APRIL 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1033

His Majesty’s Assent to “The Shipping and Seamen Act Amendment Act, 1905.”

(L.S.)

PLUNKET, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the Constitution Act it is, amongst other things, provided that no Bill reserved for the signification of His Majesty’s pleasure thereon shall have any force or authority within the Colony of New Zealand until the Governor of the said colony signifies by speech or message to the Legislative Council and the House of Representatives of the said colony, or by Proclamation, that such Bill has been laid before His Majesty in Council, and that His Majesty has been pleased to assent to the same: And whereas a certain Bill passed by the Legislative Council and House of Representatives of the said colony, intituled “An Act to amend ‘The Shipping and Seamen Act, 1903,’” the short title of which is “The Shipping and Seamen Act Amendment Act, 1905,” was presented to the Governor for His Majesty’s assent, and the said Bill was reserved for the signification of His Majesty’s pleasure thereon:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the provisions of the said in-part-recited Act, do by this Proclamation signify and proclaim to all whom it may concern that the said Bill has been laid before His Majesty in Council, and that His Majesty has been pleased to assent to the same.

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 twelfth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and six.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister of Marine.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Defining the Middle Line of Further Portion of the Helensville Northwards Railway, Wellsford Section.

(L.S.)

PLUNKET, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the extension of the Helensville Northwards Railway from a point in Section 74, Block IX, Mahurangi Survey District, to Maungaturoto (hereinafter termed “the said railway”), is a railway the construction of which is authorised by “The Railways Authorisation Act, 1901,” and “The Railways Authorisation Act, 1902”: And whereas the said railway has been partly constructed, and it has been determined to construct and maintain a further portion of the same—Wellsford Section:

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 on me by “The Public Works Act, 1905,” 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 as defined and set forth in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

COMMENCING at a point on the southern side of public road forming the northern boundary of Section 28, Block IV, Tauhoa Survey District, which point is also the termination of the railway, as described in a Proclamation dated the 28th day of January, 1903, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 8, of the 5th day of February, 1903; proceeding thence generally in a northerly direction for a distance of about 3 miles 7725 links, and passing in, into, through, or over the following lands — namely, Sections 19, 17, 24, 23, 22, 21, 8, 31 (western portion), 26, and 25, Block XVI, Section 117, Block XII, Parish of Oruawharo—and terminating at a point 800 links due north and 460 links due east from the southernmost corner of Section 117 aforesaid: including all adjoining and intervening places, lands, reserves, roads, tracks, rivers, streams, and watercourses: all in the Otamatea Survey District, in the Land District of Auckland: as the same is delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 21896, 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 fourteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and six.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Land proclaimed as a Road, and Road closed, through Section 56, Wairaki Survey District, Wallace 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, do hereby, with the consent of the owners and mortgagees of the land mentioned in the First Schedule hereto, and of the Wallace County Council, being the local authority in whose district the said land is situated, proclaim as a road the land in Wairaki Survey District described in the First Schedule hereto; and also do hereby, with the like consent as aforesaid, proclaim as closed the road described in the Second Schedule hereto, which is not required by reason of the road first hereinbefore proclaimed.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

LAND PROCLAIMED AS A ROAD.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

ROAD CLOSED.

In the Southland Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked and coloured as above mentioned, 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 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 fourteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and six.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!