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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
whero, running thence to Mangakino, thence to
Hine-te-matea, thence to Waitetuna and
Wahatane, thence along the Waitetuna River
as far as Te Waiwherowhero, where the boun-
daries meet.

PROVINCE OF AUCKLAND.
Whangaroa District.
PART OF TE MATA
(Containing about 630 acres.)

The boundary commences at a point a little
below the rapid of Opotoru, which was marked
by the Surveyor's party, thence along the Sur-
vey line till it crosses the road to Aotea, thence
on to the end of the said survey line and on to
Paraoa, thence along the ridge of Paraoa to
Pukemore, thence to Te Kauri, thence des-
cending to Opotoru River, thence along the
course of Opotoru till it reaches the point
below the rapid which was marked by the
Surveyor's party, there the boundaries meet.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, October 8th, 1857.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to
be notified that a Writ issued for the
election of a Superintendent of the Province
of Auckland, has been returned with a cer-
tificate to the effect that

JOHN WILLIAMSON, Esquire, M. G. A.,
of Auckland, has been duly elected.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, October 8th, 1857.

HIS Excelleney the Governor has, in
Her Majesty's name, summoned

The Hon. CHARLES ROBERT BLAKISTON, Esq.,
of Canterbury,

to the Legislative Council of New Zealand by
Writ of Summons under the Seal of the
Colony.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, October 8th, 1857.

THE following Acts passed by the General
Assembly New Zealand, in the session
held in the nineteenth and twentieth years of
the reign of Her Majesty, Queen Victoria,
intituled—

"The Customs' Duties Act, 1856,"
"The Land Claims Settlement Act, 1856,"

having been laid before the Queen, in confor-
mity with the provisions of the Constitution
Act, Her Majesty has been graciously pleased
to leave the same to their operation.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, October 8th, 1857.

HIS Excellency the Governor has beer
pleased to direct and appoint that at the
ensuing elections for the Provincial Council of
the Province of Auckland, there shall be
additional Polling Places at the Resident
Magistrate's Station at Wangarei, and at such
convenient place at Kaitaia as shall be speci-
fied by the Returning Officer.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, October 12th, 1857.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint

JOHN CARGILL, Esquire, M.G.A.,
ALFRED ROWLAND CHETHAM STRODE,
Esquire,
ROBERT WILLIAMS, Esquire,
JOHN GILLIES, Esquire,

to be Commissioners of Native Reserves in
the Province of Otago, under "the New Zea-
land Native Reserves Act, 1856."

E. W. STAFFORD..

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, October 12th, 1857.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint

Mr. GEORGE WEBSTER,

to be Postmaster at Hokianga.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, October 12th, 1857.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to
be notified that the name of

JAMES BUSBY, ESQ.,

has been removed from the Commission of the
Peace for the Province of Auckland at his own
request.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, October 12th, 1857.

THE following Extract from the War Office
Regulations is published, at the request of
the Colonel commanding the Forces in New
Zealand, for the information of those whom it
may concern.

E. W. STAFFORD.