New Zealand Gazette – 1908 – No. 9

Page 444

✨ Government Proclamations and Orders

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 9

Lands taken for a Road in Block XIV, Piako Survey District, Whangamarino 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 of the lands hereinafter mentioned, and with the consent of the Whangamarino Road Board, being the local authority in whose district the said lands are situated, do by this notice hereby proclaim as taken for a road the lands in Piako Survey District described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

Approximate Area of the Parcels of Land taken.	Being Portion of Section No.	Situated in Block	Situated in Survey District of	Shown on Plan	Coloured on Plan
A. B. P.
0 0 16·6	484	XIV	Piako	R. 5962	Pink.
0 0 7·1	484	"	"	"	"
0 1 30·4	484	"	"	"	"
0 1 34·5	484	"	"	"	"

All in the Auckland Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked and coloured as above noted, 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 thirtieth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eight.

JAMES McGOWAN,
Acting Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Proclaiming a Lunatic Asylum temporarily as an Auxiliary to the Lunatic Asylum at Christchurch.

(L.S.) PLUNKET, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by “The Lunatics Act, 1882,” it is enacted that the Governor in Council may from time to time, by Proclamation, proclaim any house or building provided or deemed suitable for the reception of lunatics, and wholly or in part supported out of any money appropriated for the purpose by the General Assembly, or wholly or in part supported by or at the cost of any local authority, to be a “lunatic asylum” within the meaning of the said Act:

Now, therefore. I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, do hereby proclaim the building known as the Hospital and Surgery of His Majesty's Prison at Lyttelton, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, being a building deemed suitable for the reception of lunatics, and wholly supported out of money appropriated by the General Assembly, to be a “lunatic asylum” within the meaning of the said “Lunatics Act, 1882.”

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-ninth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eight.

GEO. FOWLDS.

Approved in Council.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Declaring Roads in Akitio County to be Government Roads.

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.

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 Government roads.

SCHEDULE.

Approximate Area of the Roads required to be declared Government Roads.	Being through or on Frontage of Sections Nos.	Situated in Block	Situated in	Shown on Plan	Coloured on Plan
A. B. P.
4 1 13	5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 16, 15	XII	Pongaroa Township	R. 9619	Green.
	5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14	XIII		"	"
	18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23	IX	Mount Cerberus Survey District	"	"
	14, 15	IX		"	"

All in the Wellington 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.

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

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🏗️ Lands taken for a Road in Block XIV, Piako Survey District, Whangamarino Road District

Domain🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Dated30 January 1908
KeywordsRoad construction, Land acquisition, Piako Survey District, Whangamarino Road District
👩‍💼 Officials

William Lee, Baron Plunket, Governor
James McGowan, Acting Minister for Public Works

🏥 Proclaiming a Lunatic Asylum temporarily as an Auxiliary to the Lunatic Asylum at Christchurch

Domain🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Dated29 January 1908
KeywordsLunatic Asylum, Proclamation, Lyttelton, Christchurch
👩‍💼 Officials

William Lee, Baron Plunket, Governor
Geo. Fowlds
Alex. Willis, Clerk of the Executive Council

🏗️ Declaring Roads in Akitio County to be Government Roads

Domain🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Dated29 January 1908
KeywordsGovernment Roads, Akitio County, Pongaroa Township, Mount Cerberus Survey District
👩‍💼 Officials

William Lee, Baron Plunket, Governor
J. G. Ward, K.C.M.G., Presiding in Council
J. F. Andrews, Acting Clerk of the Executive Council

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