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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1879.

Lands declared to be Waste Lands of the Crown.

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

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS 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 pursuance
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.

OPUAWHANGO No. 3.

ALL that parcel of land in the District of Whangarei,
in the Provincial District of Auckland, known by the
name of Opuawhango No. 3, containing by admea-
surement 1,782 acres, more or less. Bounded towards
the North-east by high-water line on the sea-shore;
towards the South-east by the Matapouri Block,
12317 links and 359 links, and by a line, 1604 links,
to Te Toiroa; towards the South by the Otonga No.
2 Block and the Otonga No. 1 Block, 885 links, 397
links, 299 links, 353 links, 378 links, 619 links, 564
links, 515 links, 776 links, 276 links, 1733 links,
3015 links, 511 links, 675 links, 417 links, 369 links,
and 363 links, to Te Kumi; and towards the West by
the Opuawhango No. 2 Block, 170 links, 685 links,
300 links, 245 links, 767 links, 247 links, 300 links,
196 links, 392 links, 336 links, 227 links, 207 links,
358 links, 358 links, 288 links, 464 links, 248 links,
529 links, 401 links, 480 links, 179 links, 469 links,
362 links, 110 links, 159 links, 356 links, 320 links,
462 links, 209 links, 195 links, 186 links, 113 links,
205 links, 101 links, 133 links, 183 links, 151 links,
581 links, 188 links, 195 links, 266 links, 198 links,
149 links, 286 links, 395 links, 180 liuks, 504 links,
307 links, 224 links, 236 links, 274 links, 123 links,
185 links, 160 links, 224 links, 166 links, 266 links,
244 links, 158 links, 238 links, 477 links, 320 links,
337 links, 174 links, 348 links, 153 links, 321 links,
430 links, 256 links, 678 links, 608 links, 797 links,
1615 links, to Oruaea, the commencing point.

OPUAWIHANGO No. 4.

All that parcel of land in the district of Whanga-
rei, in the Provincial District of Auckland, known by
the name of Opuawhango No. 4, containing by
admeasurement 15,157 acres, more or less. Bounded
towards the East by high-water line on the shore of
Helena Bay, by the Owai Block, 706 links, 8962 links,
3451 links, 1443 links, and 616 links; towards the
North by the block aforesaid, 1100 links, 1580 links,
1100 links, and 3462 links; towards the West by the
aforesaid block, 6140 links, to Ohinetu; again
towards the East by the Opuawhango No. 1 Block,
1648 links; 261 links, 414 links, 222 links, 287
links, 246 links, 148 links, 272 links, 148 links, 268
links, 376 links, 225. links, 112 links, 314 links, 221
links, 606 links, 210 links, 225 links, 307 links, 168
links, 112 links, 178 links, 239 links, 229 links, 239
links, 118 links, 187 links, 157 links, 106 links, 163

ERRATA.-In Gazette No. 128, of the 19th December, 1878, p. 1814, under the head "Deputy-Registrars of Marriages,
&c., appointed," for "Simon Inder," read "Simeon Inder;" and under the same head, in Gazette No. 20, of the 20th
February, 1879, p. 255, for "James McInnis," read "James McEnnis."