APRIL 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1009

Prison at Templeton to be known as Paparua Prison.

[l.s.] LIVERPOOL, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by a Proclamation dated the fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the fourteenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, a prison was declared at Templeton, in the Canterbury Land District, to be known as the Templeton Prison: And whereas it has been found expedient to change the name of the said prison:

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 and authorities vested in me by the Prisons Act, 1908, do hereby declare that the said prison shall be known as the Paparua Prison instead of the Templeton Prison, as declared in the aforementioned Proclamation.

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 twenty-third day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifteen.

A. L. HERDMAN,
Minister of Justice.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Declaring a certain Area added to County of Ekatahuna to be included in a Riding to be called Alfredton Riding.

[l.s.] LIVERPOOL, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by Proclamation dated the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, the boundaries of the Counties of Masterton and Ekatahuna were altered by including within the County of Ekatahuna the area described in the First Schedule to the said Proclamation:

And whereas it is desirable that the area so included in the County of Ekatahuna should be included in a riding of the said county to be known as the Alfredton Riding:

Now, therefore, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that the area included as aforesaid in the Ekatahuna County, and described in the Schedule hereto, shall be included in a riding of the said County to be known as the Alfredton Riding.

SCHEDULE.

BOUNDARIES OF ALFREDTON RIDING.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District bounded towards the north-east generally by the County of Akitio from the summit of the Puketoi Range to the County of Castlepoint; thence towards the south-east generally by the said County of Castlepoint to the Taueru River; thence towards the south generally by the County of Masterton to the easternmost corner of Mauriceville County; thence towards the south-west by the County of Mauriceville to the south-eastern boundary of Section 75, Block XV, Mangaone Survey District; thence towards the north-west generally by the said Section 75 and by Sections 45, 44, 25, the crossing of a road, and Section 6, Block XI, by Sections 39, 41, the crossing of a road, Sections 30, 30A, and 30B, Block VII, by Section 1, Block VIII, and the north-western side of Pa Valley Road to Section 175; thence by the southern and western boundaries of the said Section 175 to the southern boundary of Pahiatua County; thence by the County of Pahiatua to the place of commencement.

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 thirty-first day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifteen.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Authorizing the Otago Harbour Board to reclaim Land in Otago Harbour.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of March, 1915.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS it is provided by the one-hundred-and-fifty-eighth section of the Harbours Act, 1908 (hereinafter called “the said Act”), that where a Harbour Board is desirous of executing or constructing upon lands vested in such Board or upon lands of the Crown any harbour-works of such a nature that the same could, but for this section, only be carried out and executed under the authority of a special Act, the Board may apply to the Governor in Council for a special order, and, if the Governor in Council thinks fit, such order may be made and granted:

And whereas the Otago Harbour Board (hereinafter called “the Board”) is desirous of reclaiming from the sea certain land in Otago Harbour, and the said harbour-works are of such a nature as aforesaid, and the Board has applied to the Governor in Council for a special order authorizing the execution of the said harbour-works:

And whereas the conditions precedent to the granting of a special order prescribed by the said Act have been duly performed and observed, and it appears expedient that such order should be made:

And whereas it has been made to appear to the Governor in Council that the proposed work will not be or tend to the injury of navigation:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby authorize and empower the Board to reclaim from the sea in Otago Harbour all the lands shown coloured red on sheet 1 of plan marked M.D. 4044, and deposited in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington, and the construction of rubble retaining-wall in connection therewith, such reclamation to be carried out and constructed in accordance with sheet 1 of plan marked M.D. 4044, subject to the provisions of the said Act; and the said harbour-works shall be completed within the period of ten years computed from the date of this Order in Council.

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

Authorizing the Laying-off of a Street in the City of Christchurch of a Width less than 66 ft., but not less than 40 ft.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of March, 1915.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by section twenty-five of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1913, it is, inter alia, provided that the Governor may by Order in Council authorize the Council to lay out streets and private streets of a width less than sixty-six feet, but not less than forty feet, for the purpose of connecting blind streets with other streets, but no such connecting street of a greater length than five chains shall be authorized:

And whereas Fiddes Lane in the City of Christchurch is a blind street, and the Christchurch City Council has applied for permission to lay out a street less than sixty-six feet, but not less than forty feet, for the purpose of connecting Fiddes Lane with Cornwall Street in the said city:

And whereas the connecting street is not of a greater length than five chains, and it is expedient to authorize the laying-out of the connecting street described in the Schedule hereto (hereinafter referred to as “the said connecting street”):

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1913, and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, 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 authorize the Christchurch City Council to lay off the said connecting street between Fiddes Lane and Cornwall Street in the City of Christchurch.

SCHEDULE.

THAT street in the City of Christchurch through portion of R.S. 311, Canterbury Land District, connecting Cornwall Street with Fiddes Lane, both in the said city, having a length of 406 links, more or less; as the said street is more