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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

each of the districts named in the Schedule hereto a
meeting of the Justices of the Peace resident within
such district shall be yearly held at the place whereof
the name is in the said Schedule set opposite to the
name of such district, at twelve o'clock noon, on the
third Tuesday in the month of May, for the purpose
of choosing a Chairman of Petty Sessions and settling
a rota of attendance.

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 nineteenth
day of March, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
nine.

E. W. STAFFORD.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The Petty Sessions Act, 1865,"
it is enacted that, as soon as conveniently
may be after the establishment of a Petty Sessions
District, and afterwards from time to time as may
be deemed expedient, the Governor shall, by Pro-
clamation in the New Zealand Gazette, appoint a
meeting of the Justices of the Peace resident in
such district to be yearly held within such district,
at some specified time and place, for the purpose of
choosing a Chairman of Petty Sessions and settling
a rota of attendance: And whereas, by an Order in
Council bearing date the twenty-seventh day of
January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine,
certain Petty Sessions Districts, including the district
hereinafter named, were defined and established: And
whereas by a Proclamation bearing date the twenty-
seventh day of January, one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-nine, a certain time and place for the
meetings of the Justices of the Peace resident in the
district hereinafter named were proclaimed and ap-
pointed: And whereas it is expedient that the
times of meeting proclaimed and appointed by such
Proclamation should be altered :

Now therefore I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen,
the Governor of New Zealand, in pursuance and in
exercise of the power and authority in that behalf
vested in me, do hereby proclaim and appoint that,
for the Bay of Islands District, a meeting of the
Justices of the Peace resident within such district
shall be yearly held at the Court House, at Russell,
at twelve o'clock noon, on the third Tuesday in
the month of May, for the purpose of choosing a
Chairman of Petty Sessions and settling a rota of
attendance.

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 nine-
teenth day of March, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-nine.

E. W. STAFFORD.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The Salmon and Trout Act,
1867," it is enacted that it shall be lawful for
the Governor, by Order in Council under his hand
and the Public Seal of the Colony, from time to time
to delegate to the Superintendent or the Provincial
Executive of any Province, or to such other person
as the Governor may think fit, all or any of the
powers vested in the Governor or the Governor in
Council by the said Act :

Now, therefore, His Excellency Sir George Fergu-
son Bowen, the Governor of New Zealand, with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council of the
said Colony, doth hereby, in pursuance and in exer-
cise of the powers and authorities for that purpose
vested in him by the said Act, and by "The Go-
vernor's Delegation Act, 1867," delegate to the
Executive Government of the Province of Otago
all the powers vested in the Governor or the
Governor in Council by "The Salmon and Trout
Act, 1867," exercisable within the Province afore-
said.

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-
fourth day of March, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-nine.

Approved in Council.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly
of New Zealand, intituled "The Protection
of Animals Act Amendment Act, 1868," it is enacted
that no native game shall be hunted, shot, taken, or
killed in any part of the Colony, except during such
months as the Governor shall from time to time by
Proclamation appoint in reference to the respective
descriptions of native game within the districts
mentioned in any such Proclamation :

Now therefore I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in
pursuance and exercise of the power in me vested in
that behalf by the above-recited Act, do hereby pro-
claim and declare that all the native game mentioned in
the fifth Schedule to "The Protection of Animals
Act, 1867," as amended by the above-recited Act,
except quail, may be hunted, shot, taken, or killed
in the district hereinafter mentioned, during the
months of April, May, June, July, and August in
the present year, and that quail may be hunted, shot,