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NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1870.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The Otago and Southland Union
Act, 1870," it is enacted that the said Act
shall come into operation on such day as the
Governor shall, by Proclamation published in the
New Zealand Gazette, appoint:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen,
G.C.M.G., the Governor of New Zealand, do hereby
proclaim and appoint that "The Otago and South-
land Union Act, 1870," shall come into operation on
the sixth day of October, one thousand eight hundred
and seventy.

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 the
said Colony of New Zealand and its
Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the
same, at the Government House, at Wel-
lington; and issued under the Seal of the
said Colony, this seventeenth day of
September, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy.
W. GISBORNE.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The Native Lands Frauds Pre-
vention Act, 1870," it is enacted that the
Governor in Council may, by Proclamation in that
behalf, from time to time define districts to be called
Native Trust Districts, and bring the same under the
operation of the said Act:

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by
and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council, and in exercise of the power vested in him
by the said Act, doth hereby proclaim and declare
the Province of Hawke's Bay to be a Native Trust
District under the said Act, by the name of

THE HAWKE'S BAY DISTRICT.

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 Public Seal of the said Colony, this
twentieth day of September, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy.
DONALD MCLEAN.

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

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At Wellington, this seventeenth day of September,
1870.
Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Marine Act, 1867," it is
among other things enacted that the Governor
may fix and levy port charges as in the said Act
defined; and also that the Governor in Council may
from time to time make, vary, and repeal by-laws
and regulations for fixing the fees for licenses to
be paid by any watermen, masters, boatmen, and
others employed in working or navigating cargo boats,
ballast boats, tank boats, lighters, and all other
vessels and boats whatsoever, whether decked or
undecked, or whether propelled by steam or not;
and for fixing the fees for licenses to be issued for
or in respect of steam tugs, cargo boats, ballast boats,
tank boats, lighters, watermen's and other boats:

And whereas it is expedient to fix and define port
charges and fees for licenses for the Port of Short-
land:

Now therefore, His Excellency Sir George Fer-
guson Bowen, the Governor of New Zealand, with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council of
the Colony, and in exercise and pursuance of all
powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf,
doth hereby fix the port charges and fees for licenses,
stated and set forth in the Schedule hereto, to be