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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
and benefits which he would have had but for such
omission as aforesaid:
And whereas proof has been received by the
Governor that the persons mentioned in the first
column of the Schedule hereto have paid their own
passages to the colony with the intention of settling
upon and cultivating land therein, and also that they
had a bonâ fide intention to comply with the said Act,
but have omitted to do the acts mentioned in the
second column of the said Schedule, by the said Act
required to entitle them to free grants of land there-
under:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by
and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council of the Colony of New Zealand, and in
exercise and pursuance of the power and authority
vested in him by the said "Immigrants Land Act
Amendment Act, 1875," doth hereby direct and
declare that the persons mentioned in the first
column of the Schedule hereto shall have and be
entitled to all the privileges and benefits which they
would have had under the said Act but for such
omission as aforesaid.

SCHEDULE.

Approved in Council. FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Powers conferred on Judge of Auckland District Court,
under "District Courts Act Amendment Act, 1865,"

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 an Act of the General Assembly
of New Zealand, intituled "The District
Courts Act Amendment Act, 1865," it is enacted that
the powers conferred on Judges of District Courts in
and by the twenty-fifth, twenty-sixth, and twenty-
seventh sections of "The Districts Courts Act,
1858," shall be exercised only within such districts
as shall from time to time be named by the Governor,
by Order in Council published in the New Zealand
Gazette, as districts within which such powers may
be exercised:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in
exercise of the power and authority so vested in
him as aforesaid, doth, by and with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council, name and appoint
the Auckland District, as defined in and by a certain
Proclamation dated the seventeenth day of November,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, to be
a district within which the Judge of the Auckland
District Court may exercise the powers conferred by
the twenty-fifth and twenty-seventh sections of "The
District Courts Act, 1858."

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Warrant altering Intervals of Sittings at Grahamstown
of District Court of Auckland.

NORMANBY, Governor.

WHEREAS by "The District Courts Act, 1858,"
it is made lawful for the Governor, from time
to time, by notification in the New Zealand Gazette,
to fix the times and places within the district at
which every District Court shall be held:

And whereas by "The District Courts Act Amend-
ment Act, 1865," it is enacted, that as to the times of
holding such Courts, it shall be sufficient for the
Governor, if he shall so think fit, to fix the interval
only within which such Courts shall be held at each
place, and it shall in such case be lawful for the
Judge of such Court to fix the particular times and
days for the holding of such Courts, and from time
to time to alter the same, provided that such time
and days shall fall within the interval so fixed by the
Governor:

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, do hereby, in pursuance and exercise
of the said power and authority, fix that Sessions of
the District Court of Auckland shall be held at
Grahamstown, at intervals of not less than fifty days,
nor more than seventy days, between the first day
of each sitting of such Court, instead of as pre-
viously fixed.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this nineteenth day of January,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
seven.
CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Judges of Assessment Courts under "The Rating Act, 1876," appointed.

NORMANBY, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of all powers and authorities vested in me by "The Rating Act, 1876,"
I, George Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand,
do hereby appoint the persons named in the Schedule hereto to be the Judges of the Assessment Courts
for the districts placed opposite the name of each such person respectively.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Most Honorable George Augustus Constantine,
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