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account a sufficient amount to meet the same, the
Colonial Treasurer may authorize him to do so, and
in that case it shall not be necessary to pay such
amount into the Public Account at the end of such
first-mentioned quarter.

having been laid before the Governor, His Excel-
lency has not been advised to exercise his power of
disallowance in respect to it.

W. GISBORNE.

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 fourth day of August, in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-one.
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 4th August, 1871.

THE following Acts, passed by the Provincial
Council and assented to by the Superintendent
of the Province of Wellington, intituled

"Ad Interim Appropriation Act, 1871;"
"Licensing Amendment Act, 1871;"
"The Highways Act, 1871;"
"The Toll Gates Act, 1871;"
"The Wellington Education Act, 1871;"
"The Tramway Act, 1871;"
"The Foxton Burials Prevention Act, 1871;"
"Masterton Trusts Act, 1871;"
"Greytown Trusts Act, 1871;" and
"The Appropriation Act, 1871, No. 2;"

having been laid before the Governor, His Excel-
lency has not been advised to exercise his power of
disallowance in respect to them.

W. GISBORNE.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this
eighteenth day of July, 1871.

Present:

THE HONORABLE THE PREMIER, PRESIDING, AND
MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly
of New Zealand, intituled "The Deeds Regis-
tration Act, 1868," it is enacted that the County of
Westland, and every Province of the Colony, shall
each respectively be a Registration District for the
purposes of the said Act, provided that the Governor
in Council may from time to time define and alter
the limits of any Registration District, and may
create new Registration Districts:

And whereas it is expedient to extend the limits of
the Deeds Registration District of Wellington, so as
to comprise therein the Islands known as the Chatham
Islands:

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in
pursuance and exercise of the power and authority
vested in him by the said recited Act, and with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council of New
Zealand, doth hereby order that from and after the
first day of September next, the limits of the
Deeds Registration District of Wellington shall be
extended so as to comprise therein the said Islands
known as the Chatham Islands.

WILLIAM FOX,
Presiding.

Approved in Council.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 4th August, 1871.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 4th August, 1871.

THE following Act, passed by the Provincial
Council and reserved by the Superintendent of
the Province of Wellington for the signification of
the Governor's pleasure thereon, intituled

"The Wellington Reclaimed Land Act, 1871,"

having been laid before the Governor, His Excel-
lency has been pleased to assent to the same.

W. GISBORNE.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in Her Majesty's
name, summoned

DE RENZIE JAMES BRETT, Esq.,
of Christchurch, in the Province of Canterbury;
GEORGE BUCKLEY, Esq.,
of Waikakahi, in the Province of Canterbury;
JAMES FARMER, Esq.,
of Auckland, in the Province of Auckland; and
WILLIAM BARNARD RHODES, Esq.,
of Wellington, in the Province of Wellington; to the
Legislative Council of New Zealand, by Writs of
Summons under the Seal of the Colony.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 4th August, 1871.

THE following Acts, passed by the Provincial
Council and reserved by the Superintendent of
the Province of Hawke's Bay for the signification of
the Governor's pleasure thereon, intituled

"The Hawke's Bay Sheep Act, 1871;"
"The Dog Nuisance Act, 1871;" and
"Highways Act, 1871;"

having been laid before the Governor, His Excel-
lency has been pleased to assent to the same.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 4th August, 1871.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

JOHN DASS TORSTON, Esq.,

to be Registrar of Marriages, and of Births, Deaths,
and Marriages, for the District of Blackstone, as the
same is defined in Proclamation of 30th day of
November, 1865, and published in New Zealand
Gazette, No. 48, of 11th day of December, 1865, vice
Henry Aldborough Stratford, Esq., transferred.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 4th August, 1871.

THE following Ordinance, passed by the Provincial
Council and assented to by the Superintendent
of the Province of Taranaki, intituled

"The Beach Road Stoppage Ordinance, 1871,"

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

CHARLES MELLSOP, Esq.,

to be Returning Officer for the Election of Members
of the Provincial Council of the Province of Auck-
land for the Electoral Districts of Pensioner Settle-
ments, Town of Onehunga, Franklin, Thames, and
Raglan.

W. GISBORNE.