SEPT. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3343

purple on plan marked W.R. 17796, in the office of the Minister of Railways, at Wellington.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, 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 August, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ten.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Railways.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Allocating to the Purposes of Roads Lands reserved and taken for a Railway in Wendon, Waikaia, and Wendonside Survey Districts, Southland County.

(L.S.) ISLINGTON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto forms part of land reserved and taken for the purposes of the Waimea-Switzers Railway, and it has been considered desirable to allocate such land for the purposes of roads:

And whereas it has been certified by the Minister of Public Works that such land is not required for railway purposes: And whereas such land is situated in the County of Southland, the local authority of which has consented to the issue of this Proclamation, and appears to be the local authority most capable of conveniently and effectively controlling and maintaining the said roads:

Now, therefore, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me 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 roads, and that the said roads shall be maintained by the Southland County Council in like manner as other public highways are controlled and maintained by the said Council.

SCHEDULE.

The parcels of land mentioned in list hereunder:—

All in the Southland Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 25138, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured as above.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, 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 sixth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ten.

R. McKENZIE,
Minister of Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Additional Land in Block I, Waikaia Survey District, taken for the Purposes of Waimea-Switzers Railway.

(L.S.) ISLINGTON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS it has been found desirable for the use, convenience, and enjoyment of the Waimea-Switzers Railway to take further land in addition to land previously acquired for the purposes of the said railway:

Now, therefore, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and 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 proclaim and declare that the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is hereby taken for the purposes above mentioned.

SCHEDULE.

The parcels of land mentioned hereunder:—

All in the Land District of Southland; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 27237, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured as above.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, 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 sixth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ten.

R. McKENZIE,
Minister of Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Closing a Government Road in Block X, Kaitieke Survey District.

(L.S.) ISLINGTON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by paragraph (c) of section one hundred and thirty-three of the Public Works Act, 1908, it is enacted that the Governor may, by Proclamation publicly notified, stop or alter the course of any Government road or any part thereof:

And whereas the Government road described in the Schedule hereto is no longer required for the purpose of a road:

Now, therefore, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and in exercise of the above-in-part-recited Act, and of all other powers in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim as stopped the road in Kaitieke Survey District described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.