May 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1381

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 twenty-second day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and six.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Constituting the Borough of Taihape, County of Rangitikei.

(L.S.) PLUNKET, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare the area described in the Schedule hereto to be a borough under the said Act, on and from the first day of June, one thousand nine hundred and six; that the name of such borough shall be the Borough of Taihape; that the said borough shall be an undivided borough; and that the number of Councillors to be elected thereto shall be seven, exclusive of the Mayor.

And I do further proclaim and declare that THOMAS JOSEPH SHUTE, of Taihape, shall be the Returning Officer to conduct the first election of Mayor and Councillors of the said borough; and that GEORGE SUTHERLAND, of Taihape, shall be the Town Clerk, and the person to prepare the district electors roll for the purposes of the said first election.

And, lastly, I do proclaim and declare that the first election of Mayor and Councillors of the said borough shall be held on Wednesday, the twenty-seventh day of June, one thousand nine hundred and six; and that the first meeting of the Council of the said borough shall be held on Wednesday, the fourth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and six, at half past two o’clock in the afternoon, at Bennett’s Hall, Main Street, Taihape.

SCHEDULE.

BOROUGH OF TAIHAPE.

All that area in the Wellington Land District bounded towards the north by the northern boundary-line of Section No. 72, Block XIV, Ohinewairua Survey District, from the north-western corner of the said Section No. 72 to the railway reserve; thence by a right line across the said railway reserve and a public road to the north-west corner of Section No. 74; thence by the northern boundary-lines of Sections Nos. 74 and 76, Block XIV aforesaid, and the northern boundary-line of the last-mentioned section produced to the middle of the Hautapu River: thence towards the north-east generally by a line along the middle of the Hautapu River to the confluence of the Mangaone Stream with the said Hautapu River: thence towards the south generally by the left bank of the said Mangaone Stream to the railway reserve at the southernmost corner of Section No. 92, Block XIV aforesaid; thence by the said railway reserve to the westernmost corner of the said Section No. 92; thence by a right line across the railway reserve and a public road to the south-eastern corner of Section No. 66 (cemetery reserve); thence by the southern and western boundary-lines of the last-mentioned section and the western boundary-line of that section produced to the northern side of the Mangaweka–Taihape Main Road; thence by the northern side of the said Mangaweka–Taihape Main Road to its junction with the Taihape Valley Road; thence by the northern side of the last-mentioned road to the westernmost corner of Section No. 83, Block XIV aforesaid; thence by a right line bearing north 45° west to the middle of the Otaihape Stream; thence by a line along the middle of the said Otaihape Stream to a point in line with the western boundary-line of Section No. 21, Block XIV aforesaid: and thence towards the west generally by a right line to the south-western corner of the said Section No. 21; thence by the western boundary-line of the last-mentioned section to Kaka Road; thence by a right line across the said Kaka Road and by the eastern side of that road to the south-western corner of Section No. 19, Block XIV aforesaid;

thence by the said Section No. 19 to its north-western corner; and thence by Sections Nos. 13, 10, and 8, Block XIII, Ohinewairua Survey District, to the north-western corner of Section No. 72, Block XIV aforesaid, the place of commencement.

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 thirty-first day of May, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and six.

ALBERT PITT.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Native Land proposed to be taken for a Road in Te Rape Block No. 1648, Block V, Alexandra Survey District.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twelfth day of May, 1906.

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, for the purpose of a road in Te Rape Block No. 1648, Block V, Alexandra Survey District:

And whereas the said land is held or occupied by Native owners under a title which is not derived from the Crown:

And whereas a map in duplicate has been prepared of the said land, 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 eighty-ninth section of the said Act, and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting 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, shall be deemed to be taken for the purpose of the said road, and the said land shall vest in His Majesty the King, as from the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and six.

SCHEDULE.

In the Auckland 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.

Regulations under “The Sea-fisheries Act, 1894.”

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-third day of May, 1906.

Present:

The Honourable W. Hall-Jones presiding in Council.

WHEREAS by “The Sea-fisheries Act, 1894” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is, among other things, enacted that the Governor in Council may from time to time make regulations for the purposes therein mentioned, which shall have general force and effect throughout the colony, or particular force and effect only in any waters or places specified therein: