July 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2299

Declaring Land taken for a Public Work, and not required for such Public Work, to be Crown Land.

[l.s.] LIVERPOOL, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS it is provided by section thirty of the Public Works Act, 1908, that if it is found that any land held, taken, purchased, or acquired at any time under this or any other Act or Provincial Ordinance, or otherwise howsoever, for any public work is not required for such public work the Governor may, by an Order in Council publicly notified and gazetted, cause the same to be sold under the conditions therein mentioned:

And whereas it is further provided by section five of the Public Works Amendment Act, 1909, that in the case of any land so taken, purchased, or acquired for a Government work and not required for that purpose the Governor may, on the recommendation of the Minister, and without complying with any other requirements of the aforesaid section thirty, by Proclamation declare such land to be Crown land subject to the Land Act, 1908, and thereupon the land may be administered and disposed of under that Act accordingly:

And whereas the land described in the Schedule hereto was taken for a road: And whereas such road has been stopped, and it is desirable to declare the land contained therein to be Crown land: And whereas a plan has been prepared, and the Minister has recommended the Governor to declare such land to be Crown land:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the above-in-part-recited Acts, and of all other powers in anywise enabling me in this behalf, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare the land described in the Schedule hereto to be Crown land subject to the Land Act, 1908, and that such land may be administered and disposed of under that Act accordingly.

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SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of stopped road declared to be Crown land: 10 acres 1 rood 30·2 perches and 2 roods 20·8 perches.

Adjoining or passing through Section 29, Block VI, Waikaka District (Southland R.D.).

In the Southland Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 40244, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District, and thereon coloured green.

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 thirtieth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

W. FRASER,
Minister of Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

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Land taken for the Purposes of a Road in Block II, Moutere Survey District.

[l.s.] LIVERPOOL, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken, under the Public Works Act, 1908, for a certain public work—to wit, for the purposes of a road in Block II, Moutere Survey District:

And whereas agreements have been entered into, in terms of section twenty-seven of the said Act, to take such land for the public work hereinafter set forth:

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 said Act:

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 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 agreements 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 road; and I do also hereby declare that this Proclamation shall take effect on and after the fifteenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

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SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of land taken:—

A. R. P.
0 2 1·7, portion of Section 29; coloured pink.
5 1 0 " " 29 "
3 3 6 " " 28 "
3 2 31 " " 5 "
3 2 15 " Sections 1 and 2; coloured blue.

Situated in Block II, Moutere Survey District (Moutere Hills).

In the Nelson Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 40092, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District, and thereon coloured as above mentioned.

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-ninth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

W. FRASER,
Minister of Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

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Consenting to stopping Roads in Block II, Ikitara Survey District, Wanganui County.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this third day of July, 1916.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section one hundred and thirty-three (a) of the Public Works Act, 1908, it is enacted that a local authority shall not declare any county road or district road to be stopped until the consent thereto of the Governor, by Order in Council gazetted, is obtained:

And whereas the Wanganui County Council has applied for such consent in respect of the roads described in the Schedule hereto:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the above-in-part-recited Act, 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 consent to the Wanganui County Council stopping the roads described in the Schedule hereto.

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SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE areas of the piece of roads permitted to be stopped:—

A. R. P. Adjoining or passing through
9 3 23 Sections 85 to 88, 272, 73, and 111.
5 3 31 " 76, 110, 111, 114 to 116.

Situated in Block II, Ikitara Survey District (left bank, Wanganui River).

In the Wellington Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 40163, 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.