THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 653

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington,
this second day of December, 1870.
Present :
THE HONORABLE JULIUS VOGEL, PRESIDING, AND
MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by " The Payments to Provinces Act,
1870," it is enacted that in each year during
the seven years ending on the thirtieth day of June,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, there
shall be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue of the
Colony the sum of fifty thousand pounds, which
shall be divided among and paid to the several Pro-
vinces and the County of Westland in proportion to
their respective populations, and that all sums so
paid shall be paid into the Bank at which the Pro-
vincial Account or the County of Westland Account,
as the case may be, is for the time being kept, and
shall there be placed to the credit of a special
account, to be called "The Road District Funds
Account" of the Province or County: And whereas
by the said Act it is further enacted that the said
moneys shall be available only for division among
the Road Boards of the Province or County in
accordance with a scheme to be proposed for each
year by the Superintendent or Deputy Superinten-
dent of the Province, or the Chairman of the County
Council of the County, for his Province or County,
and approved by the Governor in Council for the
first year, and by Resolution of both Houses of the
General Assembly for the remaining years:
whereas there is available for division amongst the
Road Boards of the Province of Hawke's Bay for the
year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-one, the sum of one
thousand two hundred pounds; and whereas the
Superintendent of the Province of Hawke's Bay has
proposed a scheme for the division of the said sum:
And

Now therefore, His Excellency Sir George Ferguson
Bowen, Governor of New Zealand, in exercise and
pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him
by the said Act, doth hereby, by and with the advice
and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony,
approve of the said scheme of the Superintendent of
the Province of Hawke's Bay.
Approved in Council.
JULIUS VOGEL,
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
Presiding.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington,
this second day of December, 1870.
Present :
THE HON. JULIUS VOGEL, COLONIAL TREASURER,
PRESIDING, AND MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE
COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by "The Payments to Provinces Act,
1870," it is enacted that in each year during
the seven years ending on the thirtieth day of June,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, there
shall be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue of the
Colony the sum of fifty thousand pounds, which shall
be divided among and paid to the several Pro-
vinces and the County of Westland in proportion to
their respective populations, and that all sums so paid shall
be paid into the Bank at which the Provincial
Account or the County of Westland Account, as
the case may be, is for the time being kept, and shall
there be placed to the credit of a special account, to
be called "The Road District Funds Account" of
the Province or County: And whereas by the said
Act it is further enacted that the said moneys shall
be available only for division among the Road Boards
of the Province or County in accordance with a
scheme to be proposed for each year by the Superin-
tendent or Deputy Superintendent of the Province,
or the Chairman of the County Council of the
County, for his Province or County, and approved by
the Governor in Council for the first year, and by
Resolution of both Houses of the General Assembly
for the remaining years: And whereas there is

their respective populations, and that all sums so
paid shall be paid into the Bank at which the Pro-
vincial Account or the County of Westland Account,
as the case may be, is for the time being kept, and
shall there be placed to the credit of a special
account, to be called "The Road District Funds
Account" of the Province or County: And whereas
by the said Act it is further enacted that the said
moneys shall be available only for division among
the Road Boards of the Province or County in
accordance with a scheme to be proposed for each
or Deputy Superinten-
dent of the Province, or the Chairman of the County
Council of the County, for his Province or County,
and approved by the Governor in Council for the
first year, and by Resolution of both Houses of the
General Assembly for the remaining years: And
whereas there is available for division amongst the
Road Boards of the Province of Marlborough for the
year ending the thirtieth June, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-one, the sum of nine hundred
and forty pounds; and whereas the Superintendent of
the Province of Marlborough has proposed a scheme
for the division of the said sum:
Now therefore, His Excellency Sir George Ferguson
Bowen, the Governor of New Zealand, with the advice
and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony,
in exercise and in pursuance of the powers and
authorities vested in him by the said Act, doth hereby
approve of the said scheme of the Superintendent of
the Province of Marlborough.
Approved in Council.
JULIUS VOGEL,
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
Presiding.