654
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

available for division amongst the Road Boards of
the Province of Canterbury for the year ending the
thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-one, the sum of eight thousand pounds;
and whereas the Superintendent of the Province
of Canterbury has proposed a scheme for the division
of the said sum:

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, in exercise and pursuance of the powers
and authorities vested in him by the said Act, doth
hereby approve of the said scheme of the Superin-
tendent of the Province of Canterbury.

Approved in Council.

JULIUS VOGEL,
Presiding.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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
Provinces 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 accord-
ance with a scheme to be proposed, for each year,
by the Superintendent or Deputy Superintendent of
the Province, or the Chairman of the County Council
of the County, for his Province or County, and ap-
proved by the Governor in Council for the first year,
and by Resolution of both Houses of the General
Assembly for the remaining years; and further, that
the Governor in Council may amend any proposed
scheme before approving of it, and the scheme when
amended and approved shall have the same force and
effect as if originally proposed and approved in its
amended form:

And whereas there is available for division amongst
the Road Boards of the Province of Taranaki for the
year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-one, the sum of nine
hundred and sixty pounds; and whereas the Superin-
tendent of the Province of Taranaki has proposed a
scheme for the division of the said sum:

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in
exercise and pursuance of all powers enabling him in
this behalf, and with the advice of the Executive
Council of New Zealand, doth hereby amend the said
scheme as set forth in the Schedule hereto, and doth,

with the like advice and consent, approve of the same
as amended as aforesaid.

JULIUS VOGEL,
Presiding.

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

SCHEDULE.

The word "Patea" in the first column of the said
scheme, shall mean any Road District or District by
law established in the Province of Taranaki within
the boundaries following, that is to say-On the East
by the Patea River; on the West by the Waingon-
goro River; on the South by the sea; and on the
North-east by the boundary of the Ngatiruanui
Coast Block of Confiscated Land, as defined in
Gazette No. 35, of the 5th September, 1865.

If more than one Road District is established in
the said Patea District before the 30th March, 1871,
then the sum of fifty pounds, proposed in the said
scheme to be distributed to Patea District, shall be
equally divided between the Road Boards for such
District; if only one Road District is formed within
said District, then the whole of the said sum shall be
paid to the Board of said District.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

WHEREAS by "The New Zealand Institute Act,
1867," provision is made for the appointment
of members of a Board of Governors of the New
Zealand Institute, and it is enacted that on the first
day of November, one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-eight, and on the first day of November in each
succeeding year, three members of the said Board of
Governors (other than the Governor, the Colonial
Secretary, and the Superintendent of the Province
of Wellington, respectively, for the time being,) shall
retire from office, but shall be eligible for reappoint-
ment: And whereas the Honorable Sir David
Monro, James Edward Fitzgerald, Esquire, and
Charles Knight, Esquire, three of the members of
the said Board of Governors, have retired from office,
and are eligible for reappointment under the pro-
visions of the said Act:

And whereas by the said Act it is also provided
that on the annual retirement of the said three mem-
bers, the successors of such retiring members shall
be appointed by the Governor:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen,
the Governor of New Zealand, in pursuance and
exercise of the power and authority in that behalf
vested in me by the said Act, do hereby reappoint

The Honorable Sir DAVID MONRO,
JAMES EDWARD FITZGERALD, Esq., and
CHARLES KNIGHT, Esq.,

to be Governors of the Institution called the New
Zealand Institute.

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, and issued at
Wellington, this twenty-second day of
December, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy.

W. GISBORNE.