Oct. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3207

Revoking Part of a Proclamation taking Land for a Further Portion of the Midland Railway (remaining Portion of Extension from Reefton to Inangahua).

[L.S.] LIVERPOOL, Governor.

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 the payment or award of any compensation in respect of the taking thereof, it is found that the 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, or the making or gazetting thereof, the Governor may, by a subsequent Proclamation gazetted, revoke the former Proclamation, either wholly or so far as he thinks necessary:

And whereas it is found that portion of the land taken by a Proclamation made under the Public Works Act, 1908, dated the sixteenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seven (hereinafter termed “the said Proclamation”), and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 26, pages 971 and 972, of the twenty-first day of the same month, is not now 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, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor 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 in this behalf, do hereby revoke so much of the said Proclamation as affects the land described in the Schedule hereto.

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SCHEDULE.

All in the Nelson Land District; as the same are 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 Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Member 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-first day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirteen.

W. FRASER,
Minister of Public Works

GOD SAVE THE KING!

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Change of Name of Locality, “Wade” to “Silverdale.”

[L.S.] LIVERPOOL, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS settlers in the locality known as “Wade,” in the County of Waitemata, desire that the name of such locality be changed to “Silverdale”: And whereas the Council of the County of Waitemata has, by resolution adopted at an ordinary meeting thereof, consented to the name of “Silverdale” being substituted for the existing name of “Wade”:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by the Designation of Districts Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that the name of the locality now known as “Wade,” in the County of Waitemata, shall be and the same is hereby altered to “Silverdale,” and do assign the last-mentioned name to such locality accordingly; and also do hereby proclaim and declare that this Proclamation shall take effect on and after the first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, not being earlier than six months after the first publication thereof in the Gazette.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Member 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-third day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirteen.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

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Arrangements for taking Poll respecting Proposed Alteration of Boundaries of City of Christchurch.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twentieth day of October, 1913.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1910, 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 direct that a poll shall be taken on the proposal praying that the area described in the Schedule hereto, being part of the County of Waimairi, may be excluded from the said county and included in the City of Christchurch; and, further, doth hereby make the following appointments and arrangements for the purpose of taking the said poll:—

1. Thomas Wilson Reese, of Christchurch, to be the Returning Officer for the purpose of taking the said poll, and also to be the person authorized to prepare a voters roll of the persons entitled to vote at the said poll.

2. The voters roll prepared and signed by the said Thomas Wilson Reese shall be the voters roll to be used at the said poll.

3. Each person on such roll shall be entitled to one vote only.

4. The said poll shall be taken on Saturday, the fifteenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, and shall close at seven o'clock in the afternoon of that day.

5. Except as herein provided, the said poll shall be taken as nearly as may be in the manner provided by the Local Elections and Polls Act, 1908, and the Returning Officer hereby appointed shall be deemed to be a Returning Officer appointed for the purposes of that Act.

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SCHEDULE.

AREA PROPOSED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE CITY OF CHRISTCHURCH.

All that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded towards the north by a line along the middle of Shirley Road from the boundary of the City of Christchurch at the junction of Shirley Road and Hills Road to Marshland Road, formerly known as Canal Reserve Road; thence towards the east generally by a line along the middle of the last-mentioned road to Banks Avenue; thence along the middle of Banks Avenue and Dudley Creek Road to a point opposite the confluence of Dudley Creek with the River Avon; thence by a line across the said Dudley Creek and by the left bank of the River Avon to the eastern boundary of the City of Christchurch; and thence towards the south and west generally by the City of Christchurch to the junction of Shirley Road and Hills Road, the place of commencement.

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

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Domain Board appointed to have Control of the Mangonui Domain.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirteenth day of October, 1913.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by section forty-seven of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908 (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time, by Order in Council gazetted, appoint any local authority to be the Domain Board having, subject to the said Act, control of any public domain: