THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
1615

Bounded towards the North-west and North by lines,
22510 links; towards the East and South-east by the
Horahora Block, and lines, and the Pokapu Reserve,
30229 links; and towards the South-west by a road
line, the Allotment number 181 of the Parish of
Owhiwha, and the Taheke Block, 20730 links..

OMAIKAO.

All that piece of land at Whangarei, in the Dis-
trict of Kaipara, in the Provincial District of Auck-
land, known by the name of Omaikao, containing by
admeasurement 4,744 acres or thereabouts. Bounded
towards the North-east and East by lines, 38224
links; towards the South-east and South by the
Ngunguru River and lines, 31388 links; and towards
the West and North-west by the said Ngunguru
River, a line, and the Otonga Block, 46142 links.

AORANGIWAI.

All that piece of land at Waiapu, in the District
of Poverty Bay, in the Provincial District of Auck-
land, known by the name of Aorangiwai, contain-
ing by admeasurement 6,792 acres or thereabouts.
Bounded towards the North by lines, the Aorangiwai
No. 1 Block, and the Aorangiwai River, 41355 links;
towards the East by the Kokomuku Stream, the
Raratea Stream, lines, the Mangapekapeka Creek,
and the Mata River, 48146 links; towards the South
by the said Mata River, 13750 links; and towards
the South-west by the Waingakia River and the
Arawhawhati Block, 49430 links.

OPOUWHETU.

All that piece of land at Hikurangi, in the District
of Poverty Bay, in the Provincial District of Auck-
land, known by the name of Opouwhetu, contain-
ing by admeasurement 1,630 acres or thereabouts.
Bounded towards the North-east by the Manga-o-
Ahiroa Stream, 18400 links; towards the South-east
by the Mata River, 23700 links; towards the South-
west by the Parewhawha Stream and the Ouemahanga
Block, 14150 links; and towards the North-west by
the Whakaironui Block, 9801 links.

WHAKAIRONUI.

All that piece of land at Hikurangi, in the District
of Poverty Bay, in the Provincial District of Auck-
land, known by the name of Whakaironui, contain-
ing by admeasurement 2,820 acres or thereabouts.
Bounded towards the North-east by the Waingakia
River, the Arawhawhati Block, Te Anganga Block,
and a stream, 33893 links; towards the South by the
Mangaoahiroa Stream, the Opouwhetu Block, and
the Ouemahanga Block, 32879 links; and towards
the West by Te Papatipu-o-te-Ngaere Block, 24676
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 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
eighteenth day of November, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hun-
dred and seventy-eight.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

G. GREY.

Declaring Land open for Sale within the Westland
Mining District.

(L.S.)
NORMANBY, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHER EAS by the one hundred and fifty-fourth
section of "The Land Act, 1877," it is enacted
that the Governor, by Proclamation, may from time
to time declare any Crown lands within any mining
district, not held under license or lease at the date of
such Proclamation, or over which the license or lease
has been cancelled, to be open for sale or selection,
in sections of such size and form, and on such date,
as he may determine; and any lands so proclaimed
may hereafter be sold at a like price, and subject to
the like terms and conditions, or as near thereto as
may be, as Crown lands of the same class not within
a mining district: And the Governor may from
time to time alter, amend, or revoke any such
Proclamation:

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the land
specified in the Schedule hereto shall be open for
sale, and that the second day of January next ensuing
shall be the day on which the said land shall be open
for sale.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land consisting of one
thousand five hundred (1,500) acres, more or less, being
Block numbered one hundred and forty (CXL.) on
the map of the Turiwhate Survey District. Com-
mencing at a point on the southern boundary of
Block numbered seventy (LXX.), opposite the
twenty-fourth mile post, Christchurch Road, and ex-
tending thence easterly along the south boundary of
said Block numbered seventy (LXX.), with a depth
of eight thousand (8000) links, to include the quan-
tity: subject to necessary reserves and roads, and
exclusive of gold-workings.

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 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 eighteenth day of No-
vember, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-
eight.

ROBERT STOUT.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Land set apart for Mining Purposes.

(L.S.)
NORMANBY, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHER EAS by the eighth section of "The Mines
Act, 1877," it is enacted that it shall be lawful
for the Governor, in the Proclamation constituting a