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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

the said Patea Town Hall, Company, Limited, to
the said officer in charge of confiscated lands.
2. The sale hereby authorized to be made shall be
made within one calendar month from the publication
of these regulations in the New Zealand Gazette, and
the purchase money shall be paid within the like
period.
Upon payment of the purchase money a Crown
grant shall be issued to the Patea Town Hall Com-
pany, Limited, in like manner, and subject to the
same terms and conditions, as if the said land had
been purchased by the said Company at auction
under the General Regulations now in force for the
sale and disposal of lands taken under "The New
Zealand Settlements Act, 1863," and the several Acts
amending the same.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Land reserved for purposes of public utility.

NORMANBY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-third day of February, 1875.

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 mili-
tary 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.

All that parcel of land situated on the
southern shore of Dusky Sound, and bounded
as follows: Commencing at a point on the
shore of the said sound, due North of Mount
Sparrman; thence towards the East by a
right line to the summit of Mount Sparr-
man; thence towards the South-east a
right line to the summit of Mount Brad-
shaw; thence towards the South by a right
line due west to the sea shore; and thence
by the sea shore and the shore of Dusky
Sound to the commencing point. Together
with Resolution Island, Breaksea Island,
the Gilbert Isles, Entry Island, Curlew
Island, Heron Island, Indian Island, Pigeon
Island, Parrot Island, and Anchor Island,
and the small islands and groups of islands
adjacent thereto. | For General Go-
vernment purposes
of public utility. |

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Land reserved for purposes of public utility.

NORMANBY, Governor.

To JAMES MACANDREW, Esquire, Superintendent of
the Province of Otago.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the parcel of waste
lands of the Crown particularly specified and
described in the Schedule hereunder written is
required for the purposes mentioned and set opposite
to the description of the said parcel of land in the
said Schedule, and that the same has been excepted
from sale and reserved to Her Majesty by the Order
in Council bearing the date mentioned in the second
column of the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

| FIRST COLUMN. Description of Land. | Purpose for which Reserve is made. | SECOND COLUMN. Date of Order
in Council
excepting Land
from Sale. |
|---|---|---|
| PROVINCE OF OTAGO.
All that parcel of land situated
on the southern shore of Dusky
Sound, and bounded as follows:
Commencing at a point on the
shore of the said Sound, due
north of Mount Sparrman;
thence towards the East by a
right line to the summit of
Mount Sparrman; thence to-
wards the South-east a right
line to the summit of Mount
Bradshaw; thence towards the
South by a right line due west
to the sea shore; and thence
by the sea shore and the shore
of Dusky Sound to the com-
mencing point. Together with
Resolution Island, Breaksea
Island, the Gilbert Isles, Entry
Island, Curlew Island, Heron
Island, Indian Island, Pigeon
Island, Parrot Island, and An-
chor Island, and the small is-
lands and groups of islands
adjacent thereto. | For General Go-
vernment pur-
poses of public
utility. | 23rd Febru-
ary, 1875. |

Despatch from the Secretary of State.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 22nd February, 1875.

THE following despatch from Her Majesty's
Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies,
with its enclosures, is published for general informa-
tion.

WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS,
(in the absence of the Colonial Secretary).

[CIRCULAR.]
Downing Street, 27th October, 1874.

SIR,—With reference to the Earl of Kimberley's
circular despatch of 4th September, 1873, I transmit
to you the enclosed copy of a report made to the
Secretary of State for India by Surgeon-Major Carter,
of the Bombay Army, on leprosy in Norway, together
with a copy of a letter from Dr. Milroy.

You will be good enough to communicate this
report and Dr. Milroy's letter to the Chief Medical
Officers of your Government.

I have, &c.,
CARNARVON.

The Officer Administering
the Government of New Zealand.