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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 20

Boundaries of Borough of Napier altered.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fourth day of February, 1910.

Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS a petition has been presented to the Governor, under section one hundred and eighteen of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1908,” praying the Governor to alter the boundaries of the Borough of Napier by including therein the area described in the Schedule hereto: And whereas a notice showing the proposed alteration in boundaries of the said borough has been gazetted and publicly notified, and no objections in writing against such alteration have been lodged:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1908,” 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 declare that, as on and from the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and ten, the area described in the Schedule hereto shall be included in the said Borough of Napier.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Hawke’s Bay Land District bounded towards the north-east by Wellesley Road from the railway-line at the south side of Thackeray Street to Hastings Street; thence towards the east by Hastings Street to Ellison Street; thence towards the south by Ellison Street to the drain reserve at the south-eastern corner of Section No. 226, Napier South Township; thence towards the west by the drain reserve forming the eastern boundaries of Sections Nos. 226, 222, 220, 218, 216, 214, 212, 210, 208, 206, 204, 202, 200, 198, 196, and 194 to Kinross White Street; thence across that street, and by the drain reserve forming the eastern boundaries of Sections Nos.192, 190,188,186,184,182,180,178,176, 174, 172, 170, 168, 166, 164, 162, 160, 158, 156, 154, 152, 150, 148, 146, 144, 142, 140, 138, 136, 134, 132, 130, 128, 126, and 124 to Todd Street; thence across that street, and by the drain reserve forming the north-eastern boundaries of Sections Nos. 122, 120, 118, 116, 114, 112, 110, 108, 106, 104, 102, 100, 98, and 94 to Latham Street; thence across that street, and by the drain reserve forming the north-eastern boundaries of Sections Nos. 83, 79, 77, 75, 73, 71, 69, 67, 65, 63, 61, 59, 57, 55, 53, 51, 49, 47, 45, 43, 41, 39, 37, 35, 33, 31, 29, 27, 25, 23, 21, and 16 to Kennedy’s Road; thence across that road, and by the drain reserve forming the north-eastern boundary of Section No. 7, and the northern boundary of Section No. 6, Napier South aforesaid, to and across Owen Street to the present boundary of the Borough of Napier; and thence by the present boundary of the said Borough of Napier to Wellesley Road, the place of commencement.

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

Conferring Jurisdiction on Native Land Court.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fourth day of February, 1910.

Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land enumerated in the Schedule hereto is vested in the Public Trustee under and by virtue of “The West Coast Settlement Reserves Act, 1892,” and its amendments: And whereas the beneficial ownership of the said land and the interests of the owners as against each other have never been definitely settled, and it is expedient that the same should be determined by the Native Land Court: And whereas, for the settlement of all doubts as to the jurisdiction of the Native Land Court in the matter, the Public Trustee has requested the Governor in Council to direct the said Court to exercise such jurisdiction accordingly:

Now, therefore, 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, and in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by section sixteen of “The West Coast Settlement Reserves Act, 1892,” and of every other power and authority enabling him in this behalf, doth hereby direct the said Native Land Court to exercise in respect of the said land all jurisdiction and powers conferred on the said Court by any statutes in this behalf necessary to determine who are the Native owners of the land set forth in the Schedule hereto, and their relative shares or interests therein as against each other, and to cause a list showing the names of such Native owners and their shares or interests as determined to be filed in the office of the Public Trustee, and to do, order, and determine all other acts, matters, and things coming within the scope of the directions in the said Acts and of this Order in Council respectively.

SCHEDULE.

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

Consenting to closing Road in Block XII, Christchurch Survey District, Heathcote Road District.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fourth day of February, 1910.

Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section one hundred and thirty-three, subsection (a), of “The Public Works Act, 1908,” it is enacted that a local authority shall not declare any county road or district road to be stopped, and such road shall not be deemed to be stopped, until the consent thereto of the Governor by Order in Council gazetted is obtained:

And whereas the Heathcote Road Board has applied for such consent in respect to the road described in the Schedule hereto:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and in exercise of the above-in-part-recited Act, and of all other powers in any-wise 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 consent to the closing of the road mentioned in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

In the Canterbury 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 Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council

Consenting to closing a Road in Block III, Tutarau Survey District, Southland County.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fourth day of February, 1910.

Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section one hundred and thirty-three, subsection (a), of “The Public Works Act, 1908,” it is enacted that a local authority shall not declare any county road or district road to be stopped, and such road shall not