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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 29

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.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Land taken for a Road in Block VI., Waiopehu Survey District, Horowhenua County.

(L.S.)
PLUNKET, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers conferred by section thirteen of “The Land Act, 1892,” and its amendments, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, with the consent of the owner and lessee of the land hereinafter mentioned, and with the consent of the Horowhenua County Council, being the local authority in whose district the said land is situated, do by this notice hereby proclaim as taken for a road the land in Waiopehu Survey District hereinafter described, that is to say,—

In the Wellington Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked and coloured as above noted, and 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-fifth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and five.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Lands set apart for Lease as a Village Settlement in the Hawke’s Bay Land District.

(L.S.)
PLUNKET, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by the one-hundred-and-sixty-eighth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that the allotments of Crown lands respectively described in the Schedule hereto shall be and the same are hereby set apart and declared open for lease as a village settlement.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT. — TAMAKI VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

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-fifth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and five.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Constituting the Town District of Martinborough, in the County of Featherston.

(L.S.)
PLUNKET, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS it is enacted by “The Town Districts Act, 1904,” that, notwithstanding the repeal by “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886,” of “The Town Districts Act, 1881,” and “The Town Districts Act 1881 Amendment Act, 1883,” the Governor may, in the manner provided by “The Town Districts Act, 1881,” declare that any area wherein there are not less than fifty householders shall be a town district, and thereupon the last-mentioned Act and also “The Town Districts Act 1881 Amendment Act, 1883,” shall be in force in such town district: And whereas a petition has been presented to the Governor by the inhabitants within the area mentioned and described in the Schedule hereto, praying that such area may be constituted a town district under “The Town Districts Act, 1881”: And whereas the number of householders within such area is not less than fifty: And whereas not less than two-thirds of the number of resident householders within the said area have concurred in the said petition, and the said petition has been confirmed by a resolution passed by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the members of the Council of the County of Featherston, being the county wherein the whole of the proposed town district is situated:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in me by “The Town Districts Act, 1904,” and “The Town Districts Act, 1881,” and of all other powers enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the said area shall be a