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by and with the consent of the General As-
sembly, intituled "An Act for the Naturaliza-
tion of certain persons in the Colony of
New Zealand." It is enacted, inter alia, that
all and singular the persons who shall be
declared to come within the operation of such
Act, by any Proclamation to be issued in that
behalf by his Excellency the Governor, shall
be deemed and taken until the next session
of the General Assembly to be natural born
subjects of Her Majesty within the Islands of
New Zealand.

Now therefore, I the Officer Administering
the Government of the Islands of New Zea-
land, in pursuance of the power and authority
in me vested by the said in part recited Act,
do hereby proclaim and declare that the
persons whose names are underwritten shall
be deemed and taken to be natural born
subjects of Her Majesty from the date set
opposite their names, until the next Session of
the General Assembly, as fully to all intents
and purposes as if their names had been in-
serted in the Schedule annexed to the said
Act.

LEON DE LAVIELE, Clerk in Survey Office,
residing in Auckland, from 18th June,
1856, native of France.

PAUL HENRI DROZ, Watchmaker and Jewel-
ler, residing in Auckland, native of Swit-
zerland, from 18th June, 1855.

AUGUSTE BERTHOLD, Watchmaker and Jew-
eller, residing in Auckland, native of
Switzerland, from 18th June, 1856.

This Proclamation shall take effect from
and after the above date.

Given under my hand and issued
under the Public Seal of the
Islands of New Zealand at
Auckland in the Islands afore-
said this 30th day of June,
in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and
fifty-five.

R. H. WYNYARD.

By His Excellency's command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN

PROCLAMATION.

By His Excellency Colonel ROBERT
HENRY WYNYARD, Companion of
the Most Honorable Order of the
Bath, Officer Administering the
Government and Commander-in-
Chief in and over the Islands of
New Zealand, &c. &c.

WHEREAS it is expedient that so much
of the Province of Auckland as is
included within the boundaries hereinafter
particularly set forth should be proclaimed a
bounty..

Now, therefore, I, the Officer Administering
the Government, do hereby proclaim and
declare that the same be called the " County
of Rutland," and the boundaries whereof are
hereinafter described and particularly set
forth in a map or plan deposited in the Office
of the Surveyor-General.

Boundaries of the "County of Rutland."
On the North by the Waikato River :
On the West by the Sea :
On the South, from the middle of the
entrance of Kawhia Harbor, by the
middle of the channel in an eastward
direction to Kauri River to Round
Island at the mouth of that river,
thence by a straight line to the summit
of Pirongia, thence by a straight line
to the junction of the Mangapiko and
Waipa Rivers:
On the East by the Waipa River to its
confluence with the Waikato, thence
by the Waikato River northward.

Given under my hand and issued
under the Public Seal of the
Islands of New Zealand, at
Auckland in the Islands afore-
said, this third day of July, in
the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and
fifty-five.

R. H. WYNYARD.

By His Excellency's command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

God save the Queen.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 29th June, 1855.

THIS Excellency the Officer Administering
the Government has been pleased to
direct that the following Letter from Captain
Drury, H.M.S. "Pandora," should be pub-
lished for general information.

By His Excellency's command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

H.M.S. "Pandora,"
Auckland,
Monday, 25th June, 1855.

Sir, I have the honor of transmitting to His
Excellency the accompanying Nautical Notices,
&c., the result of the "Pandora's" Surveying
Operations of the season just concluded. I
believe there are points which may be useful to
the Maritime public, before a more comprehensive
publication of sailing directions can be issued.
The whole coast line of the New Zealand
Islands, has now been received by the Hydro-
grapher, also the more detailed surveys of the
harbours and roadsteads, the Pelorus Estuary,
&c., &c., and I am assured by the Hydrographer,
that as soon as the great pressure of business
caused by the commencement of war subsides,
that early attention will be paid to the publica-