Num. 9.

347

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1928.

Proclaiming Native Land to be vested in His Majesty under Section 368 of the Native Land Act, 1909.

[l.s.] CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by section three hundred and sixty-eight of the Native Land Act, 1909 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), it is provided, inter alia, that the Crown may purchase any Native land in pursuance of a resolution of the assembled owners passed and confirmed in accordance with Part XVIII of the said Act; and on the resolution being adopted by the Native Land Purchase Board it shall become a contract of purchase as between the Crown and all persons who are the owners of the land; and the Governor-General may, by Proclamation, at any time after the contract of purchase has been so made, declare that the land so purchased is vested in His Majesty the King, and it shall vest accordingly and shall become Crown land:

And whereas a resolution was passed by a meeting of assembled owners and duly confirmed by the Aotea District Maori Land Board, that the land set out in the Schedule hereto be sold to the Crown:

And whereas the Native Land Purchase Board has adopted such resolution:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by section three hundred and sixty-eight of the said Act, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land set out in the Schedule hereto is vested in His Majesty the King.

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SCHEDULE.

PAEPAEREI Block, Sections 4 and 12, Otoia Grant 3939, Block III, Carlyle Survey District: Approximate area, 15 acres 2 roods 23·1 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 3rd day of February, 1928.

J. G. COATES, Native Minister.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

A

Land in the Borough of Invercargill set apart for the Purposes of the Invercargill–Kingston Railway.

[l.s.] CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is Crown land, and is required to be set apart for the purposes of the Invercargill–Kingston Railway:

And whereas by section twenty-one of the Public Works Act, 1908, and section two of the Public Works Amendment Act, 1923, it is enacted that whenever any Crown land is required to be set apart for any public work the Governor-General may at any time, by Proclamation, set the same apart for such public work without complying with any of the provisions of that Act in respect of the taking or setting-apart of other lands for such purpose:

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 the Public Works Act, 1908, the Public Works Amendment Act, 1923, and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in that behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto is hereby set apart for the purposes of the Invercargill–Kingston Railway at Invercargill; and I also hereby declare that this Proclamation shall take effect on and after the tenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight.

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SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE area of the piece of land: 2 roods 8 perches. Part of Lot 14, D.P. 2320 of Block 77, Town of Invercargill (Borough of Invercargill). (S.O. 105 Rly; red.)

In the Southland Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked W.R. 39514, deposited in the office of the Minister of Railways, at Wellington, and thereon coloured green.

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 February, 1928.

J. G. COATES, Minister of Railways.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

(L.O. 13134.)