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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

in this Schedule hereto shall be in force in the
County of Westland; and I do, with the like advice
and consent, and in further exercise and pursuance
of such powers as aforesaid, proclaim and declare the
Waste Lands of the Crown, within the County of
Westland, shall be sold, let, disposed of and occupied,
under and in accordance with the Rules, Regulations,
and Laws in force within the Province of Canterbury,
immediately before the first day of January last,
except so far as such Rules, Regulations, and Laws
are inconsistent with the regulations contained in the
Schedule hereto, and so far and to such extent such
Rules, Regulations, and Laws shall be altered by
the regulations in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

1. Any act which by the said Rules, Regulations,
   or Laws, or any of them, the Governor is authorized
   to do on the recommendation of the Superintendent
   and Provincial Council may be done by the Governor
   on the recommendation of the County Council elected
   under "The County of Westland Act, 1867."

2. Every Act which the Superintendent is by this
   said Rules, Regulations, or Laws authorized or
   required to perform, with the advice or consent or
   upon the recommendation of the Provincial Council,
   or with the advice or consent of his Executive
   Council, may be performed by the Governor, or by
   any person to whom for the time being the Governor
   shall have delegated, under "The County of West
   land Act, 1867," all the powers vested in the Super-
   intendent of Canterbury.

3. There shall be for the County of Westland a
   Board to be called "The Waste Lands Board of the
   County of Westland," to consist of one Chief Com-
   missioner, and of not less than two nor more than
   five other Commissioners, all of whom shall be
   appointed and be removable by the Governor, or
   by any person to whom for the time being the
   Governor shall have delegated, under "The County
   of Westland Act, 1867," all the powers vested in
   the Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury.

4. One member of the Waste Land Board shall
   be the Treasurer thereof, and such member shall be
   appointed and removable by the Governor.

5. The following words and expressions, where
   used in the Rules, Regulations, and Laws in force in
   the Province of Canterbury immediately before the
   1st of January, shall, with respect to the Waste
   Lands of the Crown in the County of Westland, be
   deemed and taken to have the meanings hereinafter
   attached to them, except where such meaning would
   be inconsistent with or repugnant to the context;
   that is to say-

   The word "Province" and the word "Canter-
   bury" shall respectively mean "County of
   Westland."

   The expression "Provincial Government Ga-
   zette," shall mean any paper, newspaper,
   publication or Gazette, which the Governor
   or his delegate for the time being shall
   cause to be printed in and for the County
   of Westland as the "Gazette" for such
   County.

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, and
issued under the Seal of the said Colony,
this twenty-seventh day of February, in

the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-eight.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Approved in Council:
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS on the twenty-sixth day of January,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, the
parcels of land described in Schedule number one
hereto annexed, were by the Superintendent of the
Province of Canterbury, upon the recommendation of
the Provincial Council of the said Province, reserved
for the uses of the Provincial Government, and
particularly for police purposes and as sites for the
residences of Government officers. And whereas on
the fifth day of February, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-six, the parcel of land described in
Schedule number two hereto annexed, was by the
Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury, upon
the recommendation of the Provincial Council of the
said Province, reserved as a site for the residencies of
Government officers. And whereas by "The County
of Westland Act, 1867," it is enacted that all estate
and interest of the Superintendent of the said Pro-
vince in any public reserves or lands within the said
County shall, upon the coming into operation of the
said Act, forthwith vest in the Governor, who shall
have with respect to such reserves all the powers
conferred upon the Superintendent and Provincial
Council by grant under "The Public Reserves Act,
1854." And whereas it is desirable that the parcels
of land described in Schedule number three hereto
annexed, being part of the land mentioned above and
described in Schedules number one and number two
as aforesaid, should be sold:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the
Governor of New Zealand, in pursuance of the power
and authority in me vested by the said Act, do hereby
proclaim that the parcels of land described in
Schedule number three hereto annexed shall be sold,
and that the time and place and conditions of the
said sale shall be fixed by the Waste Lands Board of
the County of Westland, and shall be published in
the County of Westland Gazette.

SCHEDULES.

SCHEDULE NO. 1.

Description of Reserve No. 438.
Three roods ten perches, more or less, situated in
the Town of Hokitika, having three chains frontage
to Tancred Street, and extending back westerly at
right angles a depth of two hundred and forty links
on the north boundary, and three hundred links on
the south boundary, being bounded on the West by
a straight line three hundred and six links, and on
the South, by Hamilton Street.

Description of Reserve No. 449.
Two acres three roods twenty-four perches, more
or less, situate in the Town of Hokitika, being
bounded on the North by Weld Street, on the East
by Hoffman Street, on the South by Gibson's Quay,
and on the West by Jollie Street, exclusive of
sections 894 and 895.

SCHEDULE No. 2.

Description of Reserve No. 448.
Two acres one rood twenty-two perches, more or
less, situate in the Town of Hokitika, being bounded
on the North by Weld Street, on the East by Living-
stone Street, on the South by Gibson's Quay, and on
the West by Hoffman Street.