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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

the West by a public road, 6825 links; again towards
the West and South-west and North-west by the
road reserve along the ocean and Reserve No. 186,
17313 links: excepting out of the land herein de-
scribed Sections 2, 4, and 18, Block V., Longwood
District.

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-seventh 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!

Special Mining District under Section 66 of "The
Mines Act, 1877."

(L.S.) HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by section sixty-six of "The Mines
Act, 1877," power is given to the Governor to
proclaim special mining districts for the pre-emption
of homesteads, and for the purposes contemplated in
the said section:

Now, therefore, I, Hercules George Robert Robin-
son, Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by
virtue of the powers and authorities vested in me by
the said section sixty-six of "The Mines Act, 1877,"
and of all other powers and authorities thereunto
enabling me, do hereby proclaim and declare the
piece of land described in the Schedule hereto to be
a special mining district for the purposes of the sixty-
sixth section of "The Mines Act, 1877."

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Provincial District of Otago,
containing by estimation twenty-three thousand
(23,000) acres, more or less, situate in the Kyeburn
Survey District, bounded as follows: Commencing
at Trig. Station G; thence due north, 42200 links;
thence due west, 51000 links, to the western boundary
of the Kyeburn District; thence due south along the
said district boundary, 47500 links; thence due east,
32500 links; thence in northerly direction along the
Kyeburn, 10000 links; and thence due east along the
northern boundary of the Kyeburn Hundred, 18700
links, to the starting point.

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

ROBERT STOUT.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

"Regulation of Local Elections Act" brought into
force in the Awhea Rabbit District.

(L.S.) HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

BY virtue of the powers and authorities vested in
me by the seventh section of "The Rabbit
Nuisance Act 1876 Amendment Act, 1877," I
Hercules George Robert Robinson, the Governor
of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim
and declare that, from and after the day of the date
hereof, "The Regulation of Local Elections Act,
1876," shall come into force in the Awhea Rabbit
District, as constituted by Order in Council of the
twenty-seventh day of May, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-nine.

And I do hereby further proclaim and declare that
the first election of Trustees of the said district shall
be held on the twenty-first day of June next, at the
hour of noon, at the residence of W. A. Hodge,
Awhea District; and I appoint

WILLIAM SKEET,
of Greytown, to be Returning Officer to conduct the
first elections of Trustees for the said district.

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

G. S. WHITMORE.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Appointing Herewini te Toko Trustee under "The
Maori Real Estate Management Act, 1867."

HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twentieth day of May, 1879.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Maori Real Estate Manage-
ment Act, 1867" (hereinafter called "the said
Act"), it is enacted that, if any title to or interest in
any hereditaments shall accrue to any Maoris, who
or any of whom shall be infants, lunatics, or under
legal disability, it shall be lawful for the Governor in