THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 427

form the same : And whereas by Proclamation
under my hand, bearing date the twenty-sixth day
of August, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
three, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of
the twenty-eighth August, one thousand eight hun-
dred and seventy-three, number fifty-two, the several
places mentioned and described in the Schedule
thereto were appointed and ordered to be stations
for the performance of quarantine, under the Third
Part of the said Act, by vessels liable to quarantine
arriving at any port within the Province of Nelson;
And whereas it is expedient to revoke the said Pro-
clamation and to appoint the place mentioned in the
Schedule hereto as the station where vessels arriving
at any port in the Province of Nelson liable to
quarantine, and the crews, passengers, and persons
on board thereof, shall perform the same:

Now therefore, I, the Right Honorable Sir James
Fergusson, Baronet, the Governor of the Colony of
New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power
and authority vested in me for that purpose, do hereby
cancel and revoke the said hereinbefore in part recited
Proclamation of the twenty-sixth day of August, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, and further,
by this Proclamation, do order and appoint that the
place named and described in the Schedule hereto
shall be, and the same is hereby appointed to be, the
Station for the performance of Quarantine, under
the Third Part of the said Act, in the case of vessels
liable to quarantine, and the crews, passengers, and
persons on board thereof, arriving at any port in
the said Province of Nelson.

SCHEDULE.
THE whole of the Island known as Somes' Island,
situate in the Port Nicholson Harbour, and the
water frontage around the said Island, within half a
mile from its shore.

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 Wellington, this first day of
July, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-four.

JULIUS VOGEL.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Certain Lands declared to be Waste Lands of the
Crown.

(L.S.)
JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS under the provisions of "The Immi-
gration and Public Works Act, 1870," the
Governor was empowered, from time to time, in the
name and on behalf of Her Majesty, to purchase or
in any way acquire any land in the North Island of
New Zealand, or any interests therein which the
owners might be willing to sell, convey, or surrender,
as therein mentioned: And whereas by "The Im-
migration and Public Works Act, 1873," it is
enacted that whenever the Governor is satisfied that
any lands purchased out of the sums of two hundred
thousand (200,000) pounds and five hundred thousand
(500,000) pounds therein mentioned, are free from
Native claims and all difficulties in connection there-
with, he shall by Proclamation declare such lands to
be waste lands of the Crown, subject, except as
hereafter provided, to be sold and dealt with accord-

ing to the provisions of the laws for the time being
in force in the Province in which such land is,
regulating the sale and disposal of waste lands of
the Crown within such Province; and thereupon
such lands so proclaimed shall become subject to
such provisions: And whereas the lands described
in the Schedule hereto have been purchased out of
the sum of two hundred thousand (200,000) pounds
declared to be applicable for the purchase of lands in
the North Island under the provisions of Part Four
(IV.) of "The Immigration and Public Works Act,
1870:") And whereas it is expedient that the said
lands should be declared to be waste lands as here-
inafter set forth: Now therefore, I, Sir James
Fergusson, Baronet, the Governor of the Colony of
New Zealand, being satisfied that the lands described
in the Schedule hereto are free from Native claims
and all difficulties in connection therewith, in pur-
suance and exercise of the power and authority
vested in me by "The Immigration and Public Works
Act, 1873," do hereby proclaim and declare the said
lands to be waste lands of the Crown, subject (except
as by the said Act is provided) to be sold and dealt
with according to the provision of the laws for the
time being in force in the Province of Auckland
regulating the sale and disposal of waste lands of the
Crown within such Province.

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 Wellington, this
twenty-sixth day of June, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-four.

DANIEL POLLEN.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

SCHEDULE.
ALL that parcel of land situated in the Taupo District,
containing 534 acres, more or less, known by the name
of the Nukuhau-Tapuwaeharuru Block, being portion
of the Tauhara Block (Middle), and being bounded
towards the South-west by Lake Taupo, about 6010
links; towards the South-east by a line bearing 43°,
5650 links; towards the North-east by a line bearing
31° 30', 5000 links, to the Waikato River; and thence
towards the North and West by that river to the
outlet of Lake Taupo.

Excepting and reserving from the said Nukuhau-
Tapuwaeharuru Block the General Government
Reserves, comprising about 85 acres 3 roods 32
perches, declared under Orders in Council, dated 11th
December, 1873, and 4th March, 1874, for which
reserves allowance has not been made in the acreage.

Defining Roads in the Province of Westland, viz. :—
From Pounamu to Lake Brunner; from Okarito to
Lake Mapouriki; from Forks of Kanieri River to
Kanieri Lake.

(L.S.)
JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The Immigration and Public
Works Act, 1870," it is, amongst other things,
enacted that the Governor, from time to time, by
Proclamation published in the New Zealand Gazette,
may, as to parts within the North Island of New
Zealand, define the roads and the boundaries thereof,
and the bridges and ferries which shall be and be