THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 929

PUKEATUA.
All that block or parcel of land situate at Waiau,
in the District of Coromandel, in the Provincial Dis-
trict of Auckland, known by the name of Pukeatua,
containing by admeasurement two hundred and thirty-
nine (239) acres one (1) rood and twenty (20) perches
or thereabouts. Bounded towards the North-east by
lines two hundred and fourteen (214) links, two
hundred and thirty-seven (237) links, three hundred
and forty-two (342) links, one hundred and ten (110)
links, one hundred and seventy-one (171) links, two
hundred and seventy-four (274) links, two hundred
and thirty (230) links, one hundred and ninety (190)
links, five hundred and twenty-eight (528) links, two
hundred and fifty (250) links, three hundred and
seventy-five (375) links, two hundred and ninety-nine
(299) links, five hundred and seventy (570) links, one
hundred and twenty-four (124) links, and one hun-
dred and fifty-six (156) links; towards the South by
the Waiau No. 1 Block ten thousand and thirty-
three (10033) links, and by the Totorewa Creek;
and towards the North-west by Crown land one hun-
dred and eighty-six (186) links, five hundred (500)
links, three hundred (300) links, nine hundred (900)
links, seven hundred (700) links, four hundred (400)
links, two hundred and ninety-three (293) links, six
hundred and ten (610) links, one hundred and ninety-
six (196) links, and six thousand three hundred and
one (6301) links.
dred and seventy-three (673) links, nine hundred
and fifty-seven (957) links, three hundred and fifty-
eight (358) links, and four hundred and seventy-one
(471) 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 Mul-
grave of New Ross, in the County of
Wexford, in the Peerage of Ireland; a
Member of Her Majesty's Most Honor-
able Privy Council; Knight Grand Cross
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 thirtieth day
of August, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-
seven.

J. D. ORMOND.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Validating a Rate made by the Corporation of the Town
of Lawrence on the 23rd day of April, 1877.

NORMANBY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
eleventh day of September, 1877.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Rating Act, 1876," it is
enacted that not less than twelve days before
making any rate the local body shall publicly notify
their intention to make such rate, the period for
which it is to be made, the days on which it is to
become payable, and that the rate-book is open for
inspection, as in the said Act is provided: And
whereas public notification of the intention of the
Corporation of the Town of Lawrence to make a rate
was given in the Tuapeka Times newspaper (being a
newspaper circulating in the Town of Lawrence) of
the fourth day of April, one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-seven, as required by the said Act: And
whereas at an ordinary meeting of the Council of
the Corporation of the Town of Lawrence, held at
the Council Chambers, Lawrence, aforesaid, on the
twenty-third day of April, one thousand eight hun-
dred and seventy-seven, it was resolved that the rate
for the year ending the thirty-first day of March,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, be at
the rate of one shilling in the pound, and that it be
collected in two sums--viz., on the first day of August
and the first day of December next:

And whereas by a Proclamation of the eleventh
day of May, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
seven, published in the New Zealand Gazette No.
42, the Corporation of the Town of Lawrence was
constituted a borough under "The Municipal Cor-
porations Act, 1876," as from the eleventh day of
May, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven:
And whereas on or about the first day of August,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, it
was accidentally discovered that the rate-book for
the Corporation of the Town of Lawrence for the
rate so made on the twenty-third day of April, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, had not
been signed by not less than three members of the

TE POHO No. 2.

All that parcel of land at or near Tararu, in the
District of Thames, in the Provincial District of
Auckland, known by the name of Te Poho No. 2,
containing by admeasurement one hundred and
eighty-nine (189) acres and three (3) roods or there-
abouts. Bounded on the North-east by Te Poho
No. 3 Block two thousand eight hundred (2800)
links; towards the South-east by Te Ipuo Moehau
Block three hundred and fifty-nine (359) links, five
hundred and seventy-eight (578) links, one hun-
dred and twenty-three (123) links, one hundred and
thirty-three (133) links, two hundred and seventy-
three (273) links, one hundred and sixty two (162)
links, one hundred and thirty-two (132) links, one
hundred and fifty-two (152) links, two hundred and
twenty-seven (227) links, four hundred and twenty-
four (424) links, two hundred and ninety-seven (297)
links, two hundred and ten (210) links, one hundred
and ninety-nine (199) links, one hundred and ninety-
three (193) links, two hundred and forty-one (241)
links, eighty-three (83) links, one hundred and five
(105) links, three hundred and ninety-one (391)
links, three hundred and four (304) links, one hun-
dred and sixty-two (162) links, one hundred and
twenty-five (125) links, two hundred and twenty-six
(226) links, one hundred (100) links, one hundred
and thirty-five (135) links, one hundred and twenty
two (122) links, five hundred and fifty-nine (559)
links, two hundred and fifteen (215) links, three
hundred and three (303) links, one hundred and
ninety-four (194) links, one hundred and eighty-
eight (188) links, six hundred and sixty-eight (668)
links, and eighty-two (82) links; towards the South-
west and South by the Karioi Block three hundred
and six (306) links, one thousand and sixty-four
(1064) links, two hundred and forty (240) links, one
hundred and sixty-one (161) links, five hundred and
ninety-six (596) links, two hundred and thirty-two
(232) links, one hundred and ninety-seven (197)
links, one hundred and fifty-six (156) links, and one
hundred and twenty-four (124) links; and towards
the West by Te Poho No. 1 Block two thousand
eight hundred and seventy-eight (2878) links; and
towards the North-west by the Otohi Creek, and by
Te Wharau Block, six hundred (600) links, six hun-