988
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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

G. S. WHITMORE.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Black Swans throughout the Colony, and Hares
within the Provincial District of Auckland, not to
be deemed Game.

(L.S.)
NORMANBY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the ninth section of "The Pro-
tection of Animals Act, 1873," it is enacted
that the Superintendent may from time to time, by
Proclamation published in the Gazette, proclaim that
any of the animals or birds mentioned in the several
Schedules to this Act, or which may have been pro-
claimed to come within the provisions of that Act,
shall cease to come within such provisions; and that
any of the animals or birds declared by that Act to
be game or native game, or which shall thereafter be
proclaimed to be game within the provisions of that
Act, shall cease to be deemed game or native game
within the provisions of that Act:

And whereas the powers and authorities vested in
the Superintendent by the said section are, by "The
Abolition of Provinces Act, 1875," now vested in
the Governor :

And whereas swans and hares are, by the first-
recited Act, declared to be game, and it is expedient
that throughout the colony black swans shall cease
to be deemed game, and that hares shall cease to be
deemed game within the boundaries of the Provincial
District of Auckland:

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare
that, from and after the date of this Proclamation,
black swans shall, throughout the colony, cease to be
deemed game within the meaning of "The Pro-
tection of Animals Act, 1873;" and that hares shall,
within the boundaries of the Provincial District of
Auckland, cease to be deemed game within the mean-
ing of the said Act.

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

tenth day of July, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-eight.

G. S. WHITMORE.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Extending Time for Election of Two Members for
the Lambourne Subdivision, Kakanui Road Board.

(L.S.)
NORMANBY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the persons entitled to vote at an
election for the Lambourne Subdivision of the
Kakanui Road District neglected to hold an election
of two members of the District Board of the said
district on the thirteenth day of June last past, the
day appointed for that purpose by the Ordinance
next hereafter mentioned:

And whereas by "The Otago Roads Ordinance
1871 Amendment Ordinance, 1874," it is, amongst
other things, enacted that, if from any cause what-
ever the persons entitled to vote at any election for
any district, or for any subdivision of any district,
shall fail or neglect to hold an election of members
of the District Board of such district on the day
appointed by the said Ordinance for that purpose, it
shall be lawful for the Superintendent, by Proclama-
tion in the Gazette, to appoint a day for the holding
of such election, and an election may be held upon
the day so appointed, and the election so held shall,
for all purposes whatsoever, be deemed to have been
duly held on the day appointed by the said Ordinance
for holding the same:

And whereas by "The Abolition of Provinces Act,
1875," all the powers, duties, and functions which,
immediately before the date of the abolition there-
under, were, under or by virtue of any law not
expressly or impliedly repealed or altered thereby,
vested in or to be exercised or performed 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, and for the purposes of
the district included within such abolished province,
became vested in and to be exercised and performed
by the Governor:

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, Governor of the Colony of
New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the
powers and authorities vested in me by the said
recited Ordinance and Act, do hereby appoint Thurs-
day, the first day of August, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-eight, at twelve noon, at the
Medora Hotel, Reidston, as the time and place for
the holding of an election of two members for the
Lambourne subdivision of the Kakanui Road District.

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