904
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 21
Revoking the Setting-apart of Land for Selection by Discharged
Soldiers under Special Tenures, in the Auckland Land
District.
[L.S.] CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
A PROCLAMATION.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon me by the Discharged Soldiers Settlement
Act, 1915, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet,
Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby
revoke the Proclamation made on the twenty-eighth day of
February, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, and
published in the Gazette of the fourth day of March
then instant, setting apart settlement lands for selection by
discharged soldiers, under the Discharged Soldiers Settlement
Act, 1915, in so far as it relates to the land in the Schedule
hereto.
SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.-SETTLEMENT LAND.
SECTION 4, Hereford Park Settlement: Area, 334 acres
3 roods 11 perches.
Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under
the Seal of that Dominion, this 2nd day of April, 1926.
A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.
GOD SAVE THE KING !
Authorizing the Minister of Public Works to construct and
maintain Water-supply Works in the Hawkdon Irrigation
District.
CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 30th day
of March, 1926.
Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE J. G. COATES, P.C., PRESIDING 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 Hawkdon
Irrigation District.
FIRST SCHEDULE.
HAWKDUN irrigation works, for the irrigation of the Hawkdun
District (described in the Second Schedule hereto) by means
of water drawn from tributaries of the Manuherikia River,
and from all streams which are or may be intercepted by
the course of the races mentioned hereinafter in this Schedule,
and from the Eweburn Reservoir, and from any dam or
dams which are or may be constructed or acquired on the
said tributaries of the Manuherikia River or on any of the
said streams or any other river or stream, such water
being conveyed into the said district by a race known as the
Mount Ida Water-race and by any enlargement or extension
thereof, or by any other race or races constructed or acquired
by the Minister of Public Works in addition to or in lieu of
the said Mount Ida Water-race and any enlargement or
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 Hawkdun
Irrigation District.
SECOND SCHEDULE.
ALL that area in the Otago Land District bounded by a line
commencing at a point in Run 227B, Turnagain Survey District, at the junction of a Government water-race, Mount
Ida Water-race, and Johnstone's Water-race, and proceeding
thence in a south-easterly direction generally following the
Mount Ida Water-race to the south-western corner of reservoir-site, Section 1, Block 5, Naseby Survey District; thence
following the north-western, north-eastern, and south-eastern
boundaries of the said reservoir-site to the said Mount Ida
Water-race ; thence again following the said race to the
northern boundary of Naseby Township; thence following said boundary in a westerly direction ; thence following the western, southern, and eastern boundaries of
Naseby Township to the said Mount Ida Water-race ;
thence again following the said race to a point north of the
eastern corner of Section 74, Block 1, Naseby Survey District;
thence following the boundary between Naseby and Kyeburn
Survey Districts to the Naseby-Kyeburn Road ; thence
following the said road to the south-eastern corner of Section 5, Block 8, Maniototo Survey District ; thence in a
westerly direction generally following the southern boundary
of the said Section 5 to the main Kyeburn-Ranfurly Road;
thence following the said road to the north-eastern corner
of Section 6, Block 17, Maniototo Survey District ; thence
following the eastern and southern boundaries of the said Section 6, and the southern and western boundaries of Section 7,
Block 17, Maniototo Survey District, to the south-eastern
corner of Section 20, Block 6, Maniototo Survey District;
thence along the southern boundary of the said Section 20
to the eastern boundary of the Township of Ranfurly ; thence
following the eastern, northern, and western boundaries of
the said Township of Ranfurly to the Otago Central Railway
line ; thence following the said railway to the western boundary
of Section 1, Block 6, Maniototo Survey District ; thence
following the western boundary of the said Section 1 to the
southern boundary of Block 2, Maniototo Survey District;
thence following the boundary of the said Block 2 to the
south-eastern corner of Block 1, Maniototo Survey District;
thence following the southern boundary of the said Block 1
to the eastern boundary of the Gimmerburn Survey District;
thence in a northerly direction generally following the eastern
boundary of the Gimmerburn Survey District to the Otago
Central Railway line ; thence along the eastern, northern,
and western boundaries of Section 14, Block 7, Naseby Survey
District, to the southern boundary of Naseby Survey District;
thence in a westerly direction generally following the southern
and western boundaries of Naseby Survey District to the
southern corner of Run 225P, Blackstone Survey District;
thence along the south-western boundary of the said Run 225P
to the Otago Central Railway; thence following the Otago
Central Railway to the Idaburn ; thence up the bed of the
Idaburn to the north-eastern corner of Section 32, Block 1,
Blackstone Survey District ; thence along the northern boundary of the said Section 32 to a public road ; thence following
public roads to the north-eastern corner of Section 13, Block 13,
Blackstone Survey District ; thence along the eastern
boundaries of Sections 13 and 17, Block 13, Blackstone
Survey District, to the Otago Central Railway ; thence
following the said railway to a public road at the southwestern corner of Section 22, Block 13, Blackstone Survey
District ; thence in a northerly direction generally following
the said public road to the south-eastern corner of Run 224T,
Blackstone Survey District ; thence along the southern and
western boundaries of the said Run 224T, the western
boundaries of Runs 224s, 224R, and 224Q, Blackstone Survey
District, the northern boundary of the said Run 224Q, the