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poses as aforesaid; and the said land shall vest in His Majesty the King as from the twenty-eighth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

SCHEDULE.

The parcel of land taken:—

In the Land District of Hawke’s Bay; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 23047, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured as above.

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

Native Land in Tauakira and Waipakura Survey Districts taken for Scenery-preservation Purposes.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this eighteenth day of February, 1908.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is Native land and is required to be taken for scenery-preservation purposes:

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 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 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 Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby proclaim and declare that the land shown upon such map, and described in the Schedule hereto, is hereby taken for scenery-preservation purposes as aforesaid; and the said land shall vest in His Majesty the King as from the twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

SCHEDULE.

The parcels of land mentioned hereunder:—

All in the Land District of Wellington; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 23318, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured as above.

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

Warden appointed.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of January, 1908.

Present:

The Right Honourable Sir J. G. Ward, K.C.M.G., Presiding in Council.

WHEREAS by section ten of “The Mining Act, 1905,” it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time, by Order in Council, appoint fit persons to be Wardens, who shall hold office during the Governor’s pleasure:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by the said section ten of “The Mining Act, 1905,” and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby appoint

Edward Rawson, Esq., S.M.,

to be a Warden, to hold and exercise the duties of such office under and subject to the provisions of the said Act during pleasure, on and from the first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

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

Appointing a District Valuer under “The Government Valuation of Land Act, 1896.”

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this fourth day of February, 1908.

Present:

The Right Honourable Sir J. G. Ward, K.C.M.G., Presiding in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him by “The Government Valuation of Land Act, 1896.” His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby appoint, as from the first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and seven,

David Craig, of Wanganui,

to be a District Valuer under the said Act.

Alex. Willis,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Proclaiming a Road in the Borough of Sumner to be a Government Road.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this tenth day of February, 1908.

Present:

The Honourable W. Hall-Jones Presiding in Council.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in him by section one hundred and three of “The Public Works Act, 1905,” and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order that the road described in the Schedule hereto shall, on and after the date of this Order in Council, become a Government road.

SCHEDULE.

The road mentioned in list hereunder:—

In the Canterbury Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 23350, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

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