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TARANAKI GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

the said twelfth section of the said “Waste Lands Act, 1858,” are for the construction of trunk lines of road, or as sites for public buildings for the use of the General Government, or for other purposes of public utility or convenience: And whereas the piece of land described in the Schedule hereunder written has been taken under “The New Zealand Settlements Act, 1863,” and it is expedient that it should be reserved for the purpose herein set forth :

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers so vested in me, do hereby except from sale and reserve to Her Majesty, her heirs and successors, the piece of land described in the Schedule hereunder written, as a Ferry Reserve, or for other purposes of the General Government.

SCHEDULE.

PROVINCE OF TARANAKI.

All that parcel of land, containing five (5) acres two (2) roods and thirty-five (35) perches, more or less, situated on the eastern bank of the Patea River, opposite Blocks XXI. and XXVI., Township of Carlyle, bounded towards the North-east and East by a creek ; and towards the West by the Patea River and a road about two hundred (200) links and one thousand (1,000) links.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same ; at the Government House, at Auckland, this sixth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy.

W. Gisborne.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this second day of December, 1870.

Present :

The Hon. Julius Vogel, Colonial Treasurer, Presiding, and Members of the Executive Council.

WHEREAS by “The Payments of Provinces Act, 1870,” it is enacted that in each year during the seven years ending on the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, there shall be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue of the Colony the sum of fifty thousand pounds, which shall be divided among and paid to the several Provinces and the County of Westland in proportion to their respective populations, and that all sums so paid shall be paid into the Bank at which the Provincial Account or the County of Westland Account, as the case may be, is for the time being kept, and shall there be placed to the credit of a special account, to be called “The Road District Fund Account” of the Province or County : and whereas it is further enacted that the said money shall be available only for divisions among the Road Boards of the Province or County in accordance with a scheme to be proposed, for each year, by the Superintendent or Deputy-Superintendent of the Province, or the Chairman of the County Council of the County, for his Province or County, and approved by the Governor in Council for the first year, and by Resolution of both Houses of the General Assembly for the remaining years ; and further, that the Governor in Council may amend any proposed scheme before approving of it, and the scheme when amended and approved shall have the same force and effect as if originally proposed and approved in its amended form :

And whereas there is available for division amongst the Road Boards of the Province of Taranaki for the year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and seventy one, the sum of nine hundred and sixty pounds ; and whereas the Superintendent of the Province of Taranaki has proposed a scheme for the division of the said sum :

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in exercise and pursuance of all powers enabling him in this behalf, and with the advice of the Executive Council of New Zealand, both hereby amend the said scheme as set forth in the Schedule hereto, and doth with the like advice and consent, approve the same as amended as aforesaid.

Julius Vogel,
Presiding.

Approved in Council.

Forster Goring,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

SCHEDULE.

The word “Patea” in the first column of the said scheme, shall mean any Road District or District by law established in the Province of Taranaki within the boundaries