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705

THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1879.

Delegation of Powers under "The (Auckland) Im-
pounding Act, 1867," to the Rangiaohia District
Board.

(L.S.) HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by section sixty-three of an Act of
the late Provincial Council of Auckland,
Session XXIX., No. 28, the Short Title of which is
"The Highways Act, 1874," it is, amongst other
things, enacted that it shall be lawful for the Super-
intendent from time to time, by Proclamation in the
Provincial Government Gazette, to delegate to the
Board of any district created under that Act all or
any of the powers vested in him by "The Impound-
ing Act, 1867:" And whereas by "The Abolition of
Provinces Act, 1875," the powers vested in the
Superintendent as aforesaid are now vested in the
Governor:

Now, therefore, I, Hercules George Robert Robin-
son, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand,
in pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in
me as aforesaid, do hereby delegate to the Rangiaohia
District Board for the time being all the powers now
vested in me by the seventh section of the Act of the
late Province of Auckland, Session XX., No. 10, the
Short Title of which is "The Impounding Act, 1867."

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

G. S. WHITMORE.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Land set apart on Deferred Payments in Southland.

(L.S.) HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the fifty-third section of "The
Land Act, 1877," it is enacted that the Governor, by Proclamation in the Gazette, may from
time to time set apart out of any suburban or rural
lands such blocks or allotments of land as he shall
think fit, and set the same aside for sale on deferred
payments, and in such Proclamation may fix a day
on which the land shall be open for application; and
that he may also in like manner set apart for sale on
deferred payments such blocks or allotments as may
be recommended by any Land Board, and may also
from time to time alter, amend, or revoke any such
Proclamation:

And whereas the Land Board of Southland did, on
the eighth day of May, one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-nine, pass a resolution recommending
that the land described in the Schedule hereto
annexed should be set apart for sale on deferred
payments:

And whereas it is expedient to give effect to the
aforesaid recommendation, and to set apart the said
land accordingly:

Now, therefore, I, Sir Hercules George Robert
Robinson, the Governor of the Colony of New Zea-
land, in pursuance and exercise of the power and
authority vested in me by the above-named Act, do
hereby proclaim and declare that the land described
in the Schedule hereto is set apart for sale on
deferred payments; and that Monday, the seventh
day of July, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-nine, shall be the day on which the said land
shall be open for application at the Land Office at
Invercargill, in allotments as surveyed and marked
on the survey map in the office of the Chief Sur-
veyor.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land in the Southland
Division of the Provincial District of Otago, con-
taining 4,719 acres and 19 poles, more or less, and
contained within the following boundaries: Bounded
towards the South by the north boundary of Block
VI., Longwood District, 22718 links; towards the
East by west boundary of Block VII., Longwood
District, 14709 links; towards the North by Crown
lands, 8288 links; again towards the West by Crown
lands, 11484 links; again towards the North by the
south boundary of Block II., Longwood District,
12068 links; towards the North-east by south-east
boundary of Block II., Longwood District, 4046
links; towards the West by east boundary of Block
IV., Longwood District, 7412 links; again towards
the South by a public road, 100 links; again towards