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its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of (178), and two hundred and twelve (212) on the map
the same; and issued under the Seal of of the said district; bounded by a line commencing
the said Colony, at Wellington, this at Trigonometrical Station Q, Greenvale District, and
second day of September, in the year of proceeding due north to Spylaw Creek, thirteen
our Lord one thousand eight hundred thousand three hundred (13,300) links; thence in
and seventy-four. an easterly direction along that creek to a point due
DANIEL POLLEN. north of Trigonometrical Station N, Crookston Dis-
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN! trict, ninety-nine thousand (99,000) links; thence
Proclamation constituting Herriot Hundred. due south to road line on leading ridge near the said
(L.S.) JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor. Station N, eight thousand four hundred (8,400)
A PROCLAMATION. links; thence in a south-westerly direction along
WHEREAS by "The Otago Waste Lands Act, that road line and the main road to a point due
1872," it is, amongst other things, enacted north of Trigonometrical Station T, Crookston Dis-
that it shall be lawful for the Governor, if he think trict, eighteen thousand five hundred (18,500) links;
fit, on the recommendation of the Superintendent thence due south to the said Station T, forty thousand
and Provincial Council, from time to time, by Pro- three hundred (40,300) links; thence in a north-
clamation published in the New Zealand Gazette, to westerly direction along the boundary of Crookston
constitute into a hundred any portion of the waste District, fifteen thousand four hundred (15,400) links;
lands not forming any part of any hundred previously thence due west along the northern boundary of the
proclaimed, notwithstanding that such lands or any said Crookston Hundred to the western boundary of
part thereof shall be comprised within any pastoral Block V., Greenvale District, forty-seven thousand
lease or license theretofore or thereafter to be granted one hundred (47,100) links; thence along the western
by the Crown under any law regulating the occupation boundary of the said Block V. in a northerly direction,
or disposal of waste lands, and whether or not the by a straight line in a north-easterly direction,
same shall have been included within the boundaries three thousand five hundred (3,500) links; thence
of any proclaimed gold field: twenty-three thousand three hundred (23,300) links
And whereas by the said Act it is also further to Station Q, the starting point, be all the aforesaid
provided that no hundred shall be constituted which linkages more or less.
shall consist wholly of land unsuitable for agriculture
Given under the hand of His Excellency the
and adapted for pastoral purposes only, and before Right Honorable Sir James Fergusson,
any hundred shall be constituted it shall be the duty Baronet, a Member of Her Majesty's
of the Commissioner of Crown Lands and Chief Most Honorable Privy Council, Governor
Surveyor to certify to the Governor that in their and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her
opinion not less than one third part of the area of Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its
such hundred is land available for agriculture: Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the
And whereas the Superintendent of the Province same; and issued under the Seal of the
of Otago and the Provincial Council of the said said Colony, at Wellington, this second
province have recommended that the waste lands day of September, in the year of our Lord
particularly described in the Schedule hereto should one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
be proclaimed to be a hundred under the provisions four.
of the said Act: And whereas the said lands do not DANIEL POLLEN.
form part of any hundred previously proclaimed, and GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
the Commissioner of Crown Lands and the Chief Proclamation constituting Otaria Hundred.
Surveyor of the said province have, in accordance (L.S.) JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor.
with the hereinbefore recited provisions of the said A PROCLAMATION.
Act, certified to the Governor, as to such lands herein- WHEREAS by "The Otago Waste Lands Act,
after in the said Schedule described, that in their 1872," it is, amongst other things, enacted
opinion not less than one third part of the area that it shall be lawful for the Governor, if he think
thereof is land available for agriculture: fit, on the recommendation of the Superintendent
And whereas it is expedient that effect should be and Provincial Council, from time to time, by Pro-
given to the said recommendation of the Superin- clamation published in the New Zealand Gazette, to
tendent and Provincial Council of the Province of constitute into a hundred any portion of the waste
Otago: lands not forming any part of any hundred previously
Now therefore, I, Sir James Fergusson, Baronet, proclaimed, notwithstanding that such lands or any
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pur- part thereof shall be comprised within any pastoral
suance and exercise of the powers and authority lease or license theretofore or thereafter to be granted
vested in me by the hereinbefore in part recited Act, by the Crown under any law regulating the occupation
do hereby proclaim that the waste lands particularly or disposal of waste lands, and whether or not the
described in the Schedule hereto shall be, and the same shall have been included within the boundaries
same are hereby, constituted into a hundred under of any proclaimed gold field:
and for the purposes of the said Act; and that the And whereas by the said Act it is also further
same shall be called or known by the name set above provided that no hundred shall be constituted which
the description of the said hundred in the said shall consist wholly of land unsuitable for agriculture
Schedule. and adapted for pastoral purposes only, and before
SCHEDULE. any hundred shall be constituted it shall be the duty
HERRIOT HUNDRED. of the Commissioner of Crown Lands and Chief
ALL that parcel of land in the Province of Otago, Surveyor to certify to the Governor that in their
in the Colony of New Zealand, containing by estima- opinion not less than one third part of the area of
tion twenty thousand (20,000) acres, more or less, such hundred is land available for agriculture:
situate in the South-Eastern Pastoral District, being And whereas the Superintendent of the Province
parts of Runs numbered respectively one hundred of Otago and the Provincial Council of the said
and sixty-three (163), one hundred and seventy-eight province have recommended that the waste lands
particularly described in the Schedule hereto should