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169

THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1869.

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 Proclama-
tion 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 Chair-
man of Petty Sessions and settling a rota of attend-
ance: And whereas by an Order in Council bearing
date the twenty-seventh day of January, one thou-
sand eight hundred and sixty-nine, certain Petty
Sessions Districts, including the district hereinafter
named, were defined and established: And whereas,
by a Proclamation bearing even date with the said
Order in Council, a certain time and place for the
meeting of the Justices of the Peace resident in the
district hereinafter named was proclaimed and ap-
pointed: And whereas it is expedient that the time
of meeting proclaimed and appointed by such Pro-
clamation 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 District of Waimate a meeting of the Justices of
the Peace resident within such district shall be yearly
held at the Court House at Waimate, 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 Govern-
ment House, at Wellington; and issued
under the Seal of the said Colony, this
thirty-first 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 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,
taken, and killed during the months of April, May,
June, and July in the present year, in

The Province of Otago.

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 thirty-
first day of March, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-nine.
E. W. STAFFORD.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!