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Act, his Excellency has been pleased to leave
the same to their operation.
E. W. STAFFORD.

District of Rangiawhia to the Grant by his
Excellency the Governor of New Zealand unto
the Right Reverend Jean Baptiste Francois
Pompallier, Roman Catholic Bishop of Auck-
land, his heirs and assigns, pursuant to the
provisions of the said Act, of a piece of land
situated at Rangiawhia, on the side of the
Rangiawhia Lake, and called Te Rau Kopure,
containing one hundred and ninety acres, or
thereabouts, in trust for the site and endow-
ment of a School for Natives and Half-castes
in connection with the Roman Catholic
Church.
WILLIAM N. SEARANCKE,
Government Surveyor.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, July 23rd, 1857.

THE following Ordinance passed by the
Superintendent and Provincial Council
of the Province of New Plymouth, Session V.,
intituled
The Deeds Registration Amendment Ordi-
nance No. 2,
having been laid before the Governor, in con-
formity with the provisions of the Constitution
Act, his Excellency has been pleased to leave
the same to its operation.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, July 23rd, 1857.

THE following Acts passed by the Super-
Province of Nelson, Session IV., intituled
The Compensation Act,
The Country Roads Amendment Act,
The Nelson Improvement Act,
The Appropriation Act,
having been laid before the Governor, in
conformity with the provisions of the Con-
stitution Act, his Excellency has been pleased
to leave the same to their operation.
E. W. STAFFORD..

June 26th, 1857.
Report adopted this 24th day of July, 1857,
with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council of the Colony.
THOMAS GORE BROWNE,
Governor:

F. G. STEWARD,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, July 24th, 1857.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to authorise the under-
tioned gentlemen to grant Licenses for the im-
portation and sale of arms, gunpowder, etc.,
in conformity with the provisions of the Pro-
clamation of the 25th June, 1857.;
Thomas Beckham, Esq., Auckland,
Harcourt Richard Aubrey, Esq., Wangarie,
James Reddy Clendon, Esq., Bay of Islands,
William Bertrani White, Esq., Mongonui,
John Jermyn Symonds, Esq., Onehunga,
Theodore Mimet Haultam, Esq., Howick,
Walter Harsant, Esq., Whaingaroa,
George Manners Sutton Mitford, Esq., Ka-
whia,
Francis Dart Fenton, Esq., Waikato District,
Herbert Samuel Wardell, Esq., Turanga.
These appointments to take effect from the
1st August next.
E: W. STAFFORD.

I, WILLIAM N. SEARANCKE, a person duly
appointed in that behalf under the provisions
of the "New Zealand Native Reserves Act,
1856," hereby report that I have ascertained
the assent of the Aboriginal Inhabitants of the
District of Rangiawhia to the Grant by his
Excellency the Governor of New Zealand unto
the Right Reverend Jean Baptiste Francois
Pompallier, Roman Catholic Bishop of Auck-
land, his heirs and assigns, pursuant to the
provisions of the said Act, of a piece of land
situated at Rangiawhia called Karangapaihau,
containing one acre two roods and fourteen
perches, in trust for the site of a Church and
School in connection with the Roman Catholic
Church.
WILLIAM N. SEARANCKE,
Government Surveyor:

June 26th, 1857.
Report adopted this 24th day of July, 1857,
with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council of the Colony.
THOMAS GORE BROWNE,
Governor:
F. G. STEWARD,
Clerk of the Executive Council:

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, July 24th, 1857.

NOTICE is hereby given that Mr. W. C:
Wilson's tender to supply the General
Government with Stationery for the six months
commencing 1st July, 1857, has been accepted
at the following rates.
Books, faint lined, demy, at per quire, 4s.
Ditto, ditto, foolscap, ditto, 3s.
Envelopes, foolscap, per 100, adhesive 4s., not
adhesive, 3s. 6d.
Ditto, letter and note, ditto, 1s. 6d.
Ink, black, at per pint, 1s.
Ditto, red, at per pint, 1s. 6d.
India Rubber, at per lb., 6s.
Inkstands, pewter, each 3½-inch in diameter,
3s. 6d. and upwards, according to size:

The Treasury,
Auckland, July 24th, 1857.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the
"New Zealand Native Reserves Act,
1856," the following Reports are published for
general information.
C. W. RICHMOND.

I, WILLIAM N. SEARANCKE, a person duly
appointed in that behalf under the provisions
of the "New Zealand Native Reserves Act,
1856," hereby report that I have ascertained
the assent of the Aboriginal Inhabitants of the