A few years ago the Island of Ovalou

could send out 8000 fighting men, now it
could only muster 500 by including the lads
and old men. This is not a solitary example,
the ruined and deserted villages throughout
the country bear testimony to the disappearance
of the race.

John. B. Thurston,
H.M. Ag. Consul in
Fiji and Tonga.
Port Levuka, Fiji,
December 31st, 1867.

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.

By John Williamson, Esquire,
Superintendent of the Province of Auckland.

In pursuance of the powers in me vested
by the third section of “The Highways
Act, 1867,” I do hereby notify, for general
information, that I have altered and amended
the boundaries of the Wangaroa North
District, as hereunder set forth.

Given under my hand, at Auckland,
this seventeenth day of April,
one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-eight.

J. Williamson,
Superintendent.

Wangaroa North District.

(Former boundaries defined in Gazette No.
23, Vol xiii, 1864, fol. 155, 156.)

Amended Boundaries.

Bounded on the north, by the sea from
the eastern head of Wangaroa Harbour to
the Takou River; on the south-east, by the
southern boundary of the County of Mongonui, from the mouth of the Takou River
aforesaid to the south-eastern angle of
Kemp’s Claim; on the south-west by Kemp’s
Claim aforesaid, and a right line thence to
the Wangaroa Harbour aforesaid; and on
the west by the eastern shores of the Wan-
garoa Harbour aforesaid, to the point of
commencement.

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.

By John Williamson, Esquire,
Superintendent of the Province of Auckland.

In pursuance of the powers in me vested
by the fourth section of “The Highways
Act, 1867,” I do hereby bring the said
Act into operation in the District of Wangaroa North, and appoint the first meeting
of the electors to take place at the residence
of Mr. W. Bramley, Kaeo, Wangaroa, on
Tuesday, the fifth day of May proximo, at
eleven o’clock in the forenoon.

Given under my hand, at Auckland,
this seventeenth day of April,
one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-eight.

J. Williamson,
Superintendent.

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.

By John Williamson, Esquire,
Superintendent of the Provinces of Auckland.

In pursuance of the power in me vested
by the fourth section of “The Highways
Act, 1867,” I do hereby bring the said
Act into operation in the District of Maraetai, and appoint the first meeting
of the electors to take place at the residence
of Mr. John Kelly, Maraetai, on Tuesday, the
fifth day of May proximo, at eleven o’clock
in the forenoon.

Given under my hand, at Auckland,
this seventeenth day of April,
one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-eight.

J. Williamson,
Superintendent.

CROWN GRANTS.

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland 14th April, 1868.

HEREBY notify that Crown Grants, in
favour of the persons named in the
following Schedule, are now ready for
delivery at the Office of the Registrar of
Deeds, High-street, Auckland.

C. Heaphy,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.

• Beetham, Albert
• Bell, James
• Brown, Thomas
• Carlisle, A. S., and Mason, Chas.
• Comrie, David
• Dwyer, Patrick Joseph
• Deans, Richard
• Fisher, Alexander
• Finley, Patrick
• Gibbs, John
• Harris, Thomas
• Hubbard, Edward
• Huband, William
• Irwin, Owen Ormsby
• Kennedy, Edward
• Mason, Chas., and Carlisle, A. S.
• Meikle, Thomas
• Morgan, Robert
• Matheson, Kenneth
• Murphy, James