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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The Land Transfer Act, 1870,"
it is enacted that the Governor may from
time to time, as he may think fit, by Proclamation
published in the New Zealand Gazette, constitute
throughout the Colony or in any part thereof Land
Registrars' Districts for the purposes of the said Act,
and declare by what local name each such district
shall be designated:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the
Governor of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise
of the power and authority vested in me by the said
recited Act, do hereby constitute that portion of
territory known as the Deeds Registration District
of Auckland (as defined in a certain Order in
Council bearing date the seventh January, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine,) to be a Land
Registrar's District on and from the first day of
February next, and do hereby declare that such district
shall be designated "The Auckland Land Registration
District."

And also, in further exercise and pursuance of the
said power and authority, I do hereby constitute that
portion of territory known as the Deeds Registration
District of Wellington, together with the Islands
adjacent thereto known as the Chatham Islands, to
be a Land Registrar's District on and from the first
day of February next, and do hereby declare that
such district shall be designated "The Wellington
Land Registration District."

And also, in further exercise and pursuance of the
said power and authority, I do hereby constitute
that portion of territory known as the Deeds Regis-
tration District of Canterbury to be a Land Regis-
trar's District on and from the first day of February
next, and do hereby declare that such district shall
be designated "The Canterbury Land Registration
District."

And also, in further exercise and pursuance of the
said power and authority, I do hereby constitute that
portion of territory known as the Deeds Registration
District of Otago to be a Land Registrar's District
on and from the first day of February next, and do
hereby declare that such District shall be designated
"The Otago Land Registration District."

And also, in further exercise and pursuance of the
said power and authority, I do hereby constitute that
portion of territory known as the Deeds Registration
District of Nelson to be a Land Registrar's District
on and from the fifteenth day of February next, and
do hereby declare that such District shall be
designated "The Nelson Land Registration Dis-
trict."

And also, in further exercise and pursuance of the
said power and authority, I do hereby constitute that
portion of territory known as the Deeds Registration
District of Marlborough to be a Land Registrar's Dis-
trict on and from the twenty-eighth day of February
next, and do hereby declare that such District shall
be designated "The Marlborough Land Registra-
tion District."

And also, in further exercise and pursuance of the
said power and authority, I do hereby constitute that
portion of territory known as the Deeds Registration
District of Westland to be a Land Registrar's Dis-
trict on and from the twenty-eighth day of February
next, and do hereby declare that such District shall
be designated "The Westland Land Registration
District."

And also, in further exercise and pursuance of the
said power and authority, I do hereby constitute
that portion of territory known as the Deeds Regis-
tration District of Southland to be a Land Registrar's
District on and from the twenty-eight day of Febru-
next, and do hereby declare that such district shall
be designated "The Southland Land Registration
District."

And also, in further exercise and pursuance of the
said power and authority, I do hereby constitute
that portion of territory known as the Deeds
Registration District of Hawke's Bay (as defined in
the before-mentioned Order in Council of the seventh
day of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
nine,) to be a Land Registrar's District on and from
the twenty-eighth day of February next, and do
hereby declare that such district shall be designated
"The Hawke's Bay Land Registration District."

And also, in further exercise and pursuance of the
said power and authority, I do hereby constitute
that portion of territory known as the Deeds Regis-
tration District of Taranaki, to be a Land Regis-
trar's District on and from the twenty-eighth day of
February next, and do hereby declare that such dis-
trict shall be designated "The Taranaki Land Regis-
tration District."

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 under
the seal of the Said Colony, at Wellington,
this thirty-first day of January, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-one.

W. GISBORNE.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this
tenth day of January, 1871.

Present:

THE HONORABLE WILLIAM GISBORNE, COLONIAL
SECRETARY, PRESIDING, AND MEMBERS OF THE
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it is by the twelfth section of "The
Government Annuities Act, 1869," enacted
that "All moneys payable as Annuities, or as and for
Payments on Death or otherwise, or for expenses
under this Act, shall be paid out of an Account to
be kept at the Bank at which the Public Account is
for the time being kept, which Account shall be
called 'The Commissioner of Government Annuities'
Account,' and whenever any Annuities or Payments
on Death or other payments herein referred to, or
any expenses authorized to be made as hereinafter
provided, are required to be made, the said Commis-
sioner shall, so often as occasion may require, pre-
pare a requisition in such form as shall be prescribed
by any Regulations made thereunder, setting forth
the amount of moneys likely to be required for pay-
ment during a period not exceeding one month from
the date of such requisition, and the same, on being
countersigned by the Colonial Treasurer, shall be by
him transmitted to the Controller of the Public
Account, and the said Controller shall thereupon
also countersign such requisition and issue an order
in such form as shall be prescribed by any such Regu-
lations aforesaid, directing the total amount of the
sums named in the said requisition to be transferred
from the Public Trust Fund to 'The Commissioner
of Government Annuities Account,' and shall
transmit such order to the Colonial Treasurer, and
such order, when countersigned by the Colonial
Treasurer, shall be sufficient authority to the Bank