Numb. 88.

1149

THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1879.

Setting apart Land in Otago for Agricultural Leases.

(L.S.) HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the fifty-fourth section of "The
Mines Act, 1877," it is, amongst other things,
enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor to
cause Crown lands situate within a gold field to be
selected and set apart for the purpose of granting
agricultural leases thereon and therefor:

And whereas the lands described in the Sche-
dule hereto are Crown lauds subject to be dealt
with under the provisions of the said Act, and it is
deemed expedient to set the same apart for the pur-
pose of granting agricultural leases thereon and
therefor:

Now, therefore, I, Sir Hercules George Robert
Robinson, the Governor of the Colony of New Zea-
land, do hereby select and set apart, for the purpose
of granting agricultural leases thereon and therefor,
the lands described in the Schedule hereto; and do fix
the twenty-second day of September next ensuing, at
the Warden's office at Clyde, as the day and place on
which the said land shall be open for application in
allotments, as surveyed and marked on the survey
map in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Dunedin.

SCHEDULE.

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

JAMES W. THOMSON,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Altering and Enlarging Boundaries of Knapdale
Road District.

(L.S.) HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the seventh section of "The
Otago Roads Ordinance 1871 Amendment
Ordinance, 1874," it is, amongst other things, enacted
that it shall be lawful for the Superintendent, upon
the recommendation of the Provincial Council, from
time to time, by Proclamation in the Gazette, to alter
the boundaries of any district, and either to enlarge
or diminish the area thereof; also to increase or
diminish the number of subdivisions of any district,
and to alter the boundaries and to increase or diminish
the area of any subdivision or subdivisions of any
district, notwithstanding that any district or any sub-
division or subdivisions of any district may already
have been constituted by the said Ordinance or by
any Proclamation thereunder: And whereas by
virtue of "The Abolition of Provinces Act, 1875,"
all the powers, duties, and functions theretofore
vested in Superintendents of provinces became and
are now vested in the Governor: And whereas by a
Proclamation made and issued on the eleventh day
of May, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
eight, under the Ordinance and Act therein men-
tioned, that portion of the Provincial District of
Otago therein described was constituted a road dis-
trict under "The Otago Roads Ordinance, 1871," by
the name of the Knapdale Road District, and it
is expedient that the boundaries thereof should be
enlarged as hereinafter provided: