Sept. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2261

Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured as above noted.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable William Lee, Baron Plunket, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, 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 fifteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and five.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Land set apart for Settlement.

(L.S.) PLUNKET, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the seventy-third section of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901” (herein termed “the said Act”), it is, amongst other things, enacted that before certain moneys therein mentioned shall be expended upon any block of land it shall be necessary that the same be proclaimed as set apart for settlement:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of every power and authority enabling me in this behalf, and for the purposes of the said Act, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim the land described in the Schedule hereto as set apart for settlement.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

Taumata Block (8,080 Acres) (approximate).

All that area in the Taranaki Land District, containing approximately 8,080 acres, situated in Blocks II., III., VI., VII., and XI., Mahoe Survey District. Bounded towards the north by the Putikituna Road; towards the east by the proposed road and river-protection reserves along the right bank of the Tangarakau River to the Taumata-mahoe 2b No. 2 Block; towards the south by the said block; towards the south-east by the said block to the Kuri Stream, and by a road reserve along the right bank of the said stream to Section No. 5, Block X., Mahoe Survey District; towards the west by the said Section No. 5, and by Sections Nos. 8, 4, and 1 of Block VI. of the said district; and towards the north-west by Sections Nos. 5 and 10 of Block II. of the said district, and by Section No. 1 of Block III. of the said district, to the Putikituna Road aforesaid: as the same is delineated upon the plan marked S.G. 54201, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon bordered red.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable William Lee, Baron Plunket, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, 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 nineteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and five.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Native Land in Rotorua Survey District to be taken for a Station for Collection and Distribution of Rainbow Trout Ova.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this eleventh day of September, 1905.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken for a public work, to wit, the construction of a station for collection and distribution of rainbow trout ova:

And whereas the said land is held or occupied by Native owners, and the title thereto is not derived from the Crown:

And whereas a map of the said land has been prepared in duplicate, as required by the eighty-eighth section of “The Public Works Act, 1894”:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by “The Public Works Act, 1894,” and “The Public Works Act, 1903,” and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby declare that the land shown upon such map, and described in the Schedule hereto, is hereby taken for the purposes of the public work hereinbefore mentioned; and the said land shall vest in His Majesty the King as from the twelfth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and five.

SCHEDULE.

The parcel of land mentioned hereunder:—

In the Land District of Auckland; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 21435, deposited in the office of Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

The Oruru Agricultural and Horticultural Society incorporated.—Notice No. 981.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this eighteenth day of September, 1905.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by “The Agricultural and Pastoral Societies Act, 1877,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby incorporate the members of the Oruru Agricultural and Horticultural Society, and such persons as shall hereafter be admitted members of the said society agreeably to the rules of the said society and the provisions of the said Act, into a body corporate under the said Act, under the style and title of “The Oruru Agricultural and Horticultural Society.”

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Validating the Public Notification of the Special Order in connection with a Loan of £230 applied for by the Whakatane County Council.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this eighteenth day of September, 1905.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Whakatane County Council lately proposed to raise a loan of two hundred and thirty pounds under the provisions of subsection (c) of section 8 of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Amendment Act, 1903,” the sum being ten per cent. extra of the Council’s loan of two thousand three hundred pounds, the said sum of two hundred and thirty pounds being required to complete works scheduled under the loan of two thousand three hundred pounds: And whereas the public notification of the special order making the special rate was published in the East Coast Guardian newspaper on four separate dates