THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 5

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 in accordance with 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 twenty-third day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eight.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Additional Land at Waimate taken for the Purposes of the Hurunui-Waitaki (Waimate Branch) Railway.

(L.S.) PLUNKET, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS it has been found desirable for the use, convenience, and enjoyment of the Hurunui-Waitaki (Waimate Branch) Railway to take further land at Waimate, in addition to land previously acquired for the purposes of the said railway:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by sections twenty-nine and one hundred and eighty-eight of “The Public Works Act, 1905,” and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is hereby taken for the purposes above mentioned.

SCHEDULE.

The parcel of land mentioned hereunder:—

In the Canterbury Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked W.R. 16459, deposited in the office of the Minister for Railways, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured green.

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 twenty-third day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eight.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Railways.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Land taken for a Road in Block XIV, Waipakura Survey District, Mangawhero Road District.

(L.S.) PLUNKET, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers conferred by section thirteen of “The Land Act, 1892,” and its amendments, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, with the consent of the owner and mortgagee of the land hereinafter mentioned, and with the consent of the Mangawhero Road Board, being the local authority in whose district the said land is situated, do by this notice hereby proclaim as taken for a road the land in Waipakura Survey District described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

In the Wellington Land District; as the same is 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.

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 twenty-third day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eight.

JAMES McGOWAN,
Minister in Charge of Roads Department.

GOD SAVE THE KING!