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763

THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 18 2.

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 by a Proclamation bearing date the
twenty-third day of July, one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-two, and published in the New Zealand
Gazette, No. 38, of the thirty-first day of July, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, I, Sir
George Ferguson Bowen, G.C.M.G., the Governor
of the Colony of New Zealand, did declare my inten-
tion forthwith to enter into negotiations for the
purchase from the Native owners of the block or
parcel of land described therein :

And whereas it is deemed expedient to revoke the
same:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen,
G.C.M.G., the Governor as aforesaid of the said
Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the provi-
sions of the hereinbefore in part recited Act, and in
exercise of the powers thereby vested in me, do
hereby revoke the said Proclamation of the twenty-
third day of July, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-two, and do further proclaim and declare
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 Auckland,
and described as follows (that is to say):-

Commencing on the North the sea coast at Cape
Colville (or Moehau), in the strict of Hauraki, in
the Province of Auckland; tlace by the East Coast
to Ngakuri-a-whare; thence by a straight line to the
summit of Te Aroha Mountain (being the northern
boundary of the Tauranga District, as proclaimed
under the New Zealand Settlements Act); thence by
the watershed range between Tauranga Harbour and
the River Thames (or Waihou) to Puapuatirohia, at
the south-eastern angle of Te Aroha Block; thence
by the southern boundary of Te Aroha Block to the
base of the hills to Okurere, near Hikutaia; thence
by a straight line to the nearest point of the telegraph
line; thence by telegraph line to Omahuhu Stream;
thence by Omahuhu Stream to the boundary of
Native reserve, as described in the Proclamation of
the Hauraki Gold Mining Districts in the New Zealand
Gazette, No. 1, of 6th January, 1872; thence by that
reserve to the point where it crosses the River
Waiwhakamunga; thence by a straight line to the
trigonometrical survey station on the hill known as
Pukeoraka, or Gentle Annie; thence by a straight
line to the north-eastern angle of the lands granted
to the Church Mission Society, adjoining the Town
of Shortland; thence by the north and west boun-
daries of the lands granted to Church Mission
Society to the River Waiwhakamunga; thence by that
river to the sea; thence by the sea coast to Cape
Colville, the point of commencement. Excluding also
from the boundary described the Towns of Shortland,
Grahamstown, and Tararu, as described in Govern-
ment Gazette No. 1, of 6th January, 1872.

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

E. W. STAFFORD.