THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 691

Cock Pheasants only to be shot, &c., within a portion
of the Provincial District of Canterbury.

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

WHEREAS by "The Protection of Animals Act,
1873," it is, amongst other things, enacted
that it shall be lawful for the Superintendent, by
Proclamation published in the Gazette, from time
to time to declare in which part or parts of the
province game shall not be hunted, shot, taken, or
killed, and by such order further to declare the
particular species of game which shall not be so
hunted, shot, taken, or killed:

And whereas by the seventh section of "The
Abolition of Provinces Act, 1875," all powers, duties,
and functions vested in the Superintendents of
abolished provinces are vested in and are to be
exercised and performed by the Governor:

And whereas by a Proclamation made under the
authority of the said Act, and dated the eighteenth
day of April, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
eight, pheasants are authorized to be hunted, shot,
taken, or killed within a certain portion of the Pro-
vincial District of Canterbury:

And whereas it is expedient to declare that cock
pheasants only shall be hunted, shot, taken, or killed
in the said district:

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, Governor of the Colony of
New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of every
power and authority vested in me in that behalf, do
hereby proclaim and declare that, notwithstanding
the authority conferred by the said Proclamation,
cock pheasants only shall be hunted, shot, taken, or
killed within the said portion of the Provincial Dis-
trict of Canterbury.

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
Council; 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
thirtieth day of May, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-eight.

G. S. WHITMORE.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Boundaries of Municipality of Winton altered.

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

WHEREAS by "The Otago Municipal Corpo-
rations Ordinance Amendment Ordinance,
1866," it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the
Superintendent of the Province of Otago, with the
advice and consent of his Executive Council, by Pro-
clamation in the Government Gazette of the said
province, from time to time to alter in any way he
may think fit the boundaries of any municipality at
any time proclaimed under the said recited Ordi-
nance, and also to increase or diminish the number
of wards, and to name or alter the name and boun-
daries of any or every ward of any such municipality:

And whereas by "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 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 vest in
and be exercised and performed by the Governor:

And whereas the Corporation of the Town of
Winton has been constituted under the provisions
of "The Otago Municipal Corporations Ordinance,
1865," and it is expedient that the boundaries of
the said municipality should be altered as hereinafter
provided:

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of all
powers and authorities enabling me in that behalf
under the said hereinbefore respectively in part
recited Ordinance and Act, do hereby proclaim and
declare that the boundaries of the said Corporation
of the Town of Winton as at present existing shall
be and the same are hereby altered by including
within the limits of the said municipality the parcel
of land described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Provincial District of
Otago, being Blocks twenty-two (XXII.), twenty-
three (XXIII.), a right-of-way, Devon Street, and
portion of Grange Street, containing by admeasure-
ment six (6) acres two (2) roods and seven (7)
perches, more or less. Bounded towards the North
Crown land; towards the East by the Railway
Reserve; towards the South by the Railway Reserve;
and towards the West by the Main North Road: as
the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the
Survey Office, Invercargill.

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 Majesty's
Colony of New Zealand and its Depen-
dencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same;
and issued under the Seal of the said
Colony, at the Government House, at
Wellington, this thirtieth day of May, in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-eight.

G. S. WHITMORE.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Declaring "Regulation of Local Elections Act, 1876,"
in force within the North Rakaia Conservators'
District.

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

BY virtue of the power vested in me by the third
section of "The Regulation of Local Elections