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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 49

more or less, known as the Approach Road to Hastings Railway-station, on the Wellington-Napier Railway, and being bounded as follows: On the north-east by the south-west side of Queen Street, a distance of 55 ft. 1½ in.; on the south-east by a line at a bearing of 220° 48′, a distance of 335 ft. 3 in.; on the south-west by the north-east side of Heretaunga Street, a distance of 55 ft. 1½ in.; and on the north-west by a line parallel to 33 ft. distant from and south-east of the centre-line of the said railway, a distance of 335 ft. 3 in.: as the same is more particularly delineated upon the plan marked 15291, deposited in the office of the Minister for Railways, at Wellington, and thereon coloured purple.

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

Declaring the Approach Road to Rangiora Railway-station, in the Borough of Rangiora, to be a Road.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-seventh day of May, 1907.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in him by “The Public Works Act, 1905,” 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 order that the road known as the Approach Road to the Rangiora Station, on the Hurunui-Waitaki Railway, situated in the Borough of Rangiora, and described in the Schedule hereto, and which said road has hitherto been a Government road within the meaning of the said Act, shall, on and after the date of this Order in Council, become a road under the control and management of the Rangiora Borough Council.

SCHEDULE.

All that area in the Provincial District of Canterbury, containing 3 roods 3 perches, more or less, situated in the Borough of Rangiora, and being the Approach Road to the Rangiora Railway-station, on the Hurunui-Waitaki Railway, and being bounded as follows: On the south-west by a line forming the north-east side of Ashley Street, a distance of 73·7 links; on the south-east by lines having a bearing of 79° 50′ 35″ and 71° 21′ 37″ respectively, distances of 401 links and 197 links respectively; on the east by a line at a bearing of 354° 43′ 35″, a distance of 179·2 links; and on the north-west by a line at a bearing of 69° 40′ 40″, a distance of 623·1 links: as the same is more particularly delineated upon the plan marked 14353, deposited in the office of the Minister for Railways, at Wellington, and thereon coloured purple.

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

Vesting Land in the Tai-Rawhiti Maori Land Board under “The Maori Land Settlement Act, 1905.”

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this fourth day of June, 1907.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section eight of “The Maori Land Settlement Act, 1905,” it is provided that where any Maori land within the Tai-Rawhiti Maori Land District is, in the opinion of the Native Minister, not required or not suitable for occupation by the Maori owners, the Governor may, by Order in Council, declare that such land is vested in the Board of that district for an estate in fee-simple in possession, subject nevertheless to all valid encumbrances, liens, and interests affecting the same, to be held and administered by the Board for the benefit of the Maori owners in accordance with the provisions of that Act:

And whereas the lands described in the Schedule hereto are Maori lands within the said district, and in the opinion of the Native Minister are not required or are not suitable for occupation by the Maori owners thereof:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of all powers and authorities conferred by the hereinbefore-recited Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby declare that the said lands are vested in the Tai-Rawhiti Maori Land Board for an estate in fee-simple in possession, subject nevertheless to all valid encumbrances, liens, and interests affecting the same, to be held and administered by the said Board for the benefit of the Maori owners in accordance with the provisions of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

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