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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in
pursuance and exercise of the power and authority
vested in me by the said Act, do hereby proclaim
and declare that from and after the twenty-second
day of November instant, the whole of the Militia in
the respective districts mentioned in the Schedule
hereto shall be, and the same are hereby, released
from actual service.

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, at the Government
House at Wellington; and issued under
the Seal of the said Colony, this twenty-
second day of November, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-one.

DONALD MCLEAN.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

SCHEDULE.
Waiuku District, in the Province of Auckland.
Wairoa District, in the Province of Auckland.
Wanganui District, in the Province of Wellington.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by a Proclamation made under the
provisions of "The Militia Act, 1870," dated
the fifth day of December, one thousand eight hundred
and seventy, and published in the New Zealand
Gazette of the sixteenth day of December in the same
year, the Governor of New Zealand, in exercise and
pursuance of the powers and authorities enabling
him in that behalf, ordered among other things that
such part of the Militia of the several Militia Dis-
tricts named in the Schedule thereto as was specified
in such Schedule, and opposite to the name of which
district the specification of such part was set, should
be trained as a Military Force : And whereas the
whole of the Militia of the several Militia Districts
mentioned in the Schedule to the hereinbefore in part
recited Proclamation were ordered to be trained as
aforesaid : And whereas it is expedient to release
the whole of the Militia of the several Militia Districts
named in the Schedule hereto from training and
exercise :

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in
exercise and pursuance of all powers and authorities
enabling me in this behalf, do hereby order that the
whole of the Militia of the several Militia Districts
specified in the Schedule hereto, shall, from and after
the day and date hereof, be released from training
and exercise under the said Act.

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
New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-
Admiral of the same, at the Government
House at Wellington, this twenty-
second day of November, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-one.

DONALD MCLEAN.

SCHEDULE.
The Rangitikei District.
The Wellington District.
The Greytown District.
The Masterton District.
The South Napier District.
The North Napier District.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

WHEREAS by "The Immigration and Public
Works Act Amendment Act, 1871," the
Governor is, among other things, empowered to enter
into arrangements for the acquisition of particular
portions of land in the North Island, for the pur-
pose of mining for gold, for the establishment of
special settlements, or for the purposes of railway
construction : And by the said Act it is also pro-
vided that it shall be lawful for the Governor, when-
ever he shall have determined to enter into negotia-
tions for the purchase of such land, to insert a notice
in the New Zealand Gazette that it is his intention to
enter into such negotiations, and after such notice is
inserted it shall not be lawful for any one to purchase
or acquire from the Native owners any right, title, or
interest, or contract for the purchase or acquisition
from the Native owners of any right, title, or
interest, in the lands specified in such notice, unless
the notice be cancelled by the Governor: Provided
that no such notice shall have longer operation
than for the period of two years :

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand in pur-
suance of the provisions of the hereinbefore in part
recited Act, do hereby give notice that it is my inten-
tion forthwith to enter into negotiations for the pur-
chase from the Native owners of the block or parcel
of land situate in the Province of Wellington, and
described as follows (that is to say) :—

All that parcel of land situated on the Turakina
River, and containing by admeasurement forty-six
thousand nine hundred and seventy-five (46,975)
acres, more or less. Bounded towards the North by
a line bearing 100° 25' from Otawa, on the Turakina
River, and passing Tiriraukawa and Kaikaharangi,
fifty-one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven
(51,867) links : towards the East by lines bearing
18° 15', three thousand nine hundred and thirty-five
(3,935) links ; 3° 15', thirteen thousand eight
hundred and forty-one (13,841) links ; 31°, two
thousand five hundred and ninety-four (2,594) links ;
61°, three thousand two hundred and fifty-nine
(3,259) links ; 16°, three thousand three hundred and
three (3,303) links ; 39° 10', two thousand and
eighteen (2,018) links ; 178°, eight thousand five
hundred and forty-six (8,546) links ; 45°, four
thousand four hundred and eighty-two (4,482) links ;
67° 20', six thousand seven hundred and sixteen
(6,716) links ; 53° 40', eight thousand and twenty-
two (8,022) links ; 18° 35', four thousand two
hundred and eighty-two (4,282) links ; 171°, two
thousand four hundred and ninety-two (2,492) links ;
136°, two thousand five hundred and eighty-nine
(2,589) links ; 21°, one thousand five hundred and
fifty-five (1,555) links ; 171°, three thousand seven
hundred and nine (3,709) links ; 41° 20', two
thousand three hundred and ninety-two (2,392)
links ; and 9° 35', eight hundred and seventeen (817)
links ; and by the Pourewa River : towards the
South by lines bearing 87° 8', four thousand three
hundred and twenty-four (4,324) links ; 86°, one
thousand three hundred and seventy-five (1,375)
links ; 101° 40', eight hundred and seventy-four (874)
links ; 54° 40', three thousand seven hundred and
eighty-two (3,782) links ; 92° 40', one thousand three
hundred and thirty-six (1,336) links ; by a creek and
by lines bearing 20° 20', two thousand four hundred