THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 61

payable on obtaining Letters Patent shall have been
paid.

                            W. GISBORNE,
                            Presiding.

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

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 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
be there 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 avail-
able only for division among the Road Boards of the
Province or County in accordance with a scheme to
be proposed for each year by the Superintendent or
Deputy Superintendent of the Province, or the Chair-
man of the County Council of the County, for his Pro-
vince or County, and approved by the Governor in
Council for the first year, and by resolution of both
Houses of the General Assembly for the remaining
years:

And whereas there is available for division amongst
the Road Boards of the County of Westland, for
the year ending the thirtieth day of June, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, the sum of
two thousand seven hundred pounds: And whereas
the Chairman of the County Council of Westland
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 and consent of the
Executive Council of New Zealand, doth hereby
approve of the said scheme of the Chairman of the
County Council of Westland.

W. GISBORNE,
Presiding.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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 be there 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
accordance with a scheme to be proposed for each
year by the Superintendent or Deputy Superinten-
dent of the Province, or the Chairman of the County
Council of the County, for his Province or County,
and approved 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 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 Wellington, for
the year ending the thirtieth day of June, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, the sum of
five thousand pounds: And whereas the Deputy
Superintendent of the Province of Wellington has
proposed a scheme for the division of the said sum,
and such scheme has been amended as mentioned in
the Schedule hereto, and then approved by the
Governor in Council:

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in
exercise and pursuance of all powers enabling him
in this behalf, and with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of the Colony of New Zealand,
doth hereby amend the said scheme as mentioned in
the Schedule hereto, and doth with the like advice
and consent approve of the same scheme as amended.

SCHEDULE.
The said sum of five thousand pounds, and all and
every parts and part thereof, is payable, and shall be,
in terms of the Act, paid only to Road Boards of
the Province of Wellington.

W. GISBORNE,
Presiding.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-seventh day of January, 1871.
Present :
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN 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