Dec. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3443

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 18 perches, more or less, being part of Section No. 3, Block XIII, Town of Pongaroa. Bounded towards the north-east by Section No. 4, Block XIII, Town of Pongaroa; towards the south-east by Section No. 6 of said Block XIII; towards the south-west by Section No. 2 of said block; and towards the north-west by the Taraingahuata Stream.

Also all that area in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 7 perches, more or less, being part of Section No. 1, Block XII, Town of Pongaroa. Bounded towards the north generally by the Taraingahuata Stream, towards the south-east by Section No. 5 of said Block XII, and towards the south-west by a closed road.

As the same are delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 326/15, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Honourable Sir Robert Stout, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Chief Justice, Administrator of the Government 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 tenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twelve.

H. D. BELL,
For Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Revoking Portion of a Proclamation reserving Lands in the Auckland Land District for Scenic Purposes.

[L.S.]

ROBERT STOUT,
Administrator of the Government.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon me by the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908 (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), and of every other power enabling me in that behalf, I, Robert Stout, the Administrator of the Government of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby revoke the Proclamation dated the tenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 13, on the fifteenth day of that month, declaring certain islands in the Hauraki Gulf to be scenic reserves under the provisions of the said Act, in so far as it relates to the lands described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

ISLANDS IN HAURAKI GULF.

Name. Approximate Area.
A. R. P.
Motu Kakarikitahi (Rat Island) .. 6 0 0
Motu Kopake .. .. 24 0 0
Motu Oruhe (Goat Island) .. .. 160 0 0
Motu Rua (Rabbit Island) .. .. 56 0 0
Motu Wi (Double Island) .. .. 64 0 0

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Honourable Sir Robert Stout, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Chief Justice, Administrator of the Government 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 tenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twelve.

H. D. BELL,
For Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Allocating Land reserved and taken for a Railway to the Purposes of a Road at Dunsandel, in the County of Selwyn.

(L.S.) ISLINGTON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto forms part of land taken for the purposes of the Hurunui–Waitaki 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 Selwyn, 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, 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 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 Selwyn 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.

THE parcels of land mentioned hereunder :—

In the Land District of Canterbury; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked W.R. 18620, deposited in the office of the Minister of Railways, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured blue, purple, and yellow.

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 twenty-ninth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twelve.

W. H. HERRIES,
Minister of Railways.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Revoking Part of a Proclamation taking Land for the Purposes of Waterworks in Block VIII, Waitemata Survey District, Parish of Takapuna.

[L.S.]

ROBERT STOUT,
Administrator of the Government.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the Public Works Amendment Act, 1909, it is enacted that, if at any time after the issue or making of any Proclamation taking land under the Public Works Act, 1908, and before payment or award of any compensation in respect of the taking thereof, it is found that any land, or any part thereof, is not required for the purpose for which it was taken, or that any error in form or substance exists in or in relation to that Proclamation, the Governor may, by a subsequent Proclamation gazetted, revoke the former Proclamation, either wholly or in so far as he thinks necessary:

And whereas it is found that the piece of land described in the Schedule hereto, being part of the land taken for the purposes of waterworks in Block VIII, Waitemata Survey District, by a Proclamation made under the Public Works Act, 1908, dated the seventh day of November, one thousand nine hundred and eleven (hereinafter termed “the said Proclamation”), and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 89, pages 3338 and 3339, of the ninth day of the same month, is not required for the purpose for which it was taken: And whereas compensation in respect of the taking of the said land has not been paid or awarded:

Now, therefore, I, Robert Stout, the Administrator of the Government of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in me by the Public Works Amendment Act, 1909, and of all other powers enabling me