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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Whereas it is enacted by "The Kidnapping Act,
1872," that no British vessel shall carry native
labourers of islands in the Pacific Ocean not being
within the jurisdiction of any civilized Power unless
the master of such vessel, together with one sufficient
surety to be approved by the Governor of one of Her
Majesty's Australasian Colonies, or by a British Con-
sular Officer, or by any person appointed for the
purpose by either of those officers, shall have given
to Her Majesty, her heirs and successors, a bond in
the sum of five hundred pounds for the prevention of
kidnapping, and for the due observance of the require-
ments of the said Act and of the license which the
said master is thereby required to obtain :

Now the condition of this obligation is this, that
if in respect of the vessel , whereof the above
bounden A.B. is master, all and every the require-
ments of the said Act and of the license issued there-
under to the said master shall be well and truly
performed, and if the above bounden A.B. shall
satisfy the Governor of any of Her Majesty's Austral-
asian Colonies, or the British Consular Officer afore-
said, that no kidnapping was allowed or connived at
by any person on board of or connected with said
vessel during the currency of the said license, then
this obligation is to be void, otherwise to remain in
full force.

Signed, sealed, and delivered by the)
above bounden A.B. and C.D. in
the presence of
E.F. of
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(L.S.)
(L.S.)

SCHEDULE В.
(Royal Arms.)

LICENSE FOR THE CARRIAGE BY SEA OF NATIVE
LABOURERS.

A.B. master of the , the vessel more particularly
described below, having duly given to Her Majesty
Queen Victoria the bond required by "The Kidnap-
ping Act, 1872," for the prevention of kidnapping
and the due observance of the requirements of the
said Act, I [the Governor of the Colony of
Her Majesty's Consul of , as the case may be,] do
hereby, in exercise of the authority for that purpose
conferred on me by the said Act, license the said
vessel to carry not more than native labourers
from to . Should this vessel be found to
answer the subjoined description and appear to be
strictly engaged in the lawful pursuit of the above-
mentioned object, it is the direction of Her Majesty's
Government that she shall not be obstructed in the
prosecution of her present voyage nor in the ship-
ment or landing of her native passengers.

This license shall not be transferable, and
shall be available only for the voyage from to aforesaid, and for a
period not exceeding days from the
date hereof.

Description of the Vessel above referred to.
Tons (registered tonnage),
Rig (i.e. ship, barque, brig, &c.),
How painted,
Name painted on stern,
Whether any poop,
Whether any quarter galleries,
Whether a top-gallant forecastle,
Name of chief officer,
Number of officers and crew, including surgeon;
if any,

Bound from to , and intending to
call at and .
Given under my hand and seal at this day of 187
Governor or Consul, as the case may be.
L.S.

To the respective Flag Officers, Captains, and Com-
manding Officers of Her Majesty's Ships, and to
all others whom it may concern.

(L.S.) 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 par-
ticular portions of land in the North Island, for the
purpose 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,
whenever he shall have determined to enter into
negotiations 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:

And whereas I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance
of the provisions of the hereinbefore in part recited
Act, did, on the twenty-first day of February last,
by notice published in the New Zealand Gazette on
the twenty-sixth day of February last, notify that it
was my intention forthwith to enter into negotiations
for the purchase from the Native owners of the block
or parcel of land situate in the Province of Welling-
ton, and described as follows (that is to say) :--

All that parcel of land commencing at the mouth
of the Patea River; and thence along the north-
western boundary line of the Province, until it
strikes the northern boundary of the said Province,
and along said northern boundary to its termination;
thence along the eastern boundary of the said Pro-
vince until it strikes the Manawatu Gorge, and
thence along the Tararua Range to the northern
boundary of the Wainui and Waikanae Block; thence
westerly along the said northern boundary of the
Wainui and Waikanae Block to the sea coast; thence
northerly along the sea coast to the starting point.

And whereas it is expedient that the said notice
should be cancelled:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the
Governor of New Zealand, do hereby cancel the said
notice.

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

E. W. STAFFORD.