Num. 63.

2735

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1926.

Abolishing Waikato River District, Counties of Waikato, Franklin, and Raglan.

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

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the River Boards Act, 1908, as amended by the River Boards Amendment Act, 1913, it is, among other things, enacted that the Governor-General may, on petition signed by not less than a majority of the ratepayers of a river district, abolish any such district :

And whereas a petition signed as aforesaid has been duly presented, praying that the Waikato River District, established under the said River Boards Act, 1908, may be abolished :

Now, therefore, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the above-recited power and authority, do hereby proclaim and declare that the said Waikato River District shall be and the same is hereby abolished.

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 9th day of September, 1926.

RICH D. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

GOD SAVE THE KING !

Allocating Land reserved and taken for a Railway to the Purposes of a Road in the County of Clutha, near Balclutha.

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

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto forms part of land taken for the purposes of the Waitaki-Bluff Railway, and it is considered desirable to allocate such land to the purposes of a road :

Now, therefore, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by section one hundred and ninety-seven of the Public Works Act, 1908, and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto shall, upon the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette, become a road, and that the said road shall be under the control of the Clutha County Council, and shall be maintained by the said Council in like manner as other public highways are controlled and maintained by the said Council.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE area of the piece of land : 1 rood 36·5 perches. Portion of Railway Reserve (part Sections 9 and 14), Block XXXIII, Clutha Survey District, Clutha County.

In the Otago Land District ; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked W.R. 38077 deposited in the office of the Minister of Railways at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

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 11th day of September, 1926.

J. G. COATES, Minister of Railways.

GOD SAVE THE KING !

Additional Land at Christchurch taken for the Purposes of the Hurunui-Waitaki Railway.

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

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS it has been found desirable for the use, convenience, and enjoyment of the Hurunui-Waitaki Railway to take further land at Christchurch, in addition to land previously acquired for the purposes of the said railway :

Now, therefore, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by sections twenty-nine and one hundred and eighty-eight of the Public Works Act, 1908, and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto is hereby taken for the purposes above mentioned.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE area of the piece of land : 1 rood 30·1 perches. Portion of R.S. 79, City of Christchurch. (S.O. 1897, red).