Oct. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2937

In the Hawke's Bay 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.

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 fifth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twelve.

W. FRASER,
Minister of Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Land taken for the Purposes of a Drill-shed and Defence Offices in Block XII, Purua Survey District.

(L.S.) ISLINGTON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken, under the Public Works Act, 1908, for the purposes of a drill-shed and Defence offices in Block XII, Purua Survey District:

And whereas an agreement has been entered into, with the owner of the land described in the Schedule hereto, to take such land for the purposes of the said drill-shed and Defence offices:

And whereas a plan has been prepared, and the Minister has recommended the Governor to issue a Proclamation taking the land as required by the Public Works Act, 1908:

Now, therefore, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the Public Works Act, 1908, and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in this behalf, and being satisfied of the sufficiency of the agreement hereinbefore referred to, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto is hereby taken for the purposes of the said drill-shed and Defence offices; and I do also hereby declare that this Proclamation shall take effect on and after the twenty-fourth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and twelve.

SCHEDULE.

In the Auckland 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.

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 fifth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twelve.

W. FRASER,
Minister of Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Revoking Proclamation exempting Crown Land from Occupation under the Mining Act, 1908.

(L.S.) ISLINGTON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

In pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon me by the Mining Act, 1908, and all other powers enabling me in this behalf, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that the Proclamation published in Gazette No. 76, of the eighth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and eight, exempting that area of land situated in the Hauraki Mining District, and described in the Schedule hereto, from occupation for mining purposes, or for water-races, dams, or reservoirs, or for machine, business, or residence sites, is hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 100 acres, more or less, situated in Block IX, Aroha Survey District. Bounded towards the north-west by a public road bounding Te Ruakaka Block; towards the north-east by parts of Sections Nos. 17B and 17D, being subdivisions of Original Section No. 17, Block IX aforesaid; towards the south-east generally by part of Section No. 17A, part of the Te Aroha Township, and part of Section No. 17C; and towards the south-west by a public road: as the same is delineated on a plan marked Mines 1908/946, deposited in the Head Office, Mines Department, at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

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 fifth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twelve.

W. FRASER,
Minister of Mines.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Licensing the Northern Steamship Company (Limited) to use and occupy a Part of the Foreshore at Cowes Bay, Waiheke Island, as a Site for a Wharf, and prescribing Dues and Rates for the Use of such Wharf.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirtieth day of September, 1912.

Present:

His Excellency The Governor In Council.

WHEREAS, there being no Harbour Board empowered to grant the license hereinafter mentioned, the Northern Steamship Company (Limited), of Auckland (hereinafter called "the company"), in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, applied to the Governor in Council for a license under the said Act to occupy a part of the foreshore and the land below low-water mark immediately contiguous to such foreshore at Cowes Bay, Waiheke Island, in order to erect and maintain thereon a wharf; and, in accordance with the one-hundred-and-fifty-sixth section of the Harbours Act, 1878, deposited a plan in the office of the Marine Department, at Wellington (marked M.D. 2198), showing the manner in which it was proposed to construct such wharf, the place where it was intended to erect the same, and the area of foreshore or land below low-water mark intended to be occupied for such purpose: And whereas it was made to appear to the Governor in Council that the proposed work would not be or tend to the injury of navigation, and the said plan was approved by the Governor in Council without modification or addition: And whereas, pursuant to such application, a license was by Order in Council dated the twenty-second day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the twenty-fifth day of the same month, granted and issued to the company under the said Act, for the purpose aforesaid, for the term of fourteen years, computed from the date of the said Order in Council, on the terms and conditions therein expressed:

And whereas the company duly constructed the said wharf, and the same is now under the control and management of the company:

And whereas the company has made application for a fresh license under the said Act for a further term of fourteen years, computed from the date of expiry of the said license, and it is expedient to grant the same for the term and subject to the conditions hereinafter expressed:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the