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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

been given at least four weeks previous in the
Gazette of the Province, and once a week for four
successive weeks in some newspaper in general
circulation within the Province.

2. Such notice shall contain the names of the town-
   ships, districts, or other territorial divisions from, in,
   through, or into which the work for which such land
   is required is intended to be made, and shall state
   the place of deposit of the plans and books of reference
   and the persons with whom deposited, as hereinafter
   specified.

3. At or before the time of the first publication of
   the notice above required, plans and books of reference
   containing the names of owners, lessees, and occupiers
   (so far as they can be ascertained), of all lands and
   tenements proposed to be taken, or within the limits
   of deviation, shall be deposited with the Speaker of
   the Council, and with the Commissioner of Crown
   Lands.

4. At the time mentioned in section three, copies
   of such plan and books of reference shall be deposited
   within some convenient place in each district or
   township, so far as such district or township is affected
   thereby.

5. A copy of such plan and book of reference shall,
   so far as his ownership or occupation extends, be
   delivered to the owner or occupier of the lands
   through which such works as aforesaid is intended to
   pass, when such owner and occupier shall be known,
   and shall reside in the Province.

6. Every plan required to be deposited shall be
   drawn to a scale of not less than four inches to a
   mile, and shall describe the line or situation of the
   work, and the lands in or through which it is to be
   made, together with the proposed limits of deviation.

7. Before such Bill be read a first time, it shall be
   referred to a Select Committee of five Members (three
   to be a quorum), to be determined by ballot; which
   Committee shall first inquire as to the compliance or
   otherwise with the Standing Orders relative to Bills
   authorizing the taking of land compulsorily; and if
   such Committee report to the Council that the Standing
   Orders have not been complied with, all further pro-
   ceedings relative to such Bill shall be stayed: Provided
   always that no person shall be a member of such
   Committee who shall have any direct pecuniary
   interest in the proposed undertaking.

8. Before it shall be read a first time, printed copies
   of such Bill shall be laid on the table three clear
   days for the use of each member of the Council.

9. When such Bill shall have been read a first time,
   it shall be again referred to the Select Committee
   before appointed, to whom every petition against such
   Bill shall be referred, and who shall require proof of
   the allegations contained in the preamble.

10. The Select Committee may have counsel, if
    desired by any parties, before them, and may also
    hear such evidence as may be tendered, whether
    written or oral. If, after hearing the whole evidence
    they shall decide that the preamble is not proved, no
    further proceedings shall be taken with reference to
    such Bill.

11. If the committee shall declare the preamble to
    be proved, then the Committee shall proceed to
    consider the clauses of the Bill, and any amendments
    or new clauses that may be submitted to it: Provided
    that no clause be submitted to form part of the said
    Bill, or amendments added, which shall be foreign to
    the import of the notices hereinbefore required.

12. After such Bill has been brought up and
    reported to the Select Committee, due notice shall
    be given of its second reading, after which it shall go
    through Committee of the whole Council.

13. Any solicitor, agent, or party interested in the
    passing of such Bill, may be heard at the bar of the
    Council prior to the second reading, or on going into
    Committee of the Council on the Bill, on motion or
    notice.

Adopted by the Provincial Council, on Friday, the
twenty-first day of May, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.

C. GOULTER, Speaker.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

IN pursuance of the power vested in me by the
Regulations contained in the schedule to the
Proclamation dated the twentieth day of March, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, by the
Governor in Council, of Regulations for the sale,
letting, disposal, occupation, and management of the
Waste Lands within the County of Westland :

I, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do
hereby appoint

HENRY HERMAN LAHMAN, Esq.,

to be Commissioner of the Waste Lands Board of the
said County of Westland, in the room of George
William Moss, Esq., resigned, to hold office during
my pleasure.

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 Wellington, this
fifteenth day of July, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-nine.

W. GISBORNE.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

IN pursuance of the power vested in me by "The
Savings Bank Act, 1858," I, Sir George Ferguson
Bowen, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand,
do hereby nominate and appoint the persons herein-
after named to be Trustees of the Invercargill
Savings Bank, namely :-

J. H. BAKER,
HY. MCCULLOCH,
H. J. GIBBS,
JAS. GARVEN.

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, this ninth day of
July, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.

JULIUS VOGEL.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

IN exercise of the power vested in me by "The
Savings Bank Act, 1858," I, Sir George Ferguson
Bowen, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand,
do hereby nominate and appoint the persons herein-
after named to be Trustees of the Hokitika Savings
Bank, in place of the former Trustees, removed at
their own request, namely :-

JAMES ALEXANDER BONAR,
SAMUEL BOYLE,
MICHAEL CASSIUS,
JOHN COSGRAVE,