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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

the said Act; and whereas a majority of the resi-
dent electors of the Takaka Road District have
requested that the aforesaid Act shall be brought
into operation in that district:

And whereas the powers vested in the Superin-
tendent by the said Act are now, by "The Abolition
of Provinces Act, 1875," vested in the Governor:
And whereas it is expedient that the district known
as the Takaka Road District should be proclaimed to
come within the operation of the said first-mentioned
Act:

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that,
on and from the date of this Proclamation, the said
"Dog Nuisance Act, 1863," shall come into operation
within the district known as the Takaka Road District,
and the said Act shall extend and apply to the said
Takaka Road District accordingly.

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 Auckland,
this thirtieth day of April, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-eight.

G. S. WHITMORE.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Member of Riverton Harbour Board appointed.

(L.S.)
NORMANBY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the sixth section of the Ordinance
of the Superintendent and Provincial Council
of the Province of Otago shortly intituled "The
Riverton Harbour Board Ordinance, 1874," it is
enacted that the Superintendent shall, by and with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council,
appoint six members of the Board by Proclamation
in the Provincial Government Gazette, and such
members shall hold office at the will of the Superin-
tendent, acting by and with the advice of his Execu-
tive Council:

And whereas by the seventh section of "The
Abolition of Provinces Act, 1875," it is, among other
things, enacted that all powers, duties, and functions
which, immediately before the date of the abolition
thereunder of any province, were, under or by virtue
of any law not expressly or impliedly repealed or
altered thereby, vested in or to be exercised or per-
formed by the Superintendent of such abolished
province, either alone, or with the advice and consent
of or on the recommendation of the Executive or
Provincial Council of such province, shall on the date
of the abolition of such province, and for the pur-
poses of the district included within such abolished
province, vest in and be exercised and performed by
the Governor:

And whereas a vacancy has occurred on the said

Board by the death of Edward Simpson, Esq., one of
the six members appointed by the Superintendent as
aforesaid:

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of every
power and authority vested in me in that behalf, do
proclaim and appoint

FRANCIS ALEXANDER MONCKTON, Esquire,
to be a Member of the Riverton Harbour Board, in
the room of the said Edward Simpson, Esquire,
deceased.

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 Com-
mander-in-Chief in and over Her Ma-
jesty'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 Auckland, this thirtieth day of April,
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-eight.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
J. BALLANCE.

Division of Borough of Thames into Three Wards,
under "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1876."

(L.S.)
NORMANBY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The Municipal Corporations Act,
1876," section twenty-one, it is enacted that,
if not less than one-fourth of the burgesses of a
borough petition the Governor, praying him to divide
such borough into wards, the Governor may, by
Proclamation, divide such borough into not less than
three nor more than six wards, and shall in such
Proclamation assign such names and boundaries to
each ward as he thinks fit: And whereas not less
than one-fourth of the burgesses of the Borough of
Thames have petitioned me to divide such borough
into wards:

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the
hereinbefore recited authority, do hereby proclaim
and declare that the Borough of Thames shall be and
the same is hereby divided into three wards, having
the names mentioned in the first column of the
Schedule hereto; and that the boundaries of such
wards shall be those set forth in the second column
of the said Schedule opposite the name of each ward
respectively.

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