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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1872.

(L.S.) G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The Auckland Military Reserves Act, 1871," it is, among other things, enacted that the said Act shall come into operation on a day to be fixed by the Governor, by Proclamation in the New Zealand Gazette, and until that day shall have no force or effect whatever: And whereas it is expedient that the said Act should be brought into operation as and in manner hereinafter mentioned:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power vested in me by "The Auckland Military Reserves Act, 1871," do hereby proclaim and declare that the said Act shall come into operation on the fifth day of March now next ensuing, which said day is hereby fixed for that purpose.

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 the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.

W. GISBORNE.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

(L.S.) G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The Auckland Harbour Docks Act, 1871," it is, among other things, enacted that the said Act shall come into operation on a day to be fixed by the Governor by Proclamation in the New Zealand Gazette, and until that day shall have no force or effect whatever: And whereas it is expedient that the said Act should be brought into operation as hereinafter mentioned:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power vested in me by "The Auckland Harbour Docks Act, 1871," do hereby proclaim and declare that the said Act shall come into operation on the fifth day of March now next ensuing, which day is hereby fixed for that purpose.

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-ninth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.

W. GISBORNE.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this 19th day of February, 1872.

Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Wellington Special Settlements Act, 1871," it is, among other things, enacted that it shall be lawful for the Superintendent of the Province of Wellington, with the advice of his Executive Council, by Proclamation in the Government Gazette of the said Province, to set aside out of the waste lands within the Province of Wellington, the Native title of which has been extinguished, or any block or blocks, for the purpose of special settlement, not exceeding in the whole one hundred thousand acres, on such terms as may be sanctioned by the Governor in Council, anything in the existing regulations for the management or disposal of the waste lands in the Province to the contrary notwithstanding: And whereas the said Superintendent, with the advice of his Executive Council as aforesaid, hath proposed to set aside a certain block of land at Sandon, in the said Province, containing five thousand and eight acres two roods and thirty-two perches, or thereabouts, as a special settlement under the said Act for the members of an Association known as the