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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Times of Meetings of the Waste Lands Board of the
Land District of Canterbury.

NORMANBY, Governor.

WHEREAS by the first sub-section of section
of "The Waste Lands Adminis-
tration Act, 1876," it is provided that the Waste
Land Boards of the respective land districts shall sit
at the Land Office in the principal town of the land
district, at certain times to be determined by the
Board and approved of by the Governor, and pub-
lished in the New Zealand Gazette:

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of New Zealand,
in exercise of the power and authority vested in me
in that behalf by "The Waste Lands Administration
Act, 1876," do hereby fix and determine that the
ordinary meetings of the Waste Lands Board of the
Land District of Canterbury shall be held at the
Principal Land Office, at Christchurch, on Monday
and Thursday, in each week, at twelve o'clock noon.

As witness the hand of His Excellency, this
twenty-first day of November, one thou-
sand eight hundred and seventy-six.

H. A. ATKINSON.

Times of Meetings of the Waste Lands Board,
District of Westland.

NORMANBY, Governor.

WHEREAS by the first subsection of section
twenty-six of "The Waste Lands Adminis-
tration Act, 1876," it is provided that the Waste
Land Boards of the respective land districts shall sit
at the Land Office in the principal town of the land
district, at certain times to be determined by the
Board and approved of by the Governor, and pub-
lished in the New Zealand Gazette:

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of New Zealand,
in exercise of the power and authority vested in me
in that behalf by "The Waste Lands Administration
Act, 1876," do hereby fix and determine that the
ordinary meetings of the Waste Lands Board of the
Land District of Westland shall be held at the
Principal Land Office at Hokitika, on the first and
third Wednesday in each month, at two o'clock p.m.

As witness the hand of His Excellency, this
twenty-second day of November, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-six.

H. A. ATKINSON.

Penalty for Removal of Guano from Lacepede and
other Islands without a License.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 20th November, 1876.

THE following letter, received from the Acting
Colonial Secretary of Western Australia, is
published for general information.

DANIEL POLLEN.

(Circular.)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Perth, 30th October, 1876.

SIR,-In transmitting herewith the enclosed notice
for your information, I am directed by His Excellency
Governor Robinson, C.M.G., to request that you
will be good enough to give every publicity to the
same in your colony.

I have &c.,

A. O'GRADY LEFROY,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

The Hon. the Colonial Secretary,
New Zealand.

TO SHIPOWNERS, CAPITALISTS, AND OTHERS.

His Excellency the Governor deems it right to warn
all persons who may contemplate engaging directly
or indirectly in collecting guano on the Lacepede
and other islands belonging to this colony, that the
provisions of the Act passed during last Session
of the Legislative Council, intituled "An Act to
make further Provision for the Punishment of Persons
trespassing on certain portions of the Crown Lands
in Western Australia," will be strictly enforced.

That Act makes persons found collecting or re-
moving guano, without having obtained a license
from the proper authority in this colony, punishable
with twelve months' imprisonment with hard labour in
addition to the fine of £100 which they incur under
"The Waste Lands Unlawful Occupation Act, 1872;"
and further it provides that any ship engaged in this
unlawful enterprise shall, together with her tackle,
apparel, furniture, and everything on board her, be
seized and condemned as forfeited to the use of Her
Majesty.

By command of His Excellency the Governor.

A. O'GRADY LEFROY,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Perth, 30th October, 1876.

Letters of Naturalization issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 22nd November, 1876.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
issue Letters of Naturalization, under "The
Aliens Act, 1866," in favour of the under-mentioned
persons, viz.,-

DANIEL POLLEN.

Commissioner of Crown Lands appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 17th November, 1876.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

JOHN THOMAS TYLEE, Esq.,

to be Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Provin-
cial District of Hawke's Bay, as from the 6th of
November, 1876.

H. A. ATKINSON,
Secretary for Crown Lands.

Chairman of Commissioners under "The Auckland
Public Buildings Act, 1876," appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 18th November, 1876.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

READER GILSON WOOD, Esq.,

to be the Chairman of the Commissioners appointed
by "The Auckland Public Buildings Act, 1876."

DANIEL POLLEN.