Consenting to Land Being Taken for a Pumping Station in
the Borough of Balclutha

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 22nd day of
December 1953
Present:
THE HON. K. J. HOLYOAKE PRESIDING IN COUNCIL
PURSUANT to the Public Works Act 1928, His Excellency
the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council, hereby consents to the land
described in the Schedule hereto being taken for a pumping
station.

SCHEDULE
APPROXIMATE area of the piece of land permitted to be taken:
5·89 perches.
Being Part Lot 10, D.P. 4317, being part Sections 9 and 10.
Situated in Block XXXV, Clutha Survey District
(Borough of Balclutha), (Otago R.D.). (S.O. 11765.)
In the Otago Land District; as the same is more
particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 141782,
deposited in the office of the Minister of Works at Wellington,
and thereon coloured blue, bordered blue.
T. J. SHERRARD,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
(P.W. 28/313; D.O. 18/300/40)

Consenting to Land Being Taken for Road in Block III,
Leeston Survey District, Springs County

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government House at Wellington, this 6th day of
January 1954
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL
PURSUANT to the Public Works Act 1928, His Excellency
the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council, hereby consents to the land
described in the Schedule hereto being taken for road.

SCHEDULE
APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of land permitted to be
taken:
A. R. P. Being
0 3 0 Part Rural Section 4830.
1 0 24 Part Rural Section 4830.
Situated in Block III, Leeston Survey District (Canterbury
R.D.). (S.O. 8472.)
In the Canterbury Land District; as the same are more
particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 141946,
deposited in the office of the Minister of Works at Wellington,
and thereon coloured blue.
T. J. SHERRARD,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
(P.W. 45/1197; D.O. 35/42)

Colonial Prisoners’ Removal Act 1884

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government House at Wellington, this 16th day of
December 1953
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL
WHEREAS by section 2 of the Colonial Prisoners’ Removal
Act 1884 of the United Kingdom Parliament it is enacted
that a prisoner undergoing sentence of imprisonment in any
British possession for any offence may be removed to any
British possession or to the United Kingdom to undergo his
sentence or the residue thereof:
And whereas the removing authority for the purposes
of the said Act shall be one of Her Majesty’s principal
Secretaries of State acting with the concurrence of the
Government of every British possession concerned:
And whereas on the 17th day of September 1953 Orders
were made under the said Act by one of Her Majesty’s
principal Secretaries of State for the removal of Nelio Mataio,
Solomona Arona, Tukia Strickland, Tere Teto, and Turu
Teariki Puia, prisoners now in custody in the Cook Islands, to
the Colony of Fiji:
Now, therefore, I, Lieutenant-General Sir Charles
Willoughby Moke Norrie, the Governor-General of New
Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of New Zealand, hereby concur in the said
Orders of Removal made in respect of the said prisoners.
T. J. SHERRARD,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Directing Sale of Railway Land Near Oxford West Under the
Public Works Act 1928

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 15th day of
December 1953
Present:
THE RIGHT HON. S. G. HOLLAND PRESIDING IN COUNCIL
PURSUANT to the Public Works Act 1928, His Excellency
the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council, hereby directs the sale of
the land described in the Schedule hereto, such land being no
longer required for the public work for which it was taken.

SCHEDULE
APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of land directed to be sold:
A. R. P. Being
0 3 23·3 Part Railway land in Proclamation 34; coloured
9 0 22 orange.
5 1 7·4 Part Railway land in Proclamation 41; coloured
sepia.
All situated in Block VII, Oxford Survey District, Oxford
County. (S.O. 8631.)
In the Canterbury Land District; as the same are more
particularly delineated on the plan marked L.O. 12453,
deposited in the office of the New Zealand Railways Commission
at Wellington, and thereon coloured as above mentioned.
T. J. SHERRARD,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
(L.O. 3343/29)

Directing Sale of Railway Land at Brightwater Under the
Public Works Act 1928

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 15th day of
December 1953
Present:
THE RIGHT HON. S. G. HOLLAND PRESIDING IN COUNCIL
PURSUANT to the Public Works Act 1928, His Excellency
the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council, hereby directs the sale of
the land described in the Schedule hereto, such land being
no longer required for the public work for which it was taken.

SCHEDULE
APPROXIMATE area of the piece of land directed to be sold:
4·1 perches.
Being Railway land, being part of Section 22, Waimea South
District.
Situated in Block IX, Waimea Survey District, Waimea
County. (S.O. 9859.)
In the Nelson Land District; as the same is more particularly
delineated on the plan marked L.O. 12548, deposited in the
office of the New Zealand Railways Commission at
Wellington, and thereon coloured blue.
T. J. SHERRARD,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
(L.O. 21879/6)

Amending Orders in Council Authorizing the Taumarunui
Borough Council to Use Water for the Purpose of
Generating Electricity and to Erect and Use Electric
Lines in the Borough of Taumarunui and Portions of
the Counties of Taumarunui and Kaitieke

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 15th day of
December 1953
Present:
THE RIGHT HON. S. G. HOLLAND PRESIDING IN COUNCIL
PURSUANT to the Public Works Act 1928, His Excellency
the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council, hereby further amends, as
set forth in paragraph (a) of the Schedule hereto, the Order
in Council, dated the 21st day of February 1921 and published
in the New Zealand Gazette on the 24th day of the same month,
authorizing the Taumarunui Borough Council to use water for
the purpose of generating electricity and to erect electric lines;
and hereby amends as set forth in paragraph (b) of the
Schedule hereto, the Order in Council, dated the 11th day of
July 1951 and published in the New Zealand Gazette on the
12th day of the same month at page 976, authorizing the
Taumarunui Borough Council to erect and use certain electric
lines.

SCHEDULE
(a) Clause 16 of the Schedule thereto, as amended by
the Order in Council dated the 9th day of February 1925 and
published in the New Zealand Gazette on the 12th day of the
same month, is deleted and the following clause is substituted
therefor: