Mar. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 831

published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 20, of the 15th day of March, 1900; proceeding thence generally in a north-easterly direction for a distance of about 8 miles 26 chains, and passing in, into, through, or over the following lands—viz., railway reserve in Blocks XVII, XVIII, and XVI, Lowry Peaks Survey District—and terminating at a point marked 32 miles, in railway reserve in said Block XVI, Lowry Peaks Survey District: including all adjoining and intervening places, lands, reserves, roads, tracks, rivers, streams, and watercourses: all in the Land District of Canterbury: as the same is delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 21823, 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 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 sixteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and six.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Land taken for a Road through Sections 7 and 8, Block XV, Matakohe Survey District, Suburbs of Pahi, Otamatea 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 owners of the land hereinafter mentioned, and with the consent of the Otamatea 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 Matakohe Survey District, Suburbs of Pahi, hereinafter described, that is to say,--

SCHEDULE.

In the Auckland 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.

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 seventeenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and six.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

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.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.
Alton No. 2 Block (2,722 Acres).

As the same is delineated upon the plan marked as above mentioned, deposited in the Head Office, Department of 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 sixteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and six.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Native Land in Belmont Survey District to be taken for Scenic Purposes.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twelfth day of March, 1906.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. HALL-JONES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is Native land and is required to be taken, under “The Public Works Act, 1905,” and “The Scenery Preservation Act, 1903,” for scenic purposes:

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-ninth section of “The Public Works Act, 1905”:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by “The Public Works Act, 1905,” and “The Scenery Preservation 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 proclaim and declare that the land shown upon such map, and described in the Schedule hereto, is hereby taken for scenic purposes as aforesaid; and the said land shall vest in His Majesty the King as from the fourteenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and six.