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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1879.

Season for Shooting, &c., Imported Game in Picton.
(L.S.) HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN exercise of the powers and authorities conferred
upon me by "The Protection of Animals Act,
1873," and by "The Abolition of Provinces Act,
1875," and in exercise of every other power enabling
me in that behalf, I, Hercules George Robert Robin-
son, Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do
hereby proclaim and declare that cock-pheasants and
Californian quail shall be open to be hunted, shot,
taken, or killed, within the Electoral District of
Picton, between the first day of May, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-nine, and the thirtieth
day of June, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
nine, both inclusive, but only between the hours of
sunrise and sunset.

Season for Coursing Hares in Southland, &c.
(L.S.) HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN exercise of the powers and authorities conferred
upon me by "The Protection of Animals Act,
1873," and by "The Abolition of Provinces Act,
1875," and in exercise of every other power enabling
me in that behalf, I, Hercules George Robert Robin-
son, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand,
do hereby proclaim and declare that hares shall be
open to be hunted (coursed), within the Counties of
Southland, Fiord, Wallace, and Stewart Island,
between the first day of May, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-nine, and the thirty-first day
of May, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
nine, both days inclusive, but only between the hours
of sunrise and sunset.

Given under the hand of His Excellency
Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson,
Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distin-
guished 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
Dunedin, this twenty-eighth day of
April, in the year of our Lord one thou-
sand eight hundred and seventy-nine.

G. S. WHITMORE.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

ERRATUM.—In the Supplement to the New Zealand Gazette No. 32, of Thursday, 20th March, 1879, at pages 393 and
397, for "Pasley, Richard Charles," read "Pasley, Robert Charles."

of July, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
nine, both days inclusive, but only between the hours
of sunrise and sunset.

Given under the hand of His Excellency
Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson,
Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distin-
guished 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 Dunedin, this
twenty-eighth day of April, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-nine.

G. S. WHITMORE.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Changing the Purpose of a Reserve.

HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
seventeenth day of April, 1879.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the first column
of the Schedule hereto was reserved by "The
Oamaru Town Reserves Management Ordinance,
1872," for a site for a slaughterhouse:

And whereas the said reserve is for one of the pur-
poses named in Part I. of the Schedule to "The
Public Reserves Act Amendment Act, 1878," and, in
the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient to
change the purpose of such reserve to another of
the purposes named in the said Part I. as hereinafter
mentioned:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of
the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council of the said colony,
and in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in
him by the sixth section of "The Public Reserves Act
Amendment Act, 1878," doth hereby order and direct
that the purpose of the reserve mentioned in the first
column of the said Schedule hereto shall be changed
from that of a reserve for a slaughterhouse, and doth
hereby declare and define the purpose of the said
reserve to be that specified in the second column of