JULY 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1667

Authorizing the Minister of Public Works to construct and maintain Water-supply Works in the Earnscleugh Irrigation District.

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JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 14th day of July, 1924.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it is provided by section two of the Public Works Amendment Act, 1910 (hereinafter called “the said Act), that the Governor-General may, if he thinks fit, by Order in Council, authorize the Minister of Public Works to construct, maintain, or control any water-race or water-supply works, either within or outside a mining district, which are proposed to be constructed or which have been constructed out of funds provided by Parliament:

And whereas it is further provided by section five of the said Act that before any Order in Council is issued authorizing the said Minister to construct any water-race or water-supply works the owners or occupiers of all the lands likely to be benefited thereby shall be given an opportunity to enter into contracts with His Majesty to take water from such works when completed; and such contracts shall specify the quantity of water to be so taken and the price or rate to be paid for same:

And whereas it is also provided by section five of the said Act that if at least one-half of the total number of those owners or occupiers enter into contracts to take such quantity of water as the Governor-General thinks reasonable at such a price or rate as the Governor-General may approve, an Order in Council authorizing the construction of the works may be issued:

And whereas the water-supply works mentioned in the First Schedule hereto have been partly constructed, and it is proposed to complete the construction of the said works out of the funds provided by Parliament:

And whereas at least one-half of the total number of the owners or occupiers of the lands which are likely to be benefited thereby have entered into contracts with His Majesty to take water from such works when completed, which contracts specify the quantity of water to be taken and the price to be paid for the same.

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by the above-in-part-recited Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby approve and confirm the terms of the several contracts aforesaid, and doth hereby authorize the Minister of Public Works to construct, maintain, and control the water-supply works described in the First Schedule hereto, and doth hereby also define the district to be served by such water-supply works as set out in the Second Schedule hereto, and herein referred to as the Earnscleugh Irrigation District.

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FIRST SCHEDULE.

EARNSCLEUGH irrigation-works for the irrigation of the Earnscleugh district by means of water drawn from the Fraser River and any dam or dams, which are or may be constructed or acquired on that river or any other river or stream, such water being conveyed into the said district by a race known as the Earnscleugh No. 1 Water-race, and by any extension thereof or by any other race or races constructed or acquired to or in lieu of the said Earnscleugh water-race and extension thereof, the said works including all dams, weirs, reservoirs, tunnels, fluming, siphons, piping, measuring, or regulating devices, and races and all other works incidental to or required for the construction, maintenance, and control of the said works for the irrigation of the said Earnscleugh Irrigation District.

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SECOND SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Otago Land District bounded by a line commencing at a point about 3 chains below the existing power-house in the Fraser River situated in Run 249, Leaning Rock Survey District, being the intake of the existing water-race known as the Earnscleugh No. 1 Water-race, and proceeding thence in a south-easterly direction generally through part of the said Run 249 to the northern boundary of Section 123, Block X, Leaning Rock Survey District; thence in a southerly direction generally through the said Section 123, part of Run 249, and Sections 124, 125, 126, and 127, Block X, Leaning Rock Survey District, to the north-western corner of Section 45, Block X, Leaning Rock Survey District; thence along the western boundary of the said Section 45; thence in a south-easterly direction generally along the south-western boundaries of Sections 49, 53, 57, and 64, Block X, Leaning Rock Survey District; thence crossing a public road and along the southern boundary of Section 61, Block X, Leaning Rock Survey District, to and across the Fraser or Earnscleugh River, and following the said river down stream in a southerly direction to the southern boundary of P.R.A.; thence in an easterly direction along the southern boundary of the said P.R.A. and part of Run 249, and crossing public roads to the north-western corner of Section 7, Block X, Leaning Rock Survey District; thence following the western boundaries of Sections 7 and 6, Block X, Leaning Rock Survey District; thence following the southern boundary of the said Section 6, through part Section 1, Block I, Fraser Survey District, to the north-western corner of Section 65, Block I, Fraser Survey District; thence following the western, southern, and eastern boundaries of the said Section 65, to the north-eastern corner of the said Section 65; thence following the boundary-line between Fraser and Leaning Rock Survey Districts in an easterly direction to the Clutha River; thence following the course of the Clutha River in a north-westerly direction generally to the south-eastern corner of Section 67, Block X, Leaning Rock Survey District; thence in a north-westerly direction generally along the southern and south-western boundaries of the said Section 67 to the western corner of the said Section 67; thence in a westerly direction generally along the southern boundary of Section 17, Block X, Leaning Rock Survey District, and crossing a public road; thence in a westerly direction following the southern boundary of Section 17 through part of Run 249 to the point of commencement.

As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 59929, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Consenting to Land being taken for Tramway Purposes in Blocks VII and XI, Port Nicholson Survey District, City of Wellington.

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JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 14th day of July, 1924.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by the Public Works Act, 1908, His Excellency the Governor-General 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 land described in the Schedule hereto being taken for tramway purposes in Blocks VII and XI, Port Nicholson Survey District, City of Wellington.

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SCHEDULE.

Situated in Port Nicholson Survey District (Evans Bay R.D.). (City of Wellington.)

In the Wellington Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plans marked and coloured as above mentioned, and deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.