688 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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
Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-third day of May, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-eight.

J. MACANDREW.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
Declaring Lands open for Free Selection, Wellington.

(L.S.)

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
twenty-third day of May, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-eight.

J. MACANDREW.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
Declaring “Regulation of Local Elections Act, 1876,”
in force within the Levels Road Board District.

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

W HEREAS by the fourth section of “The Crown
Lands Sales Act, 1877,” it is enacted that
from and after the coming into operation of that Act,
and until further provision is made for the classifica-
tion of Crown lands by the General Assembly, all
Crown lands shall be sold in accordance with the
law in force in the land district where such lands are
situated, but not in any case at a less price than two
pounds per acre, if by free selection; and in the event
of any land having to be sold at auction after appli-
cation to purchase, then the upset price at which such
land shall be put up to auction shall be at such price
per acre as the Waste Land Board may determine,
not being less than the price at which the land was
open for application: Provided that after lands
have been put up to auction at a price of not less than
one pound per acre, the said land may, by Proclama-
tion by the Governor, be opened to free selection at
a price of not less than one pound per acre:
And whereas the lands specified in the Schedule
hereto have been put up to auction at a price of not
less than one pound per acre, and were not sold, and
it is expedient that the same lands should be opened
to free selection :

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the
power and authority vested in me by the hereinbefore
recited Act, do hereby proclaim and declare that the
lands specified in the Schedule hereto are opened to
free selection at a price of not less than one pound
per acre.

SCHEDULE.

Pahautanui ... 2 sections 132 acres.
Hutt ... 4 " 421 "
Mungaroa ... 14 " 1,520 "
Featherston ... 3 " 232 "
Kahautara ... 7 " 436 "
Akitio ... 19 " 17,647 "
Awhea ... 4 " 2,913 "
Whareama ... 4 " 968 "
Waitotara ... 8 " 2,113 "
Totals ... 64 " 26,382 "

Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Most Honorable George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, Earl of Mulgrave, Vis-
count 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
twenty-seventh day of May, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-eight.

J. BALLANCE.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Boundaries of Victoria Wharf at Tauranga defined.

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

W HEREAS by the thirty-second section of “The
Marine Act, 1867,” it is, among other things,
enacted that it shall be lawful for the Superintendent
of any province from time to time, as occasion may
require, by Proclamation for that purpose published
in the Gazette of the province, to define the limits
and boundaries, for the purposes of the now recited
Act, of any wharf, quay, pier, or dock within such
province: And whereas by “The Abolition of Pro-
vinces Act, 1875,” the powers, duties, and functions
theretofore vested in or to be exercised or performed
by the Superintendent of any abolished province, are
vested in and are to be exercised and performed by
the Governor of the colony: And whereas it is ex-
pedient that the limits and boundaries of the Victoria
Wharf of Tauranga, in the Provincial District of
Auckland, should be defined:

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of