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TE RAHUI.
All that parcel of land in the District of Otaki, in
the Provincial District of Wellington, known by the
name of Te Rahui, containing by admeasurement 60
acres and 2 roods or thereabouts. Bounded on the
North and West by Native land; on the South by
the Otaki River; and on the East by the Waihoanga
Nos. 4, 1B, 1A, 2A, 3A, and 3B Blocks. This block has
passed the Native Land Court.

OPATU.
All that parcel of land in the District of Wa-
nganui, in the Provincial District of Wellington,
known by the name of Opatu, containing by
estimation 20,000 acres or thereabouts. Boundaries:
Commencing at the mouth of Ohura River, then
following up the Wanganui as far as Paparoa, then
inland to Te Upoko o Purangi, thence to Puke-
hinau, thence to Te Patunga o Hikairo, and down
the Ohura River aforesaid to its confluence with
the Wanganui River. This block has not passed the
Native Land Court.

MANGATAWHERO.
All that parcel of land in the District of Wanganui,
in the Provincial District of Wellington, known by
the name of Mangatawhero, containing by estimation
2,000 acres or thereabouts. Boundaries: Follow-
ing survey line of Tahau's land, Ngapuketurua,
Mangapari; thence to Whakangaromanga Stream,
Temangahohonu, Whakarire; turns to the North,
Tarata, Papakaiwera Stream, Paparangiora; thence
to the boundary of Manganuiotahu, Kaihokohoko;
turns to the East to Mangatawhero, then to the old
line at the starting point. This block has not passed
the Native Land Court.

TE KIEKIE.
All that parcel of land in the District of Wanganui,
in the Provincial District of Wellington, known by
the name of Te Kiekie, containing by estimation 1,500
acres or thereabouts. Boundaries: Commencing on
the Rangitikei River at Te Kiekie; thence by the
boundary of Government land to the Pourewa River,
crossing which it follows the Government line to the
Whareihungarua on the Turakina River, thence
following that river to the Otairi, thence inland by
that range to the Rangitikei River, thence down that
river to the starting point. This block has not passed
the Native Land Court.

PUKETOTARA.
All that parcel of land in the District of Wanganui,
in the Provincial District of Wellington, known by
the name of Puketotara, containing by estimation
10,000 acres. Boundaries: Commencing at Kie-
kienui, thence to Te Pou, crossing Te Ahuahu Stream,
Te Horo, Otauhinu, Tapere; turns to Pukemapou,
thence to Puketotara; thence following along survey
line of Taurangapiopio Block to Pukerewa, Mata-
hiwi, Maungawharawhara, turns to Arahinau, Nga-
puketurua; thence to Kaitui, Whakangaromanga
Stream, turns to Mouhihi, Haehaekupenga, Whare-
kiri, Arataua, Mangahoanga, Hautu, turns to Otohi-
kawa, Te Aua; thence to Tawhitiapourua, and on to
Kiekienui, the starting point. This block has not
passed the Native Land Court.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this thirty-first day of Decem-
ber, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-eight.

J. BALLANCE,
(for the Native Minister.)

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Delegation of Powers under "The Mines Act, 1877,"

(L.S.) NORMANBY, Governor.

WHEREAS by the one hundredth section of "The
Mines Act, 1877," the Governor is empowered
to delegate to the Chairman of the County Council
of any county in any mining district all the powers
vested in the Governor by subsections four and five
of section fifty-one of that Act:

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, do hereby, in exercise of the powers
vested in me by the said Act, delegate unto the
Chairman for the time being of the County Council
of Wallace all the powers vested in the Governor
by section fifty-one of "The Mines Act, 1877," of
making, altering, amending, and revoking rules and
regulations for the purposes contained in subsections
four and five of the said section fifty-one: And I
do hereby declare that the powers hereby delegated
shall be exercised and performed only within the
said County of Wallace, and by and with the con-
sent of the County Council of the said County of
Wallace.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Most Honorable George Augustus Con-
stantine, Marquis of Normanby, Earl of
Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby, and Baron
Mulgrave of Mulgrave, all in the County
of York, in the Peerage of the United
Kingdom; and Baron Mulgrave of New
Ross, in the County of Wexford, in the
Peerage of Ireland; a Member of Her
Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Coun-
cil; Knight Grand Cross of the Most
Distinguished 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 January, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-nine.

J. BALLANCE.

Land temporarily reserved in the Provincial District
of Auckland.

NORMANBY, Governor.

WHEREAS by the one hundred and forty-fourth
section of "The Land Act, 1877," it is enacted
that the Governor may from time to time, either by
general or particular description, and whether the
same has been surveyed or not, reserve from sale
temporarily, notwithstanding that the same may be
then held under pastoral license, any Crown lands
which in his opinion are required for any of the
purposes in the said section mentioned:

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the
powers and authorities vested in me by the said Act,
do hereby temporarily reserve from sale the land in
the Provincial District of Auckland described in the
Schedule hereunder written, for the purpose in the
said Schedule specified.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Provincial District of
Auckland, in the Colony of New Zealand, containing
by admeasurement six (6) acres and two (2) roods,
more or less, and being Section numbered one hundred
and fifty-one (151) of Frasertown, in the Taramarama