THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 97

Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-
Admiral of the same, at the Government
House, at Wellington, this nineteenth
day of February, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
eight.
J. RICHARDSON.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers in me vested, I, Sir
George Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint you,
GEORGE WINTER, Esq.,
to be a Commissioner of the Waste Lands Board of
the County of Westland, and to act as Treasurer
thereof, on behalf of the General Government of
New Zealand.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand
Cross of the Most Distinguished Order
of Saint Michael and Saint George,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-
Admiral of the same, at the Government
House, at Wellington, this nineteenth
day of February, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
eight.
J. RICHARDSON.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 18th February, 1868.

IN conformity with the provisions of "The Munici-
pal Corporations Act, 1867," the following
Petition from ratepayers of Lyttelton for the Town
of Lyttelton to be constituted a Borough, and a
letter of assent from the Superintendent of Canter-
bury, are published for general information, and it is
hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor will
consider the Petition on the twelfth of March next.
E. W. STAFFORD.

To His Excellency Sir GEORGE GREY, Knight
Commander of the Most Honorable
Order of the Bath, Governor and
Commander-in-Chief in and over Her
Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and
its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of
the same, &c., &c.

WE, the undersigned ratepayers of the Borough of
the Town of Lyttelton, respectfully request that
Your Excellency will be pleased to direct that the
district bounded on the North by the ridge of hills
lying on the North side of Lyttelton, on the East
by the spur of the hill running down to the sea
immediately on the East side of Gollan's Bay, on
the South by the sea, and on the West by the
eastern boundary of the Native Reserve at Rapaki,
which has been incorporated by virtue of "The
Lyttelton Municipal Council Ordinance, 1863," be
now constituted a Borough under the provisions of"The Municipals Corporations Act, 1867."

And your Petitioners will ever pray, &c.
E. A. Hargreaves, M.P.C.
D. Davis, M.P.C.
Miles and Co.
Pro H. P. Murray—Aynsley, M.P.C.
Taylor and Co.
Frederick D. Gibson.
J. Beaumont.
W. Rayner.
Charles Littlecott.
Edward S. Ellisdon.

Robert Forbes.
George Thomas Clark.
H. J. A. Perrin.
Thomas Kellaway.
R. B. Wylie.
William Davies.
Evan Griffiths.
Benjamin Mather.
George Cooper.
H. Hawkins.
W. Pitcaithley.
H. B. Lissiman.
Charles Baker (x his mark, E. A. H.)
Richard Bunker.
Richard Brook.
Henry Dunsford.
Isabella Trounce.
Robert Allan.
John Hunter.
Richard Rogers.
H. J. Hewstone.
T. McDonald.
James Miller.
John Waterhouse (x his mark, E. A. H.)
W. Priston.
James William Ross.
Matthew Bamford.
John Wishart.
H. Salt.
Peter Fox.
William Walker.
J. A. Morgan.
J. F. Hindley.
John Collier.
John Percy.
W. C. Pearce.
William Young.
Joseph William Julian.
J. Burrill.
Frederic Fielder.
Thomas Grange.
Thomas Wright.
William Bailey.
H. Allwright.
J. S. Cameron.
H. J. V. Rogers.
William Graham.
Alexander Joyce.
John Hodgson.
George Hislop.
James T. W. Wilkin.
Alexander Heron.
John Milnes.
Samuel Webb.
E. W. Roper.
T. Merson.
Albert Cuff.
R. W. D'Oyley.
C. W. H. Woledge.
H. C. Lanauze.
J. Ward.
George Tayler.
Charles Moore Igglesden.
John Grubb.
Sydney Evelyn Wright.

Lyttelton Municipal Council Office,
18th January, 1868.

I, Henry Cooke Lanauze, do solemnly and
sincerely declare that all the signatures, as well
as the marks (x) of Charles Baker, and John
Waterhouse, initialed E. A. H., affixed to the above
petition, are the genuine signatures of the persons
whose they purport to be, and that such persons are