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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1879.

Season for Shooting, &c., Imported Game in the
Counties of Grey and Inangahua altered.

(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
Robinson, Governor of the Colony of New Zealand,
do hereby revoke a certain Proclamation bearing
date the seventeenth day of April instant, and issued
under the authority of the said Acts; and do further
hereby proclaim and declare that cock-pheasants
shall be open to be hunted, shot, taken, or killed,
within the Counties of Grey and Inangahua, between
the twenty-fourth day of May, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-nine, and the thirtieth day of
June, 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
Christchurch, this sixth day of May, in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-nine.

J. BALLANCE.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Restrictions as to Weight to be carried on certain
Vehicles in Manchester Highway District.

(L.S.) HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities vested
in me by the eighty-fourth section of an Ordi-
nance of the Superintendent and Provincial Council
of the Province of Wellington, intituled "The High-
ways Act, 1874," and "The Abolition of Provinces
Act, 1875," and of all other powers enabling me in

that behalf, I, Hercules George Robert Robinson,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do
hereby proclaim the following clause to be in force
in the Manchester Highway District, that is to say,-
"Whenever it shall appear to the satisfaction of
any Highway Board that the weight carried on
vehicles having the breadth of their wheels of less
than five inches requires to be restricted, the Board
may, by notice posted in the district, or by adver-
tisement inserted at least twice in some newspaper
circulating in the district, give notice that all such
vehicles shall be subject to a penalty of not less than
one shilling per hundred weight or fractional part of
a hundredweight so carried above the weight of one
ton five hundredweight on two wheels or two tons
ten hundredweight on four wheels; and that such
penalty shall be recoverable at the suit of the col-
lector or other agent appointed for that purpose by
the Board: Provided, for the carrying into opera-
tion of this clause, the Board shall be empowered
to take such steps as to them shall appear necessary
for ascertaining the weight of any load, and no
liability or damage shall accrue for any necessary
delay in ascertaining the said weight."

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 Wellington,
this ninth day of May, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-nine.

J. BALLANCE.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Defining the Middle Line of Portion of the Railway
from Riverton to Orepuki (Riverton Contract).

(L.S.) HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the one hundred and twenty-
second section of "The Public Works Act,
1876," it is enacted that every railway shall be made
only under the authority of a special Act, which