Aug. 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1105

mencing at the southernmost corner of Allotment No. 19. Bounded—Generally North-westerly by lines, 610, 1070, 330, and 795 links respectively; North-easterly by a line, 163 links; generally South-easterly by lines, 675, 349, 1070, and 497 links respectively; Southerly by a public road to commencing point, 152 links: be the aforesaid linkages more or less; and the same being more particularly delineated upon the map attached to the memorial above referred to.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson, 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 third day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty.

R. OLIVER,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Approved in Council.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Town of Oamaru proclaimed a Borough under “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1876.”

(l.s.) HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

A. PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the fifteenth section of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1876,” it is enacted that the Governor may, by Proclamation, declare any of the several places specified in the Third Schedule to the said Act in which a Municipal Corporation has been established under the provisions of an Ordinance of the Province of Otago intituled “The Otago Municipal Corporations Ordinance, 1865,” to be a borough constituted under the said “Municipal Corporations Act, 1876,” from a day to be named in such Proclamation; subject, however, to certain conditions in the said section mentioned:

And whereas the Town of Oamaru, in the Provincial District of Otago, is one of the places specified in the said Third Schedule, and a petition has been presented to His Excellency the Governor, by one hundred and thirty of the ratepayers of such town, praying him to constitute such town into a borough under the said “Municipal Corporations Act, 1876,” and such petition was, on the thirty-first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and eighty, publicly notified, and no petition from an equal or greater number of such ratepayers was presented to His Excellency within two months after such public notification praying him not to assent to the prayer of such first-mentioned petition:

Now, therefore, I, Hercules George Robert Robinson, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of all powers and authorities enabling me in that behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that, from and after the date of this Proclamation, the said Town of Oamaru shall be a borough constituted under the said “Municipal Corporations Act, 1876,” and shall be called the Borough of Oamaru, and that the boundaries of such borough shall be those specified in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Provincial District of Otago, containing by admeasurement 1,111 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the North-east by Block I, Oamaru Survey District; towards the East by the Ocean; towards the South-west and North-west by Block IV. of said district; and again towards the North-west by Block II.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson, 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 fifth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty.

THOMAS DICK.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Otahuhu Recreation-ground brought under “The Public Domains Act, 1860.”

HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this third day of August, 1880.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

BY virtue of the powers and authorities vested in me by the eleventh section of “The Public Reserves Act, 1877,” I, Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson, Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby order and declare that the reserve made for public recreation in the Provincial District of Auckland, and known as the Otahuhu Recreation-ground, and described in the Schedule hereto, shall be and the same is hereby brought under the operation of and declared to be subject to the provisions of “The Public Domains Act, 1860,” and its amending Acts; and such domain shall hereafter be managed, administered, and dealt with in manner directed by the said Acts.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land containing 5 acres, more or less, being Lot 19 of the Suburbs of the Village of Otahuhu, Parish of Manurewa, Otahuhu Survey District, Provincial District of Auckland. Bounded towards the North by a road, 1010 links; towards the East by Lot 20, 484 links; towards the South by Lots 26 and 27, 980 links; and towards the West by Lot 18, 626 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less. For a recreation-ground.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Powers delegated to the Otahuhu Domain Board under “The Public Domains Act, 1860.”

HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this third day of August, 1880.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the eleventh section of “The Public Domains Act, 1860,” it is enacted