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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
passing through said section is shown upon a certain | direction for about 30 chains, having sections 284
plan marked No. 2, and thereon coloured yellow, and
and 295 on the West, and portion of Road Reserve
deposited in the Office of the Public Works Depart-
ment, Wellington, and which plan marked No. 2 has
and section 299 on the East; thence in a south-
easterly direction for about 20 chains, having sections
been authenticated for the purpose of this Proclama-
tion by the signature of the Hon. William Gisborne,
the Minister for Public Works; thence partly along
296 and 297 on the West, and sections 299 and 301
on the East; thence in a general southerly direction
old road and through section 51 in a south-by-east
direction as far as Waioroi Creek for about 26 chains,
for about 39 chains to the north-west corner of
section 316, having sections 297, 298, and 311 on the
the aforesaid section No. 51 being the property of the
aforesaid John Chadwick, which portion of the said
West, and section 301 and 302 on the East; thence
road passing through the said section No. 51 is
shown upon the aforesaid plan marked No. 2, and
in a south-east-by-east direction for about 22
chains, having sections 311 and 314 on the West,
described in the manner aforesaid; thence crossing
the Waioroi Creek and proceeding in a south-easterly
direction for about 3 chains through the north corner
and sections 316 and 318 and a portion of reserved
land 317 on the East; thence in a general south-
of section 52, the said section No. 52 being the pro-
perty of one W. H. Simcox, at present residing in
easterly direction for about 115 chains, having
sections 314, 315, 321, 322, and 324 on the West,
England, which portion of the said road passing
through the said section No. 52 is shown upon the
and sections 318, 320, 323, 331, and 332 on the East;
aforesaid plan marked No. 2, and described in
thence in an east-by-south direction for about 31
the manner aforesaid; thence partly through said
section 52 and partly along old road in a general
chains, having sections 334 and 335 on the East, and
Crown land on the West; thence in a south-easterly
south-south-easterly direction for about 15 chains,
between sections 52 and 56; thence in a south-by-
direction for about 10 chains, having section 336 on
the East, and Crown land on the West; thence in a
west direction for about 21 chains, having section
52 on the West, and sections 56 and 58 on the East;
thence passing through section 58 in a general south-
southerly direction for about 23 chains, having Crown
lands on the West, and sections 336 and 339 on the
south-easterly direction for about 8 chains, the said
section No. 58 being the property of one John Fielding
East; thence in a south-south-easterly direction for
of Tauranga, which portion of the said road passing
about 9 chains through Crown land; thence through
through the said last-named section is shown upon
Crown land in a southerly direction for about 23
the aforesaid plan marked No. 2, and described in the
chains; thence through Crown lands, in a south-
manner aforesaid; thence through same section in a
general southerly direction for about 11 chains, meet-
terly direction, for about 11 chains; thence through
Crown lands, in a general east-south-easterly
ing the old road at the south-west corner of section
58; thence between sections 53 and 270 in a south-
direction, for about 15 chains; thence through Crown
easterly direction for about 9 chains; thence between
lands, in a south-easterly direction, for about 24
sections 53, 518, and 254 on the West, and section 270
chains; thence through Crown lands, in a south-
on the East, in a general southerly direction for about
south-easterly direction, for about 8 chains. The
50 chains; thence in a south-south-westerly direction
whole of the said road line, from the commencement
for about 17 chains between sections 259 and 254 on
the West, and section 270 on the East; thence in a
to the termination, is delineated by a red line on the
plan referred to in the body of this Proclamation
general south-by-east direction for about 43 chains,
having sections 259, 263, and 268 on the West,
and marked No. I.; the estimated length of the said
road line being 10 miles, and the breadth thereof
and sections 270, 271, 272, and 273 on the East;
thence in a southerly direction for about 10 chains,
one chain.

having section 268 on the West, and section 273 on
the East; thence in a south-westerly direction for
about 17 chains, leaving the old road at the north-
east corner of section 281, and passing partly through
the said section No. 281, being Crown lands, which
portion of the said road passing through the said last-
named section is shown upon a certain plan marked
No. 3, and thereon coloured yellow, and deposited in
the Office of the Public Works Department at Wel-
lington, which plan marked No. 3 has been authenti-
cated for the purposes of this Proclamation by the
signature of the Hon. William Gisborne, Minister
for Public Works; thence through same section 281,
in a south-westerly direction, for about 3 chains;
thence through same section in a general south-
easterly direction and crossing the old road for about
5 chains, also crossing the Whakapoukarakia Stream,
and entering portion of the proposed road reserve serve;
thence recrossing the old road into the aforesaid
section 281, in a general south-by-east direction,
for about 3 chains; thence crossing the old road
again and into the Road Reserve, in a general east-
by-south direction, for about 3 chains; thence
across said reserve, in a general south-by-east
direction, for about 3 chains; thence across the
aforesaid reserve in a south-by-west direction for
about 4 chains; thence partly across the reserve and
portion of old road, in a general south-by-east
direction, for about 9 chains; thence in a southerly

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly
of New Zealand, intituled "The New Zealand
Post Office Act, 1858," it is enacted that it shall be
lawful for the Governor in Council, from time to
time, by Proclamation to be published in the New
Zealand Gazette, to fix, alter, and abolish the rates of
postage at any time payable within the Colony for the
transmission of letters and newspapers by post, either
between places within New Zealand or to or from
places beyond seas, and at what time the same shall
be paid, and that the postage so made payable shall
be charged and paid accordingly: And whereas, by
a Proclamation duly made and issued, bearing date
the sixth day of June, one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-seven, the Governor in Council did, in
pursuance of the said recited power and authority,
fix certain rates of postage, and the times at which
the same respectively should be paid: And whereas
it is desirable that the said rates should be altered as
hereinafter mentioned: Now therefore, in exercise
of the said recited power and authority, I, Sir George
Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of New Zealand,
with the advice and consent of the Executive Council
thereof, do hereby alter the rates of postage fixed to be
paid within the Colony, and do proclaim and declare
that the postage payable within the Colony for the
transmission of all letters, newspapers, and packets
by post, to or from the countries and places mentioned
in the Schedule hereto, shall be according to the rates
mentioned in such Schedule; and that such postage
shall in all cases be paid at the time such letters,
newspapers, and packets are delivered into the post;
and that this Proclamation shall take effect from and