(152)
thereof, Session II, No. 16, intituled, "An Or-
"dinance to provide for the summary recovery
" of compensation for Damage done by Cattle
"Trespassing," it is enacted, that if any Cattle
shall be found wandering at large in any street
or public place within the limits of any Town or
Village which shall be proclaimed by His Excel-
lency the Governor to come within the operation
of this Ordinance, the owner thereof shall forfeit
and pay for every head of cattle so wandering
any sum not exceeding five shillings, to be re-
covered in a summary way. Now, therefore, I,
the Governor and Commander in Chief of the
Colony of New Zealand aforesaid, in pursuance
of the authority by the said in part recited
Ordinance in me vested, do hereby proclaim and
declare from and after the first day of July next
so much of the Township of Auckland as is
hereinafter described, to come within the opra-
tions of the said Ordinance, for the time
being:-that is to say, that part of the said
Township which is bounded on the west by
a line following the centre of Lower William-
street; on the south by a line traversing
the centre of Douro-street, the centre of
Wellington-square and Wellesley-place; from
thence in a straight line to the south-west corner
of the Government fence, following the said
fence to its south-east corner, and leaving it in
a straight line for the south-west corner of the
Allotment occupied occupied by the Super intendent of
Works; following the south boundary of the
said Allotment to the waters of Mechanics' Bay;
and on the east and north by the said waters to
Lower William-street aforesaid.

Given under my Hand, this fourteenth
day of May, in the year of Our
Lord, One thousand eight hundred
and forty-two, at Government House,
Auckland.

W. HOBSON,
GOVERNOR.

By His Excellency's Command,
WILLOUGHBY SHORTLAND.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

PROCLAMATION.

By His Excellency WILLIAM HOBSON, Esq.,
Captain in Her Majesty's Royal Navy,
and Governor and Commander in Chief in
and over Her Majesty's Colony in New
Zealand, and its Dependencies, and Vice
Admiral of the same.

WHEREAS by an Ordinance enacted by
the Governor of New Zealand, with the
advice and consent of the Legislative Council
thereof, Session 2, No. 17, intituled, "An
Ordinance to impose a Taz upon Raupo Houses,"
it is enacted that it shall be lawful for His Ex-
cellency the Governor from time to time by
Proclamation, to declare the provisions therein-
after contained, to be in force in any Town, or
part of any Town, the boundaries whereof re-

spectively shall be defined by such proclamation;
and whereas it is further enacted by the afore-
said Ordinance, that on a day to be named in
such Proclamation, not being less than six calen-
dar months from the date thereof, and on the
same day of every succeeding year, there shall
be levied in respect of every building constructed
wholly or in part of raupo, nikau, toïtoï, wiwi,
kakaho, straw, or thatch of any description, and
situate within the boundaries so defined, the sum
of twenty pounds.

And whereas it is further enacted, that no
person shall erect or cause to be erected, any
such building as aforesaid, in any Town in which
the provisions of this Ordinance shall be declared
to be in force, and that every person shall, for so
offending, forfeit and pay the sum of one hun-
dred pounds, to be recovered in a summary way.

Now, therefore, I, the Governor and Com-
mander in Chief of the Colony of New Zealand
aforesaid, in pursuance of the authority by the
said in part recited Ordinance in me vested, do
hereby proclaim and declare that from and after
the sixteenth day of November next, ensuing, so
much of the Township of Auckland as herein-
after described, shall come within the operations
of the said Ordinance, for the time being:-that
is to say, that part of the said Township which
is bounded on the west by a line following the
centre of lower William-street, on the south by
a line traversing the centre of Douro-street, the
centre of Wellington square, and Wellesley place;
from thence by a straight line to the south-west
corner of the Government fence, following the
said fence to its south-east corner, and leaving
it in a straight line for the south-west corner
of the allotment occupied by the Superintendent
of Public Works, following the south boundary
of the said allotment to the waters of Mechanic's
Bay; and on the east and north by the said
waters to Lower William-street aforesaid.

Given under my Hand, this sixteenth
day of May, at Government House,
Auckland, in the year of Our Lord,
One thousand eight hundred and
forty-two.

W. HOBSON,
GOVERNOR,

By His Excellency's Command,
WILLOUGHBY SHORTLAND.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 23rd May, 1842.

HIS Excellency the GOVERNOR direets it
to be notified, that Her Majesty has
been pleased to confirm and allow the Act
passed by the Legislative Council of the Colony
of New South Wales, No. 19, in the Session of
1840, intituled " An Act to regulate the pay-
ment of the Duties of Customs in Her Majesty's
Dominions in the Islands of New Zealand."

By His Excellency's Command,
WILLOUGHBY SHORTLAND.