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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

No. 54

Land proclaimed as a Road, and Road closed, in Block II, Maungakawa Survey District, Piako County.

[L.S.] CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section twelve of the Land Act, 1924, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim as a road the land in Maungakawa Survey District described in the First Schedule hereto; and also do hereby proclaim as closed the road described in the Second Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

LAND PROCLAIMED AS A ROAD.

APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of land proclaimed as a road:

A. R. P. Being
0 3 31 Part Ngakuri-a-Ruru Block; coloured red.
3 3 36.4 ,, ,, ,,

SECOND SCHEDULE.

ROAD CLOSED.

APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of road closed:

A. R. P. Adjoining or passing through
0 3 11.1 Waiharakeke or Te Awaiti Block and Ngakuri-a-Ruru Block; coloured green.
3 3 31.1 Ngakuri-a-Ruru Block and Lot 2, D.P. 13350; coloured green.

All situated in Block II, Maungakawa Survey District (Auckland R.D.). (S.O. 23782.)

All in the Auckland Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 66194, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured as above mentioned.

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 13th day of August, 1926.

K. S. WILLIAMS, Minister of Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

(P.W. 34/2476.)

Authorizing the Exchange of Reserve 1293, Block X, Mairaki Survey District, Canterbury Land District, for other Land.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 16th day of August, 1926.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE J. G. COATES, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land described in the First Schedule hereto has been duly set apart as a reserve for a gravel-pit: And whereas it is expedient that the said land should be exchanged for the land described in the Second Schedule hereto, which the Governor-General deems of equal value and more suitable for the purposes of the reserve:

Now, therefore, 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, and in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by section twelve of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, doth hereby declare that the land described in the First Schedule hereto may be exchanged for the land described in the Second Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

DESCRIPTION OF RESERVE AUTHORIZED TO BE EXCHANGED.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 5 acres, more or less, being Reserve No. 1293, Block X, Mairaki Survey District, and bounded as follows: Towards the north-east by the North Eyre Road, 500 links; and again towards the south-east, south-west, and north-west by Lot 1 on deposit plan No. 4568, 1,000 links, 500 links, and 1,000 links respectively. As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 6/5/139, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

DESCRIPTION OF LAND TO BE OBTAINED IN EXCHANGE.

THEREFOR.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 5 acres, more or less, being Reserve No. 4159 (formerly part of Lot 1 on deposit plan No. 4568), Block X, Mairaki Survey District, and bounded as follows: Towards the north-east by the North Eyre Road, 381.3 links; towards the south-east and south-west by other part of Lot 1 on said deposited plan, 1311.3 links and 381.3 links respectively; and again towards the north-west by a public road, 1311.3 links. As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 6/5/139a, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

F. D. THOMSON,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

Altering Boundaries of Sluggish River Drainage District, County of Manawatu.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 16th day of August, 1926.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE J. G. COATES, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Sluggish River Drainage Board, being of the opinion that certain lands situated in the County of Manawatu and not included in the Sluggish River Drainage District (hereinafter referred to as "the said district") are deriving benefit from the drainage-works carried out by the said Board, did, in accordance with the provisions of section six of the Land Drainage Amendment Act, 1913 (hereinafter referred to as "the said Act"), present a petition to His Excellency the Governor-General praying that the boundaries of the said district might be altered so as to include such lands in the said district:

And whereas in respect thereof a Commission has been appointed to inquire into and report as to the several matters mentioned in subsection three of section six of the said Act: And whereas the Commission so appointed has reported that part of such lands should be included in the said district:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him by section six of the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that as on and from the date hereof the boundaries of the said district are hereby altered so as to include in the said district the lands described in the First Schedule hereto, and that the boundaries of the said district shall be those described in the Second Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

AREA INCLUDED IN THE SLUGGISH RIVER DRAINAGE DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District bounded on the north, east, and south by the boundaries of the Sluggish River Drainage District from the south-western corner of Section 74, Block XI, Te Kauwau Survey District, to the south-western corner of Lot 121 on plan 519 deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Wellington; thence northerly along the eastern boundaries of Lots 1 and 2 on plan 3706 deposited as aforesaid to the north-eastern corner of the last-mentioned lot; thence along the north-boundary of the said Lot 2 to its north-western corner; thence along the public road forming the western boundaries of Lots 122 and 123 on plan 519 aforesaid to Taikoria Road; thence by a right line across that road to the point of commencement.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

SLUGGISH RIVER DRAINAGE DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District bounded by a line commencing at a point in the middle of the Oroua River in line with the north-eastern boundary of Section 14, Block VIII, Te Kauwau Survey District; thence by a line down the middle of that river to a point in line with the northern side of the Foxton-Palmerston North Railway Reserve; thence to and along that boundary to the south-western boundary of Section 319, Block XV, Te Kauwau Survey District; thence along the western boundary of the said Section 319 to its north-western corner; thence easterly along the northern boundary of Section 319 aforesaid to the eastern boundary