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across that road and south-easterly and south-westerly along its western side to a point in line with the north-eastern boundary of Section 117, Parish of Mangapiko; thence to and along that boundary and the eastern boundary of the said Section 117 to its south-eastern corner; thence across a public road to the stream forming the eastern boundary of Section 106, Parish of Mangapiko; thence down that stream to the western boundary of Section 102, Parish of Mangapiko; thence northerly along that boundary to the public road forming the north-western boundary of the said Section 102; thence westerly generally along that road and its production through Section 87, Parish of Mangapiko, to the right bank of the Waipa River; thence down the said right bank of the Waipa River to the point of commencement.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.
(I.A. 19/236/27.)

Declaring European Land to be Native Freehold Land.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 9th day of November, 1928.

Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR FRANCIS BELL, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS section twenty-eight of the Native Land Amendment and Native Land Claims Adjustment Act, 1927, authorizes the Governor-General, by Order in Council, to declare any of the classes of land named in the said section to be Native freehold land, and thereupon such land shall for all purposes be deemed to be Native land: And whereas the land described in the Schedule hereto is land owned by or on behalf of Natives whereon a Maori village is situated, and it is desirable it should be declared to be Native land:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority hereinbefore mentioned, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby declare the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto to be Native freehold land within the meaning of that term as defined by the Native Land Act, 1909.

SCHEDULE.

1. SECTION 166 of the Suburbs of Newcastle North, containing by admeasurement 5 acres 2 roods 35 perches, more or less, as the same is comprised and described in Certificate of Title Vol. 45, folio 254, of the Auckland Land Registration District.

2. Section 167 of the Suburbs of Newcastle North, containing by admeasurement 4 acres 1 rood 21 perches, more or less, as the same is comprised and described in Certificate of Title Vol. 27, folio 8, of the Auckland Land Registration District.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Declaring Roads in Block XI, Kairanga Survey District, to be under the Control and Management of the Palmerston North Borough Council.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 9th day of November, 1928.

Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR FRANCIS BELL, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by the Public Works Act, 1908, and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, 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 order and declare that the roads described in the Schedule hereto shall, on and after the date of this Order in Council, be under the control and management of the Palmerston North Borough Council.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that road (James Street) in the Wellington Land District, Borough of Palmerston North, extending from the northern corner of Section 22, Loughnan Settlement, to the eastern corner of Section 47, Loughnan Settlement, Block XI, Kairanga Survey District.

Also all that road (Limbrick Street) in the said land district and borough, extending from the southern corner of Section 43, Loughnan Settlement, to the eastern corner of Section 50, Loughnan Settlement, Block XI, Kairanga Survey District.

As the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 73332, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.
(P.W. 41/650.)

Declaring a Public Highway in the No. 10 Highway District, Masterton County, to be a Main Highway.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 9th day of November, 1928.

Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR FRANCIS BELL, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by section three of the Main Highways Act, 1922, and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, 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 order and declare that on and after the date of the gazetting of this Order in Council the public highway mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall be a main highway within the meaning and for the purposes of the Main Highways Act, 1922.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON-NAPIER VIA WAIRARAPA: All that road or portion of road in the Masterton County known as the Opaki Road, commencing at the north-east corner of Section 65, Block I, Otohoua Survey District, and proceeding in a northerly direction generally via the said Opaki Road, and terminating at its junction with Fifth Street at the north boundary of the Masterton Borough, being the north-east corner of Section 65, Block XIII, Kopuaranga Survey District, being a distance of 34 chains, more or less. As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 73693, deposited in the office of the Main Highways Board, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Directing the Sale of Land under the Public Works Act, 1908, in Block VI, Ruakaka Survey District.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 9th day of November, 1928.

Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR FRANCIS BELL, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him 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 direct the sale of the land described in the Schedule hereto, such land being no longer required.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of land directed to be sold:—

A. R. P. Being
2 2 21·3 Railway land; coloured yellow.
2 0 37·1 ,, ,, neutral.
2 1 18·5 ,, ,, yellow.

Situated in Block VI, Ruakaka Survey District. (Auckland R.D.). (S.O. 24131.)

In the North Auckland Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 70024 (sheet 3), deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, and thereon coloured as above mentioned.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.
(P.W. 19/511.)