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seven (437) links, three thousand three hundred and
twenty-two (3322) links, seven hundred and ninety-
six (796) links, four thousand two hundred and
eighty-two (4282) links, one thousand and forty-four
(1044) links, five hundred and thirty-nine (539)
links, five hundred and twenty-six (526) links, four
hundred and thirty (430) links, one thousand seven
hundred and twenty-five (1725) links, four hundred
and forty-six (446) links, four hundred and thirty
(430) links, one thousand two hundred and one
(1201) links, one thousand (1000) links, seven hun-
dred and fifty-eight (758) links, one thousand one
hundred and four (1104) links, six hundred and two
(602) links, five hundred and eighty-seven (587)
links, two hundred and eighty-four (284) links, one
thousand and seventy (1070) links, three hundred
and fifty-two (352) links, one thousand and sixty
(1060) links, one hundred and fifty-five (155) links,
eight hundred and forty-seven (847) links, five
hundred and sixty-seven (567) links, three hundred
and thirty-eight (338) links, one thousand and
thirty-nine (1039) links, eight hundred and thirty-
seven (837) links, six hundred and forty-six (646)
links, one thousand four hundred and fifty-nine
(1459) links, nine hundred and sixty (960) links, one
thousand and fourteen (1014) links, and nine hun-
dred and thirty-eight (938) links, and by the Nga-
pukewakapu Block four thousand six hundred and
ninety (4690) links, three hundred and three (303)
links, nine hundred and sixty-seven (967) links, one
thousand and twenty-nine (1029) links, one thousand
two hundred and sixty-one (1261) links, four hun-
dred and ninety-one (491) links, one thousand three
hundred and sixty-one (1361) links, seven hundred
and ninety-five (795) links, and five hundred and
thirty-two (532) links.

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 Coun-
cil; 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; and
issued under the Seal of the said Colony,
at the Government House, at Wellington,
this twenty-fourth day of February,
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-seven.

J. D. ORMOND.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Determining Land to be Site for the Town of
Rangitoto.

(L.S.)
NORMANBY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the thirty-second section of "The
Westland Waste Lands Act, 1870," it is
enacted that the sites of towns shall from time to
time be determined by the Governor upon the re-
commendation of the County Council, and shall be
notified by Proclamation in the Province of Westland
Gazette:

And whereas by the sixty-seventh section of "The
Waste Lands Administration Act, 1876," it is pro-
vided that the recommendation aforesaid shall be
made by the Waste Lands Board instead of by the
County Council: And whereas the said Waste
Lands Board has recommended that the land described
in the Schedule hereto should be a site for a town
within the meaning of the said Act:

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, Governor of New Zealand, in
exercise and pursuance of all powers and authorities
enabling me in this behalf, do hereby determine and
fix the land described in the Schedule hereto to be a
site for a town within the meaning of the thirty-
second section of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

TOWN OF RANGITOTO.

ALL that parcel of land containing by admeasure-
ment one hundred and eighty-eight (188) acres,
more or less, situate in the Totara District, near
Mount Rangitoto, in the Provincial District of
Westland, and numbered one hundred and fifty-four
(154) in red. Bounded on the North-eastward by a
line commencing at a point on the east side of
Palmer Creek, about twenty chains north from its
junction with the left-hand branch of the Waitaha
River; thence South-easterly in a straight line to a
point forty chains south-east from Mine Creek, and
twenty chains north-east from Flat Creek; on the
South-eastward by a line running south-westerly (at
a right angle with the last-mentioned boundary) for
twenty chains to the northern bank of Flat Creek;
on the Southward by a line following Flat Creek,
Mine Creek, and left-hand branch of Waitaha River
to Palmer Creek; and bounded on the North-west-
ward by a line following up Palmer Creek in a
north-easterly direction to the commencing point.

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; and issued
under the Seal of the said Colony, at
Wellington, this second day of March,
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-seven.

D. REID.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Declaring "The Regulation of Local Elections Act,
1876," in force within the Okain's Bay Road Board
District.

(L.S.)
NORMANBY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

BY virtue of the power vested in me by the third
section of "The Regulation of Local Elections