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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, MONDAY, APRIL 27, 1868.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

WHEREAS His Excellency Sir George Grey did
by warrant under his hand bearing date the
twenty-ninth day of October, 1867, order that no
sitting of the Native Lands Court should be held
within the district whose boundaries are described
in the Schedule hereunto annexed, for the purpose
of hearing claims to land within the same, until
notice of such sitting shall have been published in
the Kahiti for a period of one month. And whereas
it is expedient to revoke the said warrant:

Now therefore I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, in
exercise of all powers vested in me in that behalf, do
hereby revoke the said warrant, and do declare it to
be cancelled from the date hereof.

SCHEDULE.

The district bounded by the sea from the eastern
extremity of the northern boundary of the Province
of Hawke's Bay to Lottin Point, thence by the
range of mountains forming the watershed between
the East Coast and the Bay of Plenty, to the ex-
tremity of the said range north-east of Waikare
Moana; thence by a straight line to the junction of
the River Waiau, with the River Waikare-takeke;
thence by a straight line running south-west true
bearing to the said northern boundary of the Province
of Hawke's Bay, thence by the said boundary to the
commencing point on the East Coast.

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
Auckland, this seventh day of April, in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-eight.

J. C. RICHMOND.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 24th April, 1868.

THE following Despatch from Her Majesty's
Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, is
published for general information.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Downing Street,
21st December, 1867.

SIR,—I transmit to you herewith an extract of a
Despatch from Her Majesty's Consul at Baltimore,
reporting that the shipping masters at that port
refuse to ship a white crew on board any vessel in
which a colored seaman is serving, together with a
copy of the answer which has been returned to that
Despatch.

It will be desirable that you should take such
steps as may be necessary for giving publicity to the
state of things disclosed in this correspondence, and
for warning ship owners in the Colony under your
Government of the course pursued by the Baltimore
shipping masters.

I have, &c.,

BUCKINGHAM AND CHANDOS.

Extracts of a Letter from Mr. Consul Rainals to Lord
Stanley, dated British Consulate, Baltimore, 11th
November, 1867, No. 25.

Hitherto white and colored seamen have been
shipped indiscriminately on board the same vessel,
whereas now the shipping masters and the boarding
house keepers have at a period when trade is
extremely dull and seamen consequently plentiful,
determined not to ship a white man on board the
same vessel with a colored man, and their combined
power in the matter cannot be counteracted by any
means at my command, as through their medium
alone can seamen be obtained.

In order to illustrate the practical result of such
combination, I have the honor to submit for your

ERRATUM.—On page 136 of the New Zealand Gazette of this year, for "John Goodall," read "Joseph Goodall."