THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 569

ment No. 1 of the said section, two hundred and fifty
(250) links; towards the South-west by Allotment
No. 3 of the said section, two hundred and fifty
(250) links; and towards the North-west by Sec-
tion No. 278, two hundred and fifty (250) links.
Allotments numbered respectively six (6), seven
(7), and eight (8). Bounded towards the North-
east by Allotment No. 5 of the said Section, five
hundred (500) links; towards the South-east by a
public road 100 links wide, six hundred (600) links;
toward the South-west by Allotment No. 9 of the
said section, five hundred (500) links; and towards
the North-west by Section No. 278, six hundred
(600) links.

FRED. LE PATOUREL,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Consent to Suburban Land in Marlborough being
classed as Rural.

NORMANBY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Auckland, this
thirtieth day of April, 1878.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the thirty-ninth section of "The
Land Act, 1877," it is enacted that it shall be
lawful for the Land Board, subject to the approval of
the Governor, at any time and from time to time, to
declare, by notice in the Gazette, that any land not
already classified shall belong to either of the classes
referred to in the thirty-eighth section of the said
Act; and also that any land shall cease to belong to
either of the said classes, provided that no land which
has been declared to be town or suburban land shall
cease to belong to such classes respectively, without
the consent previously obtained of the Governor in
Council:

And whereas the Land Board of Marlborough is
desirous of declaring that the lands specified in the
Schedule hereto, which have been heretofore classed
as suburban lands, shall cease to belong to such class,
and shall be classed as rural lands:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of
New Zealand, with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of the Colony, and in exercise and
pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in
him by the said Act, doth hereby consent to the
Land Board aforesaid declaring that the lands speci-
fied in the Schedule hereto shall cease to be classed
as suburban lands, and doth hereby approve and
consent to the said Board declaring that such lands
shall be classed as rural lands.

SCHEDULE.

ALL the unsold land on either side of the Tuamarina
River, containing eight thousand five hundred (8,500)
acres, more or less, as laid down on the map of the
Waitohi Valley, as gazetted the 9th November, 1860.

All that block of land containing twenty-eight
thousand (28,000) acres, more or less. Bounded
towards the North partly by surveyed sections in the
Mahakipawa District, and partly by the waters of
Queen Charlotte Sound; towards the East by the
District of Picton Suburban; towards the South by
the watershed of the range; and towards the West
by the District of Havelock Suburban, as gazetted the
27th April, 1865.

All Crown lands situate within the watershed of
the Kaituna and Pelorus Valleys, containing two
hundred and thirty-five thousand (235,000) acres,
more or less, as gazetted the 26th March, 1872.

All the land lying between a line from the base of
Mount Fyffe, on the River Gohi, to a spot fifty (50)
chains from the high watermark of the mouth of the
River Hapuka and the sea, and all the timbered land
on Mr. George Fyffe's run, as gazetted the 20th
December, 1861.

FRED. LE PATOUREL,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Rate struck under "The Canterbury Sheep Ordi-
nance, 1872."

NORMANBY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Auckland, this
twentieth day of April, 1878.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS under the provisions of section fif-
teen of "The Canterbury Sheep Ordinance,
1872," it is provided that a rate shall be struck
annually by the Superintendent of sufficient amount
to pay the whole expenses of the department of the
Inspector of Sheep for the current financial year,
and by section sixteen of the same Ordinance it is
further provided that every owner of sheep shall, on
or before the first day of May in each year, pay to
the Provincial Treasurer, or such other person as
may be authorized by the Superintendent to receive
the same, the rate struck as above provided:

And whereas by virtue of "The Abolition of Pro-
vinces Act, 1875," the powers by the said Ordinance
vested in the Superintendent are now vested in and
are to be exercised and performed by the Governor:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of
New Zealand, with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of the colony, in exercise of the
powers vested in him, doth hereby declare that a
rate of five shillings and sixpence to be paid for
every five hundred sheep is struck for the said pur-
pose, and doth hereby authorize

PHILIP BAKER BOULTON
to receive the same.

IRWIN C. MALING,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Delegation to Commissioner Crown Lands, Dunedin,
to perform duties under "The Port Molyneux
Reserves Management Ordinance, 1875."

NORMANBY, Governor.

WHEREAS by "The Port Molyneux Reserves
Management Ordinance, 1875," certain land
specified in the Schedule thereto was transferred to
and vested in the South Molyneux Road Board and
its successors, to be held by the said Board in trust
for commonage for the inhabitants of the Port
Molyneux subdivision of the South Molyneux Road
District: And whereas by "The Abolition of Pro-
vinces Act, 1875," such of the powers, duties, and
functions as are vested in the Superintendent by the
said Ordinance are now vested in and are to be exer-
cised and performed by the Governor: And whereas
by the twelfth section of the last-recited Act it is
declared that, in every Act or Ordinance (except as
therein mentioned) of an abolished province, the
word "Superintendent" shall, with respect to the pro-
vincial district of such abolished province, mean the
Governor, or any person whom the Governor may
from time to time appoint to perform those duties
and exercise those powers which might, if such duties
and powers had to be performed within a province,