THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 161

Notice.

Native Secretary's Department,
Wellington, 10th May, 1865.

OFFICERS connected with this Department, who
were supplied with Stationery by the Collector
of Customs at this Port, prior to the removal of the
Seat of Government, are hereby instructed to send in
their requisitions direct to this Office.

FRED. A. WELD,
For the Native Minister.

Native Secretary's Department,
Wellington, 10th May, 1865.

IT is hereby notified that the Native Title has been
extinguished over the Blocks of Land whereof
the Boundaries are mentioned or described in the
Schedule hereunto annexed.

FRED. A. WELD,
For the Native Minister.

Schedule.

PROVINCE OF HAWKE'S BAY.

MAHIA BLOCK.—16,000 Acres.
Boundaries :

Commencing at Oraka, thence it runs to Pareihe'
thence to Mangaroa, thence to Punawehiwehi, to
Otamoana, to Kaitangi Karoro, to Hautaroa, Manga-
owhau, Tikopu, Pakake-a-Makere, Wakakaumu, A
Hika Tupuni Wairenganui, Pukewhatu, Maungatea,
and the sea; thence on the Ahimanawa and to
Taramahiti te Moemotu, te. Ika, a-Tama-te-Hoe-te
Wakatahoe te Kereru Maota, Mokotoi te Mahia, te
Waha o Tounga, te Upoko o Tataramoa, Papawha-
Kaanga, Taki taki te Pakipaki, and thence to Oraka,
the commencement of the boundaries.

A piece is to be reserved for the Natives at
Kinikini under the hill called Taupiri, as a fishing
residence, as more particularly shown on the Plan
annexed to the Deed of Sale.

NUHAKA BLOCK.—10,000 Acres.
Boundaries :

Commencing at the mouth of the Nuhaka River,
and follows the course of that river to Lat. 39° South,
being the Northern Boundary of the Province of
Hawke's Bay; thence following that meridian in an
easterly direction to a line starting from Tamata o
rika to Taumatakaingakaka, thence to Teikatieri,
Taumata o te Tahinga, Ngawhakatakariri, Pukateanui
Tamahini a Tutaorau, Parihikanui; here it descends
to the coast, and follows the coast to Waikokopu te
Huki Takararoa, te Iho-o-te-rataau, Te-uruti-te-awa-
a-tamatea, Waitaniwha, Wamama Hou hou o tu, te
Araputa Waitio Whataroa, and the mouth of the
Nuhaka, the commencement of the boundary.

LOWER WAIROA BLOCK.—3570 Acres.
Boundaries :

Commencing at the Waiotureia, and goes thence
to Papa o te Uetaha te Whanga a te Ruruku, Heru
heru, te Wai o te Manu i te ka, te Kaonga; here it
descends into the Wairoa, and follows the Wairoa
upwards to the Wakahu; here it leaves the Wairoa,
and ascending the Rauhirihiri Creek it goes on to the
Ahimanawha; descending thence into the Hounui
Creek, it follows the Hounui Creek to the beach to
Whakamahu, thence along the beach to Rangihoua,
and from Rangihoua to the mouth of the Wairoa at
te Ari o Tapuae; thence it follows the Wairoa to te
Waiotureia, the commencement of the boundary.

UPPER WAIROA BLOCK.—1000 Acres.
Boundaries :

Commencing at the Waiotureia, the boundary of
the land ceded to the Queen, thence it follows the
Wairoa River upwards to the fence of Pero, W.
Lockwood; here leaving the Wairoa, it goes inland
to te Noti a Kapau; thence by the Ara Totaki to
Rakautihia, and to the Wai o te Manu i te Ra, which
is its junction with the boundary of the land sold to
the Government by Paoro, Hipora, and Pitiera.

WAIHUA BLOCK.—21,000 Acres.
Boundaries :

Commencing on the coast at Mangapukatea,
thence proceeds inland ascending to Waiorangi,
thence to Taumaro o te Pakipaki, thence to Hine-
paka, thence to Waha o te Rangi, thence to the Whaka-
ruarumaru, thence to Puketoi, thence to Wharekai,
thence to Kaihunahuna, thence to the Hinu, thence
along the path till it reaches Kai Matariki, and from Kai
Matariki to Haraungamea, thence to Wairama; here
it descends into the source of Waihua, and follows
the course of Waihua to the coast, and then
proceeds along the coast to Mangapuketea, the
commencement of the boundary.

POSTAL.
Appointment of Postmasters.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 11th May, 1865.

IN virtue of the powers delegated to the Post-
master-General by His Excellency the Governor,
the following appointments have been made in the
postal service of the Colony.

J. L. C. RICHARDSON,
Postmaster-General.

AUCKLAND.

Robert Seymour, to be Postmaster at Wanganui, from
1st April, 1865.
Charles Cooper, to be Postmaster at Whau Bridge,
from 1st May, 1865.

TARANAKI.

George Marshall, to be Postmaster at Manutahi.

MARLBOROUGH.

Felix Mathews, to be Postmaster at Deep Creek, from
1st March, 1865.
George Jervis, to be Postmaster at Canvas Town, from
1st March, 1865.

WELLINGTON.

Edward Reading, to be Postmaster at Karori, from
1st May, 1865.
Thomas Wilson, to be Postmaster at Waikanae, from
1st May, 1865.

CANTERBURY.

James Thomas Wellington Wilkin, to be Postmaster
at Lyttelton, from 1st April, 1865.
John Ready, to be Postmaster at Duvanchelles Bay,
from 1st April, 1865.
Michael Keogh, to be Postmaster at Hokitika, from
25th April, 1865, vice M. Cassins, resigned.
Henry Blackett, to be Postmaster at Rangiora, from
1st May, 1865.

OTAGO.

James Ormond, to be Postmaster at Hindon, from
1st March, 1865.
J. F. White, to be Postmaster at Mataura Gold-
field.
Richard Canovan, to be Postmaster at Twelve-mile
Creek, from 1st March, 1865.
Allan McIntosh, to be Postmaster at Munro's Gully,
from 1st April, 1865.
John Periram, to be Postmaster at Kawarau, from
1st April, 1865.
Henry Heyman, to be Postmaster at Hyde, from 20th
April, 1865.