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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

for the said district, until the twenty-eighth day of
May next; and with the like advice and consent,
doth order and direct that all proceedings subse-
quent to the taking of the poll at such election, and
not taken before the return day of the said writ,
shall be taken in accordance with the provisions of
the said Act, in like manner as if the said writ had
been originally made returnable on the twenty-eighth
day of May next.

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, and issued under
the Seal of the said Colony, at Welling-
ton, this twenty-fifth day of April, 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.
PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly,
intituled "The County of Westland Act,
1867," it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the
Governor in Council, from time to time, as he may
think fit, by proclamation published in the New
Zealand Gazette, to make regulations for the sale,
letting, disposal, occupation, and management of any
waste lands of the Crown within the County of
Westland, and to sell, let, and dispose thereof at such
prices, and in such allotments, and generally in such
manner as he shall deem expedient, and in like
manner to alter, vary, or annul any such regulations,
and to make others.

And whereas by a proclamation issued on the
twentieth day of March last by His Excellency the
Governor, with the advice and consent of the Execu-
tive Council of New Zealand, and published in the
New Zealand Gazette on the twenty-first day of
March last, certain regulations were made for the
sale, letting, disposal, occupation, and management
of the waste lands of the Crown in the County of
Westland.

And whereas by a certain other Act of the General
Assembly, intituled "The Gold Fields Act, 1866," it
is enacted that any district proclaimed or to be pro-
claimed a gold field, shall be subject to any
provisions of any law for the time being in force
regulating the sale, disposal, and occupation of Crown
Lands within the Province in which such gold field is
situate, except (amongst other exceptions) so far as
the provisions of such law may specially authorize
the sale or leasing of land within a gold field.

And whereas it is expedient that provision should
be made, specially authorizing the sale and lease
of the waste lands of the Crown within any gold
field proclaimed or to be proclaimed within the
County of Westland:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen,
the Governor of New Zealand, in pursuance and
exercise of the power and authority conferred on me
by the hereinbefore first recited Act, do hereby, with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council of
New Zealand, make and proclaim the regulations
contained in the Schedule hereto, to be read with and
as forming part of the said regulations made on the
twentieth day of March last, for the sale, letting,

disposal, occupation, and management of the waste
lands of the Crown in the County of Westland.

SCHEDULE.
Lands within Gold Fields.

1. The term "the regulation" shall be construed
   to mean the regulation for the time being in force for
   the sale, letting, disposal, occupation, and manage-
   ment of the waste lands of the Crown in the County
   of Westland.
2. Lands situate within any gold field, now or
   hereafter proclaimed, shall be sold, leased or other-
   wise dealt with under these regulations, in the same
   manner, by the same persons, and subject to the
   same conditions as if such lands were not situate
   within a gold field, and the regulations shall be
   deemed to specially authorize such sale, lease, or
   other disposal.

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, and issued under
the Seal of the said Colony, at Welling-
ton, this seventeenth day of April, 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.

WHEREAS Her Majesty the Queen, by instruc-
tions under Her Sign Manual, bearing date
the fourteenth day of November, 1867, did direct and
enjoin me, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, G.C.M.G., the
Governor of New Zealand, that I should attend and
preside at the meetings of Her Majesty's Executive
Council in New Zealand, unless when prevented by
some necessary or reasonable cause, and that in my
absence such member as might be appointed by me
in that behalf should preside at all such meetings of
the said Council:

Now therefore I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen,
G.C.M.G., the Governor of New Zealand, in exercise
and pursuance of all powers and authorities enabling
me in this behalf, do hereby appoint

The Honorable EDWARD WILLIAM STAFFORD,
one of Her Majesty's Executive Council in New
Zealand, to preside at all meetings of the said
Council in my absence.

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, and issued under the
Seal of the said Colony, at Wellington,
this second day of May, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-eight.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 6th May, 1868.
IT is hereby notified that a writ issued for the
election of a Member of the House of Representa-
tives for the District of Westland Boroughs, has