Mar. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 841

Consenting to closing Roads in Blocks XX and XXIV,
Tokomairiro Survey District, Bruce County.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of February, 1908.

Present:
THE HONOURABLE W. HALL-JONES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section one hundred and thirty-three, (a), of “The Public Works Act, 1905,” it is enacted that a local authority shall not declare any county or district road to be stopped, and such road shall not be deemed to be stopped, until the consent thereto of the Governor by Order in Council gazetted is obtained:

And whereas the Bruce County Council has applied for such consent in respect to the roads described in the Schedule hereto:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and in exercise of the above-in-part-recited Act, and of all other powers in any-wise 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 consent to the Bruce County Council closing the roads described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

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

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Declaring Roads in the Tawaha Settlement, Featherston County, to be County Roads.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-ninth 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 “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 and declare that the roads described in the Schedule hereto shall, on and after the date of this Order in Council, be county roads.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that road in the Wellington Land District, Featherston County, commencing at the main road from Featherston to Martinborough, and extending in a south-westerly direction in Tawaha Settlement a distance of 74 chains, more or less (this part of the road being 1 chain wide), along the frontages of Sections 13, 14, 15, 16, and part of 17, Block V, Huangarua Survey District, and continuing in a southerly direction a further distance of about 20 chains, more or less (this part of the road being 50 links wide), along the frontage of Section 8, Block IX, Huangarua Survey District.

Also all that road in the Wellington Land District, Featherston County, commencing at the main road from Featherston to Martinborough, and extending in a southerly direction in Tawaha Settlement a distance of about 60 chains, more or less (this part of the road being 1 chain wide), along the frontages of Section 14 and part of Section 15, Block IX, Huangarua Survey District, and continuing in a south-westerly direction a further distance of about 30 chains, more or less (this part of the road being 50 links wide), between Sections 11 and 13, Block IX, Huangarua Survey District.

Also the portion of road running in a south-easterly direction, a distance of about 37 chains, more or less (this part of the road being 50 links wide), between Sections 15, 16, and 13, Block IX, Huangarua Survey District, and to Ruamahanga River.

As the above roads are shown on the lithographic plan marked R. 7884, deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Declaring the Pakihi Road, in the Waimarino County, to be a County Road.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-ninth 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 “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 and declare that the road described in the Schedule hereto shall, on and after the date of this Order in Council, be a county road.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that road in the Wellington Land District, Waimarino County, known as the Pakihi Road, commencing at its junction with the Pipiriki-Waiouru Road, and proceeding generally in a southerly direction (including the bridge over the Mangawhero Stream), and terminating at the boundary between Run 25, Part 1, and Run 25, Part 2, being a distance of 71·30 chains or thereabouts; as the said road is more particularly delineated on the plan marked R. 5907, deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Declaring Portion of the Wangaehu Valley Road and Mahupuku Road, in the Wairarapa South County, to be County Roads.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-ninth 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 “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 and declare that the roads described in the Schedule hereto shall, on and after the date of this Order in Council, be county roads.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that road in the Wellington Land District, Wairarapa South County, commencing at its junction with the Mahupuku Road, and extending in a northerly direction to the boundary of Mahupuku and Longbush Settlements, a distance of about 125 chains, more or less; as the said road is more particularly delineated on the lithographic plan marked R. 7734, and deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.