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SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE,
OF THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1879.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1879.

Proclamation bringing "The Regulation of Mines
Act, 1874," into force in all the Provincial Dis-
tricts in the Colony.

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

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The Regulation of Mines Act,
1874," it is, among other things, enacted that
the Governor in Council may, on the recommenda-
tion of the Superintendent of any province, by
Proclamation published in the New Zealand Gazette,
declare that, on and after a day named in such
Proclamation, this Act shall be in force in such pro-
vince, and on the day so named this Act shall come
into and be in force in such province, and not before:

And whereas by the operation of "The Abolition of
Provinces Act, 1875," the powers, duties, and fune-
tions of the Superintendents of provinces are vested
in and may be exercised by the Governor in any
provincial district constituted by the last-mentioned
Act: And whereas the Administrator of the Go-
vernment of the colony has recommended that "The
Regulation of Mines Act, 1874," shall be brought
into force in all the provincial districts in the colony:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Administrator
of the Government of the Colony of New Zealand,
in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority
contained in the hereinbefore in part recited Acts,
and of every other power and authority in that
behalf enabling him, and by and with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council of the said colony,
doth hereby proclaim and declare that, on and after
the twenty-eighth day of February, instant, "The
Regulation of Mines Act, 1874," shall be in force in
the Provincial Districts of Auckland, Hawke's Bay,
Taranaki, Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, West-
land, Canterbury, and Otago.

Given under the hand of His Excellency
James Prendergast, Esquire, Adminis-
trator of the Government in and over
Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand
and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral
of the same, at the Government House,
at Wellington; and issued under the Seal
of the said Colony, this twenty-eighth
day of February, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
nine.

Approved in Council.
FORSTER GORING,
ROBERT STOUT.
Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Appointing Hohepa Palmer Trustee under "The
Maori Real Estate Management Act, 1867."

NORMANBY Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
fifteenth day of February, 1879.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Maori Real Estate Manage-
ment Act, 1867" (hereinafter called "the said
Act"), it is enacted that, if any title to or interest in
any hereditaments shall accrue to any Maoris, who
or any of whom shall be infants, lunatics, or under
legal disability, it shall be lawful for the Governor in
Council, if he think fit, to order that such here-
ditaments, or any part thereof or interest therein, as
shall to the Governor in Council be shown to belong
to such infant, or lunatic, or other person under legal
disability, shall be vested in trustees, as the Governor
in Council shall think fit :

And whereas by virtue of a Crown grant bearing
date the seventh day of August, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-seven, the parcel of land and
hereditaments described in the Schedule hereto
became vested in Te Ninihi and others, of the District
of Tauranga, in the Provincial District of Auckland,
aboriginal natives of New Zealand :

And whereas the said Te Ninihi died intestate: