Num. 16. 527

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1905.

Changing the Name of Seaward Moss.

(L.S.) PLUNKET, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS under the provisions of “The Designation of Districts Act, 1894,” a petition has been presented by settlers in the locality known as “Seaward Moss,” in the Southland Land District, praying that the name of such locality may be changed to “Awarua Plains”: And whereas the Southland County Council, being the local authority having jurisdiction in that behalf, has by resolution of the said Council, adopted at an ordinary meeting thereof, consented to the name of “Awarua Plains” in lieu of the existing name of “Seaward Moss”:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by sections two and three of “The Designation of Districts Act, 1894,” and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that the name of the locality of Seaward Moss, in the Southland County, shall be and the same is hereby altered to “Awarua Plains,” and do assign the last-mentioned name to such locality accordingly; and also do hereby proclaim and declare that this Proclamation shall take effect on and after the thirty-first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and five.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

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Land taken for a Road in Puhatikotiko Block, Block XIV., Mangatu, and Block II., Waikohu, Survey Districts, Cook County.

(L.S.) PLUNKET, 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 purpose of a road in Block XIV., Mangatu, and Block II., Waikohu, Survey Districts:

And whereas the Cook County Council 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, William Lee, Baron Plunket, 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 and authority in anywise enabling me in that behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that, from and after the date of the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette, the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto are hereby taken for the purposes of the said road.

SCHEDULE.

All in the Hawke’s Bay Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked and coloured as above noted, 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 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 twenty-first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and five.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
For Minister for Public Works.

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