THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Now therefore, I, the Governor of the Colony of
New Zealand, do hereby, with the advice and consent
of the Executive Council of New Zealand, proclaim
and declare that the said census and account shall
be taken in the month of March, in the year one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, on Monday,
the second day of March in the said year, for the night
of Sunday, the first day of the said month of March,
and that the forms of Returns above referred to
shall be delivered by the several Sub-Enumerators at
the dwelling-houses in their respective sub-districts
between Monday, the second day, and Saturday, the
twenty-eighth day of February (both days inclusive),
in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
four, and that the said forms shall be demanded and
received by such Sub-Enumerators on Monday, the
second day of March, in the same year, or as soon
thereafter as practicable.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Right Honorable Sir James Fergusson,
Baronet, a Member of Her Majesty's
Most Honorable Privy Council, 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 Dunedin, this twenty-
fourth day of December, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-three.

JULIUS VOGEL, Presiding.

Approved in Council.

FRANCIS A. HARE,
(for Clerk of the Executive Council).

Delegation of Governor's Powers under "The Lunatics
Act, 1868," to the Superintendent of the Province of
Nelson.

JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At Dunedin, this twenty-fourth day of December,
1873.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Lunatics Act, 1868," it
is enacted that it shall be lawful for the
Governor in Council, from time to time, to order and
direct that all or any of the powers, functions, duties,
and authorities vested in or required to be performed
by the Governor, or the Governor in Council, or the
Colonial Secretary, by the said Act, within any
Province or other district of the Colony, shall be
exercised or performed by the Superintendent of any
such Province, or by any other person the Governor
may think fit; and thereupon such functions, powers,
duties, and authorities may by such Superintendent
or other person be exercised or performed within the
Province or other district of the Colony specified:

Now therefore, His Excellency Sir James Fer-
gusson, the Governor of New Zealand, with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council of the
said Colony, in pursuance and in exercise of the
power and authority for that purpose vested in him,
doth hereby order and direct that all the powers,
functions, duties, and authorities vested in or
required to be performed by the Governor, or the
Governor in Council, or the Colonial Secretary, by
"The Lunatics Act, 1868," within the Province of
Nelson, shall be exercised by the Superintendent of
such Province.

FRANCIS A. HARE, DANIEL POLLEN.
(for Clerk of the Executive Council).

Reserve for a Site for a Telegraph Station and
Post Office.

JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Dunedin, this twenty-
fourth day of December, 1873.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

W
HEREAS by "The Waste Lands Act, 1858,"
it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the
Governor in Council, at any time and from time to
time, to except from sale, and either reserve to Her
Majesty or dispose of in such other manner as for
the public interest may seem best, such of the waste
lands of the Crown in any of the Provinces of the
Colony as may be required for the purposes of
military defence, or for the construction of trunk
lines of road, or as sites for public buildings for
the use of the General Government, or for other
purposes of public utility or convenience:

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by
and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council of the Colony, in exercise and pursuance of
the power and authority in that behalf vested in him,
doth hereby except from sale and reserve to Her
Majesty the parcel of the waste lands of the Crown
particularly specified and described in the Schedule
hereunder written, for the purpose in the said
Schedule mentioned and set opposite the description
of the said parcel of land.

SCHEDULE.

St. Bathan's Township, being Section
No. 11 of Block No. 1, containing by
admeasurement one rood, more or less.
Bounded-towards the North by
Section 12 of said block, 250 links;
towards the East by the main road
line, 100 links; towards the South by
Section 10 of said block, 250 links;
and towards the West by Crown lands,
100 links. | As a site for a Telegraph
Station and Post Office.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Reserve for a Site for a Custom House.

JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Dunedin, this
twenty-fourth day of December, 1873.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Waste Lands Act, 1858,"
it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the
Governor in Council, at any time and from time to
time, to except from sale, and either reserve to Her
Majesty or dispose of in such other manner as for
the public interest may seem best, such of the waste
lands of the Crown in any of the Provinces of the
Colony as may be required for the purposes of
military defence, or for the construction of trunk
lines of road, or as sites for public buildings for the
use of the General Government, or for other purposes
of public utility or convenience :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by
and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council of the Colony, in exercise and pursuance of