Num. 23. 831

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1909.

Allocating Land reserved and taken for a Railway to the Purposes of a Road at Hector (Ngakawau), in the County of Buller.

(L.S.) PLUNKET, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto forms part of land taken for the purposes of the Westport–Ngakawau Railway, and it is considered desirable to allocate such land to the purposes of a road:

And whereas it has been certified by the Minister of Railways that such land is not required for railway purposes: And whereas such land is situated in the County of Buller, the local authority of which has assented to the issue of this Proclamation:

And whereas His Excellency the Governor is of opinion that the said local authority can conveniently construct and maintain the said road:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities in me vested by section one hundred and ninety-seven of “The Public Works Act, 1908,” and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto shall, upon the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette, become a road, and that the said road shall be under the control of the Buller County Council, and shall be maintained by the said Council in like manner as other public highways are controlled and maintained by the said Council.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land in the Land District of Nelson, containing 5 acres and 38 perches, more or less, being a portion of railway land in Hector (Ngakawau) Township, situated in Block I, Ngakawau Survey District, and being bounded as follows: On the north-east by the south-west side of Corbett Street, a distance of 286·5 links; on the north-west, west, and south-west by the Tasman Sea; on the south-east by the north-west side of Pitt Street, a distance of 372·8 links; again on the north-east by the south-west side of Section 79A, a distance of 150 links; on the east by the western side of said Section 79A, a distance of 269·3 links; and again on the south-east by the north-western side of said Section 79A and a line drawn in continuation thereof, a distance of 911·9 links: as the same is more particularly shown coloured purple on plan marked W.R. 16808, deposited in the office of the Minister of Railways, 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 thirteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nine.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Railways.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Additional Land at Kaikora taken for the Purposes of the Wellington–Napier Railway.

(L.S.) PLUNKET, Governor

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS it has been found desirable for the use, convenience, and enjoyment of the Wellington–Napier Railway to take further land at Kaikora, 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, 1908,” and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby

ERRATA.—On page 579 of the New Zealand Gazette of 25th February, 1909, “Notice as to Statutory Closing-days under ‘The Shops and Offices Act, 1908,’” for “Howick Township, Manukau County, Friday,” read “Howick Township, Manukau County, Thursday.”

On page 578 of the New Zealand Gazette of 25th February, 1909, town districts, North Island, after “Halcombe Wednesday,” and before “Hunterville, Wednesday,” insert “Hikurangi, Thursday”; and in road districts omit “Hikurangi, Whangarei County, Thursday.”

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