Numb. 72.

649

THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1870.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The Census Act, 1858," it is
provided that the account of the number and
condition of the population of New Zealand, and of
the live stock, and of the cultivations therein, respec-
tively, and of other particulars relating thereto, which
the said Act directs to be taken in every third year
succeeding the year one thousand eight hundred and
fifty-eight, shall be taken in the month of December,
and that the forms of Returns for obtaining the re-
quired information in that behalf shall be delivered
by the several Sub-Enumerators at the dwelling-
houses in their respective sub-districts between the
first and twenty-fourth days of December in the
years appointed, and that the said forms shall be
demanded and received by such Sub-Enumerators on
the twenty-sixth day of December, or as soon after
as practicable:

And whereas it is also provided by "The Census
Act Amendment Act, 1860," that it shall be lawful
for the Governor in Council to appoint any other
month or any other day or days for the purposes
above cited in the year one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-four, or in any or every third year after,
instead of the month or the day or days appointed
by "The Census Act, 1858," and the time or times
so appointed by the Governor in Council shall be
declared by Proclamation in the New Zealand Gazette,
and also that all the provisions of "The Census Act,
1858," relating to taking an account of the popula-
tion of New Zealand, shall, except as therein provided,
be deemed and taken to apply to such time or times
as fully as if such month or day or days had been
specified in the said Act:

And whereas by "The Census Acts Amendment
Act, 1867," the third and fourth parts of Schedule A,
annexed to "The Census Act, 1858," are repealed,
and it is enacted that, in the stead and place of the
matters mentioned in such third and fourth parts of
the said Schedule, information shall be obtained by
the Enumerators and Sub-Enumerators at every
General Census with respect to the subjects com-
prised in the Schedule to the said "Census Acts
Amendment Act, 1867," annexed:

And whereas it is further provided by "The
Census Acts Amendment Act, 1870," that if no
month or time in the year one thousand eight
hundred and seventy is appointed by the Governor
in Council under the powers conferred on him by
"The Census Act Amendment Act, 1860," for taking
the census or account provided to be taken by "The
Census Act, 1858," as amended by "The Census Acts
Amendment Act, 1867," and the said "Census Acts
Amendment Act, 1870," and if the said census be
not taken in the month of December, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy, such census or account
shall, instead of being taken in and for the year one
thousand eight hundred and seventy, in accordance
with the provisions of "The Census Act, 1858," be
taken in and for the year one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-one, in such month and on such day or
days in the said year one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-one as the Governor in Council shall by
Proclamation published in the New Zealand Gazette
appoint, and all the provisions of "The Census Act,
1858," as amended by "The Census Act Amendment
Act, 1860," and "The Census Acts Amendment Act,
1867," and the said "Census Acts Amendment Act,
1870," shall apply to such time or times and the
account to be then taken :

Now therefore, I, the Governor of the Colony of
New Zealand, do hereby, with the advice and consent
of the Executive Council of New Zealand, proclaim
and declare that the said census and account shall be
taken in the month of February in the year one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, and that
the forms of Returns above referred to shall be
delivered by the several Sub-Enumerators at the
dwelling-houses in their respective sub-districts
between Wednesday, the first day, and Monday, the
twenty-seventh day, of February (both days inclusive),
in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
one, and that the said forms shall be demanded and
received by such Sub-Enumerators on Tuesday,