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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Notification of the Payment of Money on, and Entry
into Negotiations for, the Purchase or Acquisition
of Native Lands in the North Island.

NORMANBY, Governor.

IN pursuance of the provisions of "The Govern-
ment Native Land Purchases Act, 1877," it is
hereby notified that money has been paid by or on
behalf of Her Majesty the Queen for the purchase
or acquisition of the several blocks of Native land in
the North Island which are more particularly de-
scribed and mentioned in the Schedule hereto; and,
further, that negotiations in respect of such purchases
or acquisitions as aforesaid have been entered into by
or on behalf of Her said Majesty.

SCHEDULE.

PATETERE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land situate in the Dis-
trict of Waikato, in the Provincial District of
Auckland, called or known by the name of Patetere,
containing by estimation 300,000 acres or there-
abouts, bounded as follows: Commencing on the
eastern bank of the River Waikato at the junction
of the Huihuitaha Stream, thence by the southern
boundaries of the Waipa and Okoroire Blocks to
the River Waihou or Thames, thence by that river
to a point opposite to the Tapapa Settlement,
thence by a straight line to Te Whakatutu, thence
by the boundary of the block reserved at the Native
Settlement at Te Whetu, and thence following the
edge of the Patetere Forest to Painuiorehua, thence

by a straight line to the source of the Mangaharakeke
Stream, thence by that stream to its junction with
the River Waikato, thence by that river to the point
of commencement. This block has not passed the
Native Land Court.

TAPATAI.

All that piece or parcel of land in the District of
Tauranga, in the Provincial District of Auckland,
called or known by the name of Tapatai, containing
by estimation 4,000 acres, bounded as follows: Com-
mencing at the junction of the Kumikumi Rivulet
with the Wairoa River, thence by the Wairoa River
to the Mangatarata Stream at its junction with the
Wairoa River, thence by a line crossing Wai Haupapa
Stream to Tirakarakatahi, thence to Te Mapou cross-
ing Mangakaiwhiria Stream, thence to Te Pakuru,
thence to Hohiriro, thence to Okura Parakore,
crossing the Ngaumuwahine Stream, thence to Te
Whanautangao Kiharoa, thence to the source of the
Ngaumuwahine Stream, thence to Ngamangatotara,
thence to the base of the Kaikai Karoro Hill, thence
to Te Waerenga-a-te-Whawhai crossing the Manga-
kaiwhiria Stream, thence to Te Whakamarake, thence
to extreme boundary of Te Matai crossing the Manga-
tarata Stream, and thence to the starting point at Te
Kumikumi. This block has not passed the Native
Land Court.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this eighteenth day of April,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
eight.

J. BALLANCE.

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 Nor-
manby, 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 their names.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eighteenth day of April, one thou-
sand eight hundred and seventy-eight.

J. BALLANCE.

SCHEDULE.

Districts.
PROVINCIAL DISTRICT OF AUCKLAND.
Coromandel Highway Board District
Whangapoua Highway Board District

Judges of Assessment Courts.
Jackson Keddell, Esq., R.M.
Jackson Keddell, Esq., R.M.

Commissioners appointed for classifying Rural Lands
within the Land District of Otago.

NORMANBY, Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities vested
in me by the seventy-fifth section of "The
Land Act, 1877," I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

JAMES WILLIAM THOMSON, Esq., M.H.R.,
HORACE BASTINGS, Esq., M.H.R., and
WILLIAM ARTHUR, Esq., Chief Surveyor of the
Provincial District of Otago,

to be Commissioners for the purpose of classifying
any rural lands situate within the Land District of
Otago, in the manner provided by the said seventy-
fifth section.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this eighteenth day of April,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
eight.

J. MACANDREW.

Despatch: "Foreign Deserters Act, 1852," applied to
Kingdom of Madagascar.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 23rd April, 1878.

THE following despatch from the Secretary of
State for the Colonies is published for general
information.

J. BALLANCE,
(in the absence of the Colonial Secretary.)

Downing Street, 7th December, 1877.

SIR,-I have the honor to transmit to you a copy
of an Order of the Queen in Council, dated the 28th
December, 1866, applying "The Foreign Deserters
Act, 1852," to the Kingdom of Madagascar.

This order appears to have been sent out in
original to the Governor of Mauritius without any
steps having been taken at the time to communicate
it to the rest of the colonies. It is therefore now