Dec. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3991

Proclaiming Native Land to be Crown Land under Section 368 of the Native Land Act, 1909.

[l.s.] LIVERPOOL, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by section three hundred and sixty-eight of the Native Land Act, 1909 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), it is provided, inter alia, that the Crown may purchase any Native land in pursuance of a resolution of the assembled owners passed and confirmed in accordance with Part XVIII of the said Act, and on the resolution being adopted by the Native Land Purchase Board it shall become a contract of purchase as between the Crown and all persons who are the owners of the land; and the Governor may by Proclamation, at any time after the contract of purchase has been so made, declare that the land so purchased is vested in His Majesty the King, and it shall vest accordingly, and shall become Crown land:

And whereas a resolution was passed by a meeting of assembled owners, and duly confirmed by the Tairawhiti District Maori Land Board, that the land set out in the Schedule hereto be sold to the Crown:

And whereas the Native Land Purchase Board duly considered and adopted the resolution:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by section three hundred and sixty-eight of the said Act, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare the land set out in the Schedule hereto to be Crown land subject to the Land Act, 1908.

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SCHEDULE.

Whareraraukau No. 2 Block: Approximate area, 1,111 acres 1 rood; Waiau Survey District.

Whareraraukau No. 3B Block: Approximate area, 848 acres; Waiau Survey District.

Whareraraukau No. 5 Block: Approximate area, 936 acres 1 rood 16 perches; Waiau Survey District.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Knight Grand Cross 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 fourth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifteen.

W. H. HERRIES,
Native Minister.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

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Applying closed Streets in the Borough of Te Aroha to the Purposes of Public Utility in Terms of Section 182 (2) of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1908.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this sixth day of December, 1915.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by the one-hundred-and-eighty-second section of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1908 (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is enacted that where in diverting, or stopping, or diminishing the width of any street any part thereof is no longer required for public use the Council may apply the same, or any part thereof, to any purpose of public convenience or utility approved by the Governor in Council:

And whereas application has been received from the Te Aroha Borough Council that the closed streets within the said borough, described in the Schedule hereto, may be applied as an addition to the Te Aroha Bridge Domain: And whereas the Governor in Council is of opinion that the said closed streets should be so applied:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authority conferred upon him by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby approve that the said closed streets described in the Schedule hereto shall be applied to the purpose of public utility aforesaid.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, containing 2 roods 8 perches, more or less, being part of Terminus Street in the Te Aroha Town. Bounded towards the north-east by Block XXI, Te Aroha Town; towards the south-east by Kenrick Street; towards the south-west by Block XXIV of the aforesaid town; and towards the north-west by Bridge Street.

Also all that area in the Auckland Land District, containing 5 acres 2 roods 9 perches, more or less, being parts of Lipsey, Boundary, Honi, and Terminus Streets in the Te Aroha Town. Bounded towards the north-east by Block XVI and Boundary Street; towards the south-east by a right line; towards the south generally by a road along the Waihou River; towards the north-east and south-west by Block XXIII; again towards the north-west by Kenrick Street; again towards the north-east, north-west, and south-west by Block XXII; again towards the north-west by Kenrick Street aforesaid; again towards the north-east, north-west, and south-west by Block XVII; and again towards the north-west by Kenrick Street aforesaid: all the aforesaid blocks being of the Te Aroha Town.

As the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 39015, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District, and thereon coloured green.

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

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Boundaries of Borough of Port Chalmers altered.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this sixth day of December, 1915.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS a petition has been presented to the Governor, under section fourteen of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1913, praying the Governor to alter the boundaries of the Borough of Port Chalmers 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 Amendment Act, 1913, 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 sixteen, the area described in the Schedule hereto shall be included in the Borough of Port Chalmers.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Otago Land District, bounded by a line commencing at a point on high-water mark of Otago Harbour at the easternmost corner of Section No. 1, Block I, Lower Harbour West Survey District; thence along the south-western side of the road forming the south-western boundary of Section No. 2, Block I aforesaid, and along the south-eastern side of the road forming the south-eastern boundary of Sections Nos. 40, 39, and 38, Block VI, North Harbour and Blueskin Survey District, across that road, and along the north-eastern side of the road forming the south-western boundaries of Sections Nos. 38, 37, 36, and 35, Block VI aforesaid, to the westernmost corner of the said Section No. 35; along the north-western boundary of that section and of Section No. 39, and along the southern side of the road forming the southern boundary of Section No. 42, Block VI aforesaid, across a road, and along its eastern side to the road intersecting Section No. 6, Block I, Lower Harbour West Survey District; along the southern side of that road and its production to high-water mark of Otago Harbour, and thence along high-water mark to the easternmost corner of Section No. 1, Block I aforesaid, the place of commencement.

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