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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 20]

Native Lands acquired by His Majesty declared to be Crown Lands.

(L.S.)

PLUNKET, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by section two hundred and fifty of “The Land Act, 1892” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is enacted that whenever the Governor is satisfied that any Native lands acquired by the Crown in any way, or purchased out of any sums authorised to be issued and expended in the purchase of lands in the North Island of New Zealand, are free from Native claims and all difficulties in connection therewith, he shall, by Proclamation, declare such lands to be Crown lands, subject to be sold and dealt with as in the said Act is more particularly mentioned: And whereas in accordance with the provisions of clause twenty of “The Maori Land Settlement Act, 1905,” the lands hereinafter mentioned have been purchased out of sums authorised to be issued and expended as aforesaid:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, being satisfied that the lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto are free from Native claims and all difficulties in connection therewith, do hereby, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in me by the said Act, and by “The Maori Land Settlement Act, 1905,” proclaim and declare the lands so enumerated as aforesaid to be Crown lands, subject to be sold and dealt with according to the provisions of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

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 Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Dominion, at the Government House, at Wellington, this sixth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eight.

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Defining the Middle Line of the Kai Iwi Ballast-pit Siding on the Foxton—New Plymouth Railway.

(L.S.)

PLUNKET, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the Kai Iwi Ballast-pit Siding on the Foxton—New Plymouth Railway (hereinafter termed “the said railway”) is a railway the construction of which is authorised by the Railways Authorisation Act, 1907: And whereas it has been determined to construct and maintain the same:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred by “The Public Works Act, 1905,” and in exercise of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the middle line of the said railway shall be that defined and set forth in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

Commencing at a point on the Wellington—New Plymouth Railway marked 156 miles 50 chains, and proceeding thence generally in a north-easterly direction for a distance of about 2 miles 25 chains, and passing in, into, through, or over the following lands—viz., Subdivisions Nos. 6J, 6K, and 5C of Kai Iwi Native Block; including all adjoining and intervening places, lands, reserves, roads, tracks, rivers, streams, and watercourses—and terminating in said Subdivision No. 6K of the Kai Iwi Native Block: all in Blocks XV and XI, Nukumaru Survey District, in the Land District of Wellington: in the manner delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 23303, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington.

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 Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Dominion, at the Government House, at Wellington, this twelfth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eight.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!