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intersection with the southern side of the Opeta Road; thence by a line bearing 124° 4', 280 links; thence by a line bearing 133° 42', 383·1 links; thence by a line bearing 104° 11', 214·2 links; thence by a line bearing 30° 0', 1242·8 links; thence by a line bearing 82° 32', 2011·3 links; thence by a line bearing 140° 0', 450 links; thence by a line bearing 50° 5', 790·2 links; thence by a line bearing 75° 2', 306·3 links; thence by a line bearing 100° 0', 1350·1 links; thence by a line bearing 232° 27' 15", 2950 links, to the starting-point: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 50405/35, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, 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 twenty-second day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seven.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Land taken for a Native School at Tokikuku.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-first day of January, 1907.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD, K.C.M.G., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is required for a certain public work, to wit, a Native school:

And whereas the Native owners have agreed to make a free gift of the said land to His Majesty the King, and it has been made to appear that such agreement is sufficient for the purposes intended to be effected thereby:

And whereas by certificate of title, Vol. 75, folio 278, of the Register-book of the Auckland District, bearing date the twenty-fourth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, certain aboriginal Natives are declared to be the owners of Lot 63, Parish of Waipa, within which the said land is situated:

And whereas, as required by “The Public Works Acts Compilation Act, 1905,” a map has been prepared showing accurately the position and extent of the said land, and such map is hereto attached:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred by “The Public Works Acts Compilation Act, 1905,” and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby order and declare that the land shown upon the said map and described in the Schedule hereto is hereby taken for the purposes of the said Native school, and shall vest in His Majesty the King, as from the fourth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seven.

SCHEDULE.

TOKIKUKU NATIVE-SCHOOL SITE.

In the Auckland Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan as described above, deposited in the Education Department, at Wellington, and thereon bordered pink.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Native Lands proposed to be taken for a Road through Kawhia P. Block, Block IX, Kawhia North Survey District, Kawhia County.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-first day of January, 1907.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD, K.C.M.G., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto are required to be taken for a public work, to wit, for the purpose of a road in Kawhia P. Block, Block IX, Kawhia Survey District:

And whereas the said lands are 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 lands, as required by the eighty-ninth section of “The Public Works Act, 1905”:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and in 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 lands shown upon such map, and described in the Schedule hereto, shall be deemed to be taken for the purposes of the said road, and the said lands vest in His Majesty the King as from the eighth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seven.

SCHEDULE.

All in the Auckland Land District; as the same are 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.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Applying Portion of Closed Street within the Borough of Foxton to a Purpose of Public Utility in Terms of Section 240, (2), of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900.”

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-first day of January, 1907.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD, K.C.M.G., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the two-hundred-and-fortieth section of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is enacted that where, in diverting or stopping or diminishing the width of any street, any part thereof is no longer required for public use, the Council may apply the same or any part thereof to any purpose of public convenience or utility approved by the Governor in Council:

And whereas application has been received from the Foxton Borough Council that portion of a closed street formerly known as Gray Street within the said borough may be applied as a site for Council Chambers and Public Library, the said street having been stopped by the Foxton Borough Council in accordance with the requirements of the said Act: And whereas the Governor is of opinion that the said portion of the closed street should be so applied: