THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 545

SCHEDULE.
PROVINCE OF WELLINGTON, DISTRICT OF
MANAWATU.
Rangitikei-Manawatu Block; estimated to contain
220,000 Acres.

BOUNDARIES.

Bounded on the North by the Rangitikei River, from
its mouth to the Waitapu Creek; thence on the
East by a direct line from the mouth of the Waitapu
Creek to Te Umutoi, the north-western point of the
Ohuaturanga, Upper Manawatu Block; thence on
the East and South-east by the Oroua River to its
junction with the Manawatu River; thence by the
Manawatu River to Pakengahau; and thence by the
northern boundary of the Auahou Block to Kai-Iwi;
and thence by the Sea Coast to the mouth of the
Rangitikei River, the commencing point.

There are excluded from the said block the lands
comprised within the following boundaries, as shown
in the Plan filed in the Native Land Court, and
referred to in the Order of the said Land Court
made on the 25th day of September, A.D. 1869, at
Wellington, in reference to claims of certain Natives
to land in the said block, that is to say--

All that parcel of land, containing 4,500 acres,
situate on the West bank of the River Oroua, and
commencing at a point on the Oroua Stream two
miles to the south of the Aua Huri Pa; and bounded
on the East by the River Oroua till it reaches a point
on the said river two miles to the north-east of the
said Te Aua Huri Pa, and extending back from the
said two points on the said River Oroua in a westerly
direction to a line running North and North-east in
the manner indicated on the said plan, so as to
include an area of 4,500 acres, exclusive of 300 acres
reserved by the Crown as a reserve for Tapa te
Wata, adjoining the said Pa, and indicated on the
said plan.

Also, all that parcel of land, containing 500 acres,
situate on the West bank of the said River Oroua,
and commencing at a point on the Oroua Stream ten
feet to the south of the south-west corner of the
bridge erected by the Provincial Government of
Wellington over the River Oroua, at a place a little
below the junction of the Taonui Stream with the
Oroua; and bounded on the East by the Oroua
River to a point on the said river where the northern
boundary of the reserve made by the Crown for the
Rangitane Tribe joins the River Oroua, which
northern boundary was marked on the said land.
Thence in a westerly direction along the said
boundary to a point from whence a line drawn in a
northerly direction at right angles to the said
boundary shall meet a line parallel to said boundary
drawn in a westerly direction from the starting point
aforementioned, near the south-western end of the
said bridge, and so as to include an area of 500 acres
as indicated on the said plan.

Also, all that parcel of land situate on the East
bank of the Rangitikei River, commencing at a point
on the Rangitikei River at or due West of the end of
the fence on the northern side of the Native cultivation
at Huakitaiore, and bounded on the West by the
River Rangitikei to a point at Tipaheahi, where a
mark or pole was standing on the 26th of September,
1869; and extending back from the said two points
on the said river in an easterly direction, so as to
include an area of 1,000 acres, as indicated on the
said plan.

Also, all that parcel of land situate at Oau,
occupied by Wiriharai te Angi Angi, and including
an area of 200 acres of land, neither more nor less,
as indicated on the said plan.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 7th October, 1869.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

FREDERICK GEORGE SKIPWORTH, Esq.,
to be Clerk to the Bench for the Waiapu District,
under "The Resident Magistrate's Act, 1869."

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 11th October, 1869.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

JOHN STYAK, Esq.,
HENRY MAHON JERVIS, Esq.,
GEORGE PATRICK PIERCE, Esq., and
GEORGE RANDALL JOHNSON, Esq.,
of Auckland;

GEORGE BUCKLEY, Esq.,
of Canterbury; and

ALEXANDER TOLMIE, Esq.,
of Dunedin, to be Justices of the Peace for the
Colony.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 11th October, 1869.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

WILLIAM LAWRENCE SIMPSON, Esq.,
of Lawrence, to be a Coroner for the Colony.,

W. GISBORNE.

Treasury,
Wellington, 9th October, 1869.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
approve of the appointment of

ARCHIBALD BONAR, Esq.,
to be Manager of the Hokitika Savings Bank.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th October, 1869.

THE under-mentioned Members of the No. 1
Company, Wellington Rifle Volunteers, having
obtained twenty points and upwards in the 1st Class
in the Rifle Practice for the year ended 31st May,
1869, are entitled to wear the Badges of Marksmen
denoted in sub-section C., section 93, Volunteer
Regulations.

W. GISBORNE
(in absence of Mr. McLean).

Lieut. H. J. H. Eliott ... No. of Points
Ensign C. C. N. Barron ... obtained.
Colour-Sergeant F. Stevens ... 26
Musketry-Instructor E. T. Gillon ... 22
Corporal R. O'Connor ... 23
Private D. Gray ... 21
" Leonard St. George ... 35
" Louis St. George ... 22
" H. A. Lomax ... 20
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DONALD H. MCBARNETT,
Major, commanding No. 1 Company,
W.R.V.