THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

twenty-seventh day of November, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight,
before me,

WM. DOUSLIN, J.P.

I, Richard Watson Parker, of Blenheim, in the
Province of Marlborough, and Colony of New
Zealand, storekeeper, do solemnly and sincerely
declare that all the signatures affixed to the above
Petition with the letter "c" prefixed are the genuine
signatures of the persons whose they purport to be,
and that such persons are Inhabitant Householders
of the District therein referred to.

R. W. PARKER.

Declared at Blenheim, in the Province of Marl-
borough, and Colony of New Zealand, this
twenty-eighth day of November, one thou-
sand eight hundred and sixty-eight, before
me,

S. L. MULLER,
Resident Magistrate.

I, Charles Joseph Rae, of Blenheim, in the Pro-
vince of Marlborough, and Colony of New Zealand,
painter, do solemnly and sincerely declare that all the
signatures affixed to the above Petition with the
letter "d" prefixed are the genuine signatures of the
persons whose they purport to be, and that such
persons are Inhabitant Householders of the District
therein referred to.

CHARLES JOSEPH RAE.

Declared at Blenheim, in the Province of Marl-
borough, and Colony of New Zealand, this
twenty-seventh day of November, one thou-
sand eight hundred and sixty-eight, before
me,

WM. DOUSLIN, J.P.

Superintendent's Office,
Blenheim, Marlborough,
24th December, 1868.

SIR, -A copy of a Petition praying your Excellency
to constitute the Town of Blenheim, in this Province,
a Borough under "The Municipal Corporations Act,
1867," having been transmitted to me by the
Honourable the Colonial Secretary, in pursuance of
the provisions of the twenty-second section of that
Act, I have the honor to signify to your Excellency
that I do not dissent from the prayer of that Petition.

W. H. EYES,
Superintendent.

His Excellency
Governor Sir George Ferguson Bowen, G.C.M.G.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 9th January, 1869.

THE following Proclamation, issued by His Honor
the Superintendent of Southland, is republished
for general information.

E. W. STAFFORD.

PROCLAMATION

By JOHN PARKIN TAYLOR, Esq., Superintendent
of the Province of Southland.

WHEREAS His Excellency the Governor in Council
has been pleased to delegate under "The Lunatics
Act, 1868," to the Superintendent of the Province of
Southland all the powers, functions, duties, and
authorities vested in or required to be performed by

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the Governor, or the Governor in Council, or the
Colonial Secretary by the said Act:

Now therefore, I, the said Superintendent, in virtue
of the powers vested in me, do hereby proclaim that
the buildings at present erected on the two parcels
of land described in the Schedule hereto, and known
as the Gaol and Lunatic Asylum respectively, shall
be Public Asylums within the meaning of "The
Lunatics Act, 1868"

Given under my hand, and issued under the
Public Seal of the Province of Southland,
at Invercargill, this twenty-fourth day of
December, one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-eight.

JOHN P. TAYLOR,
Superintendent.

SCHEDULE.

Gaol Reserve.

ALL that parcel of land in the Town of Invercargill,
containing, by admeasurement, 2 roods and 28
perches, being bounded on the North by Spey
Street, 403 links; on the East by Leven Street, 200
links; on the South by the Railway Station Reserve,
278 links; and towards the West by the Oreti
Railway Line, 236 links.

Lunatic Asylum Reserve.

All that parcel of land in the Town of Invercargill,
containing, by admeasurement, 2 acres, 1 rood, 11
perches, being part of the land granted as a Hospital
Reserve, bounded on the North by the street forming
the northern boundary of the Town Belt, 715 links;
on the East by part of the Hospital Reserve, 284
links; on the South by Gala Street, 100 links;
again on the East by Leven Street, 100 links; again
on the South by the Reserve for Public Gardens, 579
links; and towards the West by the line of the
Oreti Railway, 386 links.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 2nd January, 1869.

IT is hereby notified, that a Writ issued for the
election of a Member of the House of Repre-
sentatives for the Electoral District of the City of
Nelson has been returned, with a certificate to the
effect that

NATHANIEL EDWARDS,
of Nelson, freeholder, has been duly elected.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 6th January, 1869.

IT is hereby notified that, in conformity with Clause
133 of "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1867,"
the name of the following person has been sent in to
this office by the Town Clerk, as having been elected
Mayor of the Borough of Hokitika, viz. :-

EVAN PROSSER, Esq., Hokitika.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 11th January, 1869.

IT is hereby notified that, in conformity with Clause
133 of "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1867,"
the name of the following person has been sent in to
this office by the Town Clerk as having been elected
Mayor for the Borough set opposite his name, viz. :-

EDWARD MASTERS, Esq., Greymouth.

E. W. STAFFORD.