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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

the New Zealand Gazette, declare any natural oyster-
bed to be closed against dredging for any period to be
stated in such Proclamation: And whereas it is ex-
pedient that the natural oyster-bed at Half-Moon Bay
in Stewart Island should be temporarily closed:
Now, therefore, I, Sir Hercules George Robert
Robinson, the Governor of the Colony of New Zea-
land, in exercise and pursuance of the power and
authority in me vested by the said Act, do hereby
proclaim and declare that the natural oyster-bed
lying off Horseshoe and Half-Moon Bays and Pater-
son's Inlet, Stewart Island, and situated east-south-
east from Fish Rock and west-north-west from Beach
Island, shall be closed against dredging from the date
hereof until the first day of April, one thousand eight
hundred and eighty.

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

ROBERT STOUT,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Declaring Lands open for leasing under "The Clutha
River Trust Reserves Act, 1874."

(L.S.) HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS it is enacted by the fourth section of
"The Clutha River Trust Reserves Act, 1874,"
that it shall be lawful for the Superintendent of the
Province of Otago, on the recommendation of the
Provincial Council of the said province, by Proclama-
tion, to declare that any lands set aside under that
Act as endowments shall be opened for sale or lease
under any provisions of "The Otago Waste Land
Act, 1872," and any other Acts amending the
same, or for sale or lease under any provisions
of "The Gold Fields Act, 1866," or any other
Acts amending the same; and, from and after
the time fixed for the purpose in such Procla-
mation, such lands may be sold or leased accord-
ingly: And whereas by "The Abolition of Pro-
vinces Act, 1875," the powers, duties, and functions
vested in the Superintendent by the said recited
Act are now vested in and are to be exercised and
performed by the Governor: And whereas the Land
Board of the Land District of Otago did, on the six-
teenth day of April last, pass a resolution recom-
mending that the land comprised within Run number
ninety, as delineated upon the map of the Chief
Surveyor of the District of Otago aforesaid, should be
opened for leasing, the same being a portion of the
land set aside as an endowment under the provisions
of "The Clutha River Trust Act, 1874:"
Now, therefore, I, Sir Hercules George Robinson,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do
hereby declare that the land comprised within Run
number ninety aforesaid shall be open for leasing in
two portions as described on the map of the Chief
Surveyor aforesaid, and that the period during which
the said land may be leased shall not exceed ten
years; and I do further declare that the said land
shall be leased under the provisions of "The Land
Act, 1877."

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

ROBERT STOUT,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Season for Hunting Hares in part of County of
Geraldine.

(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 proclaim and declare that hares shall be
open to be hunted (coursed) on lands belonging to
or in the occupation of William Cunningham Smith
and George James Denniston, situated at Peel
Forest, in the County of Geraldine, between the
twentieth day of May, one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-nine, and the thirty-first day of July,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine, both
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 Wellington,
this nineteenth day of May, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-nine.

G. S. WHITMORE.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Land taken for Road in Section 36, Block VIII.,
Otepopo Survey District, County of Waitaki.

(L.S.) HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by section twenty-one of "The
Public Works Act, 1876" (herein referred to
as "the said Act"), it is enacted that whenever lands
are required to be taken for public works the Road
Board, in the case of district works, shall cause a
survey to be made and plans to be prepared showing
generally the nature of the works proposed to be
executed and the lands required to be taken for the
same, together with the names of the owners and
occupiers of such lands so far as they can be ascer-