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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Admiral of the same; and issued under
the Seal of the said Colony, at the Go-
vernment House, at Wellington, this
twenty-sixth day of February, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-nine.

J. MACANDREW.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Lands declared to be Waste Lands of the Crown.

(L.S.)
JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

A PROCLAMATION.

W HEREAS by the seventeenth section of "The
Waste Lands Administration Act, 1876," it
is enacted that whenever the Governor is satisfied
that any lands purchased out of the sums authorized
under "The Immigration and Public Works Act,
1870," and any Act amending the same, to be issued
and expended in the purchase of lands in the North
Island of New Zealand, are free from Native claims
and all difficulties in connection therewith, he shall,
by Proclamation, declare such lands to be waste
lands of the Crown, subject, except as thereafter in
the said Act provided, to be sold and dealt with
according to the provisions of the laws regulating
the sale and disposal of waste lands of the Crown
for the time being in force in the land district in
which such land is situated; and thereupon such
land so proclaimed shall become subject to such
provisions:

And whereas the lands described in the Schedule
hereto have been purchased out of the sums authorized
under "The Immigration and Public Works Act,
1870," and Acts amending the same, and it is expe-
dient that the said land should be declared to be
waste lands of the Crown:

Now, therefore, I, James Prendergast, Adminis-
trator of the Government of the Colony of New
Zealand, being satisfied that the lands described
in the Schedule hereto are free from Native claims
and all difficulties in connection therewith, in pur-
suance and exercise of the power and authority
vested in me by "The Waste Lands Administration
Act, 1876," do hereby proclaim and declare the said
lands to be waste lands of the Crown, subject to be
sold and dealt with according to the provisions of
the laws regulating the sale and disposal of waste
lands of the Crown in force in the Land District of
Auckland.

SCHEDULE.

TAUTAHANGA.

ALL that piece of land at Whangamata, in the Dis-
trict of Hauraki, in the Provincial District of Auck-
land, known by the name of Tautahanga, containing
by admeasurement 1,231 acres, be the same more or
less. Bounded towards the East by the sea; towards
the South by the sea; towards the South-west by the
Whangamata Harbour; and towards the North-west
by the Whitipirorua Block, 6528 links and 3101
links: together with the adjacent island of Tokakaha-
kaha.

PAPATAI.

All that piece of land in the District of Thames, in
the Provincial District of Auckland, known by the
name of Papatai, containing by admeasurement 454
acres, be the same more or less. Bounded towards
the East by the sea and the Whairahe Block, 13000
links; towards the South-west by the Otama East
Block, 7214 links; and towards the North-west by
the sea, 13900 links.

TE TIPI.

All that piece of land at Waiwhakaurunga, in the
District of Thames, in the Provincial District of
Auckland, known by the name of Te Tipi, containing
by admeasurement 3,940 acres, be the same more or
less. Bounded towards the North-west and North
by the Rangihau Block and the Kapowai Block,
63935 links; towards the South-east by the Tairua
Block, 31077 links; and towards the South by the
Waiwhakaurunga Block and the Waiwawa Creek,
42307 links.

KARAKA SOUTH NO. 2.

All that piece of land at Kauaeranga, in the
District of Hauraki, in the Provincial District of
Auckland, known by the name of Karaka South
No. 2, containing by admeasurement 172 acres, be
the same more or less. Bounded towards the East
by lines 403 links, 187 links, 159 links, 424 links,
236 links, 307 links, 231 links, 207 links, 235 links,
380 links, 107 links, and 651 links, and by the Hape
North No. 1 Block 90 links, 130 links, 200 links,
100 links, 408 links, 180 links, 277 links, 200 links,
40 links, 230 links, 200 links, 100 links, 220 links,
326 links, 80 links, 280 links, 320 links, 200 links,
160 links, 125 links, and 285 links; towards the
South-west by the Karaka South No. 1 Block, 3100
links; towards the West by the Karaka Creek; and
towards the North-west by the Karaka North No. 3
Block, 750 links and 1485 links.

WHAREKAWA EAST NO. 1.

All that piece of land at Wharekawa, in the
District of Coromandel, in the Provincial District
of Auckland, known by the name of Wharekawa
East No. 1, containing by admeasurement 10,754
acres, be the same more or less. Bounded towards
the North by the Wharekawa East No. 2 Block,
20780 links, and the Wharekawa Harbour; towards
the East by the sea; towards the South-east by lines
3929 links and 12009 links, the Omahu Block 14500
links, 18065 links, 13868 links, and 10647 links;
towards the West by lines, 902 links and 93 links,
and the Tairua River; and towards the North-west
by the Wharekawa East No. 3 Block, 4728 links,
4410 links, 4065 links, 1439 links, 2096 links, 5570
links, 301 links, 2130 links, 261 links, 445 links,
2075 links, 1247 links, 2016 links, 2002 links, 2273
links, 2360 links, 227 links, 359 links, 1185 links,
860 links, 1185 links, 840 links, and 1361 links.

WAIWAWA.

All that piece of land at Whitianga, in the Dis-
trict of Coromandel, in the Provincial District of
Auckland, known by the name of Waiwawa, con-
taining by admeasurement 4,642 acres, be the same
more or less. Bounded towards the North by the
Piraunui Creek and the Maramanui-a-Hotu Creek;
towards the East by the Waiwawa Creek and the
Rangihau Creek, and by lines 2200 links, 1362 links,
4209 links, and 5188 links; towards the South-east
by a line, 23311 links; and towards the West by
lines, 20993 links, 1513 links, 5641 links, 1026 links,
338 links, and 1758 links.

HORETE NO. 4.

All that piece of land in the District of Thames,
in the Provincial District of Auckland, known by
the name of Horete No. 4, containing by admeasure-
ment 33 acres 2 roods and 27 perches, be the same
more or less. Bounded towards the North by the
Horete No. 3 Block, 3660 links; towards the South-
east by the Ekatarere Stream, 4500 links; and
towards the South-west by Te Horete No. 1 Block,
1719 links.

OTEAO NO. 2.

All that piece of land at Whitianga, in the Dis-