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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

every respect as though such lands had never been
comprised in any proclaimed gold field:

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the
power and authority for this purpose vested in me,
do hereby withdraw from the Nelson South-West
Gold Field, proclaimed on the eighth day of June,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, so much
of the parcels of land described in the Schedule
hereto as is included within the said gold field.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land in the Provincial
District of Nelson, in the Colony of New Zealand,
situate on the eastern bank of the Buller River, and
lying between the line of high watermark and the
south-western boundaries of Rural Sections Nos. 71,
72, 73, 74, so much of the public road, Nos. 75, 76, 77,
78, so much of the public road, Nos. 79, 80, 81, 82, so
much of the public road, Nos. 83, 84, 85, 50 and
51 (Native reserves), the south and south-western
boundaries of Rural Section No. 90, and the south-
eastern boundaries of Rural Sections Nos. 88 and 89.

Also all that piece or parcel of land situate in the
said provincial district, commencing at a point at
the line of high watermark opposite to and in a line
with the eastern boundary of Rural Section No. 88,
and extending in a north easterly, easterly, and
southerly direction along the line of high watermark
of said river for a distance of 120 chains or there-
abouts; thence in a north-easterly direction 20
chains or thereabouts; thence in a north-westerly,
westerly, and south-westerly direction across the
public road to the eastern boundary of Rural Section
No. 87, 158 chains or thereabouts; thence in a
south-easterly direction along the eastern boundaries
of Rural Sections Nos. 87 and 88 to the commencing
point, 20 chains or thereabouts.

Also all that piece or parcel of land in the said
provincial district situate on the southern and west-
ern bank of the Buller River, commencing at the
line of high watermark opposite to and in a line with
the western boundary of Section No. 52 (Native
reserve); thence in a north-westerly direction along
the line of high watermark to a point opposite to
and in a line with the south-eastern boundary of
Rural Section No. 205; thence in a south-westerly
direction partly along the south-eastern boundary of
Rural Section No. 205, 410 links or thereabouts;
thence parallel to the line of high watermark through
Crown lands, public road, Rural Sections Nos. 235,
234, public roads to the intersection of the western
boundary of Section No. 52 (Native reserve);
thence in a northerly direction to the point of com-
mencement, 410 links or thereabouts.

Also all that piece or parcel of land in the said
provincial district situate on the said bank of
the said river, commencing at the line of high
watermark opposite to and in a line with the south-
eastern boundary of Rural Section No. 205, and lying
between the high waterline and the eastern boun-
daries of Rural Section No. 205, Section No. 48
(Native reserve), Rural Sections Nos. 203, 202B,
201c, so much of the public road, Nos. 2010, 200,
198, 197, so much of the public road, Nos. 195, 194,
193, 59, so much of the public road, No. 46 (Native
reserve), and terminating at the line of high water-
mark opposite to and in a line with the north-
western boundary of said Native reserve.

The said pieces or parcels of land are delineated
in red upon the plan marked P.W.D. 5416, which
plan is deposited in the office of the Minister for
Public Works at Wellington.

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 the
Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-fourth day of January, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-seven.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

D. REID.

Land reserved for a Site for protection of the River
Buller.

NORMANBY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-fourth day of January, 1877.

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
military 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 pur-
poses 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 so much 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 descriptions of the
said parcels of land.

SCHEDULE.