THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 837

day—on the first Monday in the month at eleven
o'clock a.m., and on other Mondays at two o'clock
p.m.

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

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

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
Lands Board 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 Nelson shall be held at the Principal
Land Office, at Nelson, on the second and fourth
Thursday in each month, at ten o'clock a.m.

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

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

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 Otago shall be held at the Principal
Land Office, at Dunedin, on Wednesday in each
week, at eleven o'clock a.m.

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

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

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 Southland shall be held at the Prin-
cipal Land Office, at Invercargill, on every Thursday
in each week (not being a holiday), at twelve o'clock
noon.

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

Appointment of Papers, in lieu of Provincial
Gazettes, for the insertion of Notifications.

NORMANBY, Governor.

WHEREAS by the twelfth section of "The
Abolition of Provinces Act, 1875," it is, among
other things, enacted that in every Act of the General
Assembly, except such as relate to the election of
Superintendents and Provincial Councils, and to
legislation by such Councils, and the appointment of
Deputy Superintendents, and to audit of provincial
accounts, and matters of a like kind, and in every
Act or Ordinance of the Legislature of an abolished
province under the said Act, the expression "Pro-
vincial Gazette," or Provincial Government Gazette,"
or other similar expressions, should, with respect to
any provincial district, be deemed to mean "The
New Zealand Gazette, or such newspaper as from
time to time may be appointed by the Governor, for
the purpose of inserting therein notifications of any
kind relating to the Government of the colony or the
administration of the Government within any pro-
vincial district: And whereas it is expedient that
under the hereinbefore in part recited Act, some
newspaper should be appointed in the provincial
districts mentioned below for the purposes herein
set forth:

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of every
power and authority enabling me in that behalf, do
hereby appoint the under-mentioned newspapers for
the purpose of inserting therein notifications of the
nature above mentioned, within the provincial dis-
trict named opposite the name of each newspaper
respectively.

Name of Newspaper.
"Otago Daily Times"
"Lyttelton Times"
"Marlborough Express"
"Nelson Colonist"
"West Coast Times"
"Taranaki News"
"Daily Telegraph"

Provincial District.
Otago.
Canterbury.
Marlborough.
Nelson.
Westland.
Taranaki.
Hawke's Bay.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Most Honorable George Augustus Con-
stantine, Marquis of Normanby, Earl
of Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby, and
Baron Mulgrave of Mulgrave, all in the
County of York, in the Peerage of the
United Kingdom; and Baron Mulgrave
of New Ross, in the County of Wexford,
in the Peerage of Ireland; a Member of
Her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy
Council; Knight Commander of the Most
Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and
Saint George; Governor and Commander-
in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony
of New Zealand and its Dependencies,
and Vice-Admiral of the same; at Wel-
lington, this thirtieth day of November,
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-six.
H. A. ATKINSON.