 1901, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 24, of the 28th day of February, 1901; proceeding thence generally in a south-westerly and a north-westerly direction for a distance of about 16 miles 58 chains, and passing in, into, through, or over the following lands — viz., portion of said Section No. 33, Sections Nos. 34, 39, 38, 37, 53, and 52, Block I., Tiger Hill Survey District; railway reserve, Run No. 223r, and railway reserves through Runs Nos. 223r, 223c, 223g, 220n, 220r, and portion of 220, Tiger Hill Survey District; and portions of Run No. 220, Blocks VIII. and IX., and Section 14, occupation license, Block IX., Leaning Rock Survey District; railway reserve through Run No. 256, and Run No. 256, Block VI., Cairnhill Survey District; hospital reserve, Block XVIII., Township of Alexandra; railway reserve in Township of Alexandra—and terminating at a point in railway reserve between Sections Nos. 4 and 2, Block VII., Leaning Rock Survey District, distant about 15 chains in a north-westerly direction from the north-western boundary of Town Belt: including all adjoining places, lands, reserves, roads, rivers, streams, and watercourses: all in the Land District of Otago: as the same is delineated by a red line on the plan marked P.W.D. 20874, 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 William Lee, Baron Plunket, Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, 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 ninth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and four.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Determining of a Lease under “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1895.”

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this fifth day of September, 1904.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto, which has been acquired by the Crown from Natives, is subject to a valid and duly registered lease held as lessee by the Hawke’s Bay Timber Company, the registered number of the said lease being 29064:

And whereas the said land is required for settlement, and, upon the requisition of the Minister of Lands, the Board of Land Purchase Commissioners has duly reported thereon:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the power in this behalf conferred upon him by section seventy of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1895,” and acting on the recommendation of the said Board, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby absolutely determine the said lease as to the land described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

TAMAKI NOS. 3 AND 5 BLOCKS.

ALL that area containing about 3,542 acres, being a part of the Tamaki Blocks Nos. 3 and 5. Bounded towards the north-west by a fenced line on the margin of the forest extending from the Oruakeritaki Stream to the Tamaki No. 2A Block; towards the north-east by the said Tamaki No. 2A Block; towards the south-east by the Tahoraiti Nos. 1 and 2 Blocks; and towards the south west by Sections 1, 13, 54, 51, and 50, Block I., Woodville Survey District: but excluding therefrom the Native Reserve No. 5A: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked S.G. 26159, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon edged with red.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Declaring Part of Mataimoana Road to be a Government Road.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twelfth day of September, 1904.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in him by “The Public Works Act, 1894,” 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 order and declare that the portion of road described in the Schedule hereto shall, on and after the date of this Order in Council, be a Government road.

SCHEDULE.

In the Taranaki 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.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.