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section by the line of road leading from the Rakaia
to the Ashburton by Anthony Thompson's; thence
easterly following that road to its junction with the
road forming the south-eastern boundary of Section
27070; thence north-easterly following the latter
road to its junction with the road north-east of
Section 23437; thence north-westerly along the last-
mentioned road to its junction with the road separat-
ing Sections 15597 and 17969; and from thence
returning north-easterly along the same and a line
in continuation of the south-eastern boundary of
Section 7305 to the commencing point.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

DESCRIPTION OF THE SOUTH RAKAIA ROAD DIS-
TRICT.

BOUNDED towards the North-east by the Rakaia and
Ellesmere Road Districts; towards the South-east by
the sea and also by the south-eastern boundary of
Run 118, Class 3; towards the North-west by the
Mount Hutt Road District, the South Road, and the
north-west boundary of Run 118, Class 3; and
towards the South-west by the road forming the
south-western boundary of Section 27346, by the
road forming the south-western boundary of Sec-
tions 15838 and 26853, also by the south-western
boundaries of Runs 265, Class 2, 117, Class 3, and
739, Class 3.

Given under the hand of His Excellency
James Prendergast, Administrator of the
Government in and over Her Majesty's
Colony of New Zealand and its De-
pendencies, and Vice-Admiral of the
same; and issued under the Seal of the
said Colony, at the Government House,
at Wellington, this sixth day of March,
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-nine.

G. S. WHITMORE.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Bank Holidays in Borough of Napier, and in Coun-
ties of Hawke's Bay, Waipawa, and Wairoa.

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

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of all powers and autho-
rities enabling me in that behalf, I, James
Prendergast, Administrator of the Government of
the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and
declare that, by Order in Council made under the
provisions of "The Bank Holidays Act, 1873," and
"The Bank Holidays Amendment Act, 1878," of
even date herewith, I have appointed Thursday, the
twentieth day of March instant, to be observed as a
bank holiday, and Friday, the twenty-first day of
March instant, to be observed as a bank half-holiday
from the hour of noon, under and for the purposes
of the above-mentioned Acts, within the Borough of
Napier and the Counties of Hawke's Bay, Waipawa,
and Wairoa.

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; and issued under the Seal
of the said Colony, at the Government
House, at Wellington, this sixth day of
March, in the year of our Lord one
thouand eight hundred and seventy-nine.

G. S. WHITMORE.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Notifying Board of Conservators for Hutt River
District duly constituted.

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

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the tenth section of "The Welling-
ton Rivers Act, 1876," it is enacted that, so
soon as the full number of members of a Board has
been filled up, as provided by the said Act, the Super-
intendent shall, by Proclamation in the New Zealand
Gazette, and the Gazette of the province, declare the
Board to be duly constituted: And whereas an
election of five members for the Hutt River District
has been duly held in accordance with the said Act:
Now, therefore, I, James Prendergast, Adminis-
trator of the Government of the Colony of New
Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and
authority vested in me by the said in part recited Act,
and of every other power and authority enabling me
in that behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that
the Board for the Hutt River District is duly con-
stituted, by the name of "The Board of Conservators
for the Hutt River District."

Given under the hand of His Excellency
James Prendergast, Esquire, Administra-
tor of the Government 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 sixth day of
March, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-
nine.

G. S. WHITMORE.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Altering Date of Sittings of Circuit Courts at
Nelson and Hokitika.

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-eighth day of February, 1879.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE
GOVERNMENT IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Supreme Court Act, 1860,"
it is enacted that there shall be held Circuit
Courts for the despatch of Civil and Criminal busi-
ness of the Court before one of the Judges thereof,
at such places and times as the Governor in Council
may from time to time appoint:

And whereas by Order in Council made the twenty-
eighth day of January, in the year one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-nine, Circuit Courts were
appointed to be held within the Nelson and West-
land Districts on the days therein specified:

And whereas it is expedient to revoke the said
Order in Council, and to appoint that a Circuit
Court of the Supreme Court should be held at
Nelson on the sixteenth day of April next, and at
Hokitika on the thirty-first day of March next:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Administrator
of the Government of the Colony of New Zealand,
by and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council of the said colony, in pursuance and exercise
of the power and authority vested in him by "The
Supreme Court Act, 1860," doth hereby revoke the
said Order in Council, and doth hereby appoint that
there shall be held in the said Nelson District, at the
Provincial Council Hall at Nelson, on the sixteenth