Feb. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 435

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 twenty-seventh day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ten.

R. McKENZIE,
Minister of Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Defining the Middle-line of a Further Portion of the Picton-Hurunui Railway from a Point in the Neighbourhood of the Township of Mackenzie to a Point in the Leader Valley about One Mile North of the Waiau-ua River—namely, Parnassus Section.

(l.s.) PLUNKET, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS an extension of the Picton-Hurunui Railway from a point in the neighbourhood of the Township of Mackenzie to a point in the Leader Valley about one mile north of the Waiau-ua River—namely, Parnassus Section (hereinafter termed “the said railway”)—is a railway the construction of which is authorised by “The Railways Authorisation Act, 1909”: And whereas it has been determined to construct and maintain the said railway:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred by “The Public Works Act, 1908,” 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 in railway reserve, Block XII, Lowry Peaks Survey District, which point is marked 35 miles 37 chains, and is the termination of the railway described in a Proclamation dated the 23rd day of January, 1909, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 6, of the 28th January, 1909; proceeding thence generally in a northerly direction for a distance of about 8 miles 63 chains, and passing in, into, through, or over the following lands—namely, railway reserve in Blocks XII and VIII, Lowry Peaks Survey District; railway reserve in Blocks IV and I, Cheviot Survey District; Section 1, Block I, Cheviot Survey District—and terminating in said Section 1 at a point marked 44 miles 20 chains, distant about 71 chains in an easterly direction and about 106½ chains in a northerly direction from Trig. C, in Block I, Cheviot Survey District: including all adjoining and intervening places, lands, reserves, roads, tracks, rivers, streams, and watercourses; all in the Canterbury Land District: in the manner delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 25803, deposited in the office of the Minister of 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 second day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ten.

R. McKENZIE,
Minister of Public Works

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Terms and Conditions of Lease of Village-homestead Allotments in Mangatera Village Settlement, Hawke’s Bay Land District.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-second day of January, 1910.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD, K.C.M.G., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the two-hundred-and-third section of “The Land Act, 1908,” it is enacted that the Governor in Council may fix the terms and conditions upon which the lands in any village settlement shall be disposed of, subject as in the said section is provided: And whereas by a Proclamation made under the said Act on the twenty-ninth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and nine, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the thirteenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ten, the lands described in the First Schedule hereto have been set apart under the said Act and declared opened for lease as a village settlement, and it is expedient to fix the terms and conditions upon which the said lands shall be disposed of:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred by the said Act, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby fix the terms and conditions on which the lands mentioned in the First Schedule hereto shall be disposed of by way of renewable lease, and which said terms and conditions are set forth in the Second Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT. — DANNEVIRKE COUNTY. — TAHORAITI SURVEY DISTRICT. — MANGATERA VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

Village-homestead Allotments.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

1. The lands enumerated above are first-class lands, and are village-homestead allotments, open for selection on renewable lease for periods of sixty-six years under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1908” (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”).

2. The day on which the said lands shall be open for selection shall be Monday, the 21st day of February, 1910.

3. The rentals stated above shall be the prices at which the lands shall be open for selection.

4. Applications for leases shall be made in manner as provided in Part I of the said Act; and all such applications shall be made to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Napier; and leases shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of Part I aforesaid.

5. Each applicant shall state his or her residence, occupation, and condition in life (namely, whether married or single), and will be required to make the prescribed declaration.

6. Each applicant shall pay the first half-year’s rent, together with the lease and registration fee (£1 1s.), immediately the application has been approved or declared successful at the ballot; also the rent for the period elapsing between the date of the lease and the due date of such half-yearly payment.

7. All rent must be paid half-yearly, in advance, on the 1st days of January and July in each year, as provided in section 180 of the said Act; and the first half-year’s rent is payable as before provided.

8. Improvements and residence on the land comprised in the lease shall be as provided in Part III of the said Act. The provisions of section 162, and all other provisions of the said Act with respect to substantial improvements, shall apply accordingly to lessees under these regulations. The