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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1872.

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

W HEREAS by the fourth section of "The Native
Lands Act, 1867," it is enacted that it shall
be lawful for the Governor from time to time, by
Proclamation, to define districts within which "The
Native Lands Act, 1865," and "The Native Lands
Act, 1867," or any of the provisions thereof, shall be
suspended: And whereas it is expedient to suspend
the operation of the said several Acts in the district
hereafter described:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen,
Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor
of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the
said power and authority, do hereby define all that
territory within the Province of Auckland, being all
that portion of the said Province situate below high
watermark, to be a district under and within the
meaning of the said section of the said Act, and
declare that within such district the said several Acts
shall be and are hereby suspended: And I, the said
Governor, do declare that this Proclamation shall
take effect from the day of the date thereof.

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 Auckland,
this fourteenth day of May, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-two.

DONALD MCLEAN.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

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

W HEREAS, by "The Forest Trees Planting
Encouragement Act, 1871," it is enacted that

the Governor may from time to time, upon the appli-
cation of the Superintendent and Provincial Council
of any Province, by Proclamation in the New Zealand
Gazette, declare the said Act to be in operation in any
Province, or in any District being part of a Province,
to be defined in such Proclamation, and on a day to
be fixed in such Proclamation the said Act shall come
into operation in such Province or District: And
whereas, on the second day of May, 1872, the Pro-
vincial Council of the Province of Nelson passed
a Resolution requesting His Honor the Super-
intendent to make application, on behalf of the
Provincial Council, to the General Government, to
declare "The Forest Trees Planting Encourage-
ment Act, 1871," to be in operation in that Province:
And whereas the Superintendent of the said Pro-
vince hath transmitted to me a copy of the said
Resolution, and hath requested me to cause the said
Act to be proclaimed in the Province aforesaid:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the
Governor of the said Colony, in pursuance and exercise
of the authority vested in me by the said in part recited
Act, and in accordance with the application of the
said Superintendent and said Provincial Council as
aforesaid, do hereby proclaim and declare that "The
Forest Trees Planting Encouragement Act, 1871,"
shall, on the tenth day of June next, be in operation
in and throughout the Province of Nelson aforesaid.

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 twenty-seventh day of May, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-two.

W. GISBORNE.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!