THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 137

In the Resident Magistrate's Court at Queenstown,
on the Monday second after the second Wednes-
day in July next.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this ninth day of March, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy.
W. GISBORNE.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and
authority in me vested in this behalf by the
Regulations for the sale and disposal of Waste
Lands in the County of Westland, I hereby reserve
the lands in the said County of Westland, the
boundaries whereof are described in the Schedule
hereunto annexed, for the uses of the Colonial
Government and other public purposes, as in the
said Schedule is more particularly specified.

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
Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-
Admiral of the same, at Auckland, this
twelfth day of March, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy.
W. GISBORNE.

SCHEDULE.

Lot number sixty-seven (67) (in red). One acre
two roods thirty perches, more or less, situate on the
Hokitiki River, bounded on the Southward and
Westward by the line for a road from Arthurstown
to Ross; on the Eastward by the road along the
south bank of the Hokitika River a distance of three
(3) chains; and on the Northward by a line bearing
239° 30′ (magnetic) a distance of five (5) chains and
ninety-six (96) links. For the purpose of a Ferry.

Lot number sixty-eight (68) (in red). Twenty
acres, more or less, bounded on the Westward by
the Goldsborough and Greenstone Road; on the
Northward by the Teremakau River; on the South-
ward by the High Terrace; and on the Eastward by
a line to include the quantity. For Government
purposes.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 22nd March, 1870.
THE following Despatches from Her Majesty's
Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies
are published for general information.
W. GISBORNE.

CIRCULAR.
Downing Street, 13th December, 1869.
SIR,-I have received your Despatch No. 124, of the
18th September last, recommending that the mem-
bers of the late Ministry of New Zealand, viz.,
Messrs. E. W. Stafford, W. Fitzherbert, J. Hall,
J. C. Richmond, and Colonel T. M. Haultain, should
be permitted to retain the title of Honorable; and
I have to acquaint you that the Queen has been
graciously pleased to approve of those gentlemen
retaining the title within New Zealand.

In conveying Her Majesty's decision, I have much
pleasure in placing on record my appreciation of the
services rendered to the Colony by Mr. Stafford
during a long and distinguished political career; and
by Mr. Fitzherbert, in the able and judicious conduct
of his recent negotiations with the Government of
this country, respecting the adjustment of the

Imperial and Colonial claims arising out of the war
in New Zealand.

I have, &c.,
GRANVILLE.

Governor Sir G. F. Bowen, G.C.M.G., &c.

Downing Street, 27th December, 1869.
SIR,-With reference to your Despatch No. 125, of
the 18th September last, I have the honor to acquaint
you that Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to
issue the final authority for the appointment of
Colonel Whitmore to be a Companion of the Order
of St. Michael and St. George.
The Grant of the dignity, together with the Insig-
nia, will be conveyed to that officer by the Secretary
of the Order.

I have, &c.,
GRANVILLE.

Governor Sir G. F. Bowen, G.C.M.G., &c.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 19th March, 1870.
THE following Bills, passed by the Provincial
Council, and assented to by the Superintendent of
the Province of Auckland, intituled

"The Members' Remuneration Act, 1870;"
"The Auckland Municipal Police Act, 1866,
Amendment Act, 1870;"
"The Repeal Act, 1870;"
"The Appropriation Act, 1870;" and
"The Highways Act, 1867, Amendment Act,
1870;"

having been laid before the Governor, His Excellency
has not been advised to exercise his power of
disallowance in respect of them.
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 19th March, 1870.
THE following Bills passed by the Provincial
Council, and reserved by the Superintendent of
the Province of Auckland for the signification of the
Governor's pleasure thereon, intituled

"The Representation Amendment Act, 1870,"
and
"The Auckland Salt Water Bath Company
Lease Act, 1870,"

having been laid before the Governor, His Excellency
has been pleased to assent to the same.
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 22nd March, 1870.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
delegate, under "The Waste Lands Act, 1858,"
to the Deputy Superintendent of the Province of
Wellington, within that Province, the powers vested
in the Governor by section fourteen of the said Act,
subject to be rescinded as in the said Act provided.
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 22nd March, 1870.
IT is hereby notified, that the Governor has dele-
gated to the Deputy Superintendent of Welling-
ton, within that Province, His Excellency's powers
under "The Prisoners' Removal Act, 1865."
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 22nd March, 1870.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the under-mentioned persons to be
Inspectors of Weights and Measures under "The