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being portion of Section No. 243, commencing at a
point about 90 links northerly from north-west corner
of Section 243 aforesaid. Bounded-North-westerly
by Section 242, 390 links; generally Northerly by
lines, 1160 links; South-easterly by a line to com-
mencing point, 1410 links.

All that piece or parcel of land containing by ad-
measurement 2 roods, more or less, being portion of
Section No. 241, commencing at a point 470 links
southerly from north-west corner of Section No. 241
aforesaid. Bounded-North-westerly and Easterly
by land already acquired for railway purposes, 1026
and 50 links respectively; South-easterly by a line,
997 links; South-westerly by accommodation road to
commencing point, 58 links.

Also all that piece or parcel of land situate in Sec-
tion No. 241 aforesaid, containing by admeasurement
1 rood 6 perches, more or less, commencing at a point
on the north-eastern boundary of Section No. 241
aforesaid, 1780 links from the south-eastern corner
thereof. Bounded-North-easterly by Section No.
184, 58 links; North-westerly and Westerly by land
already acquired for railway purposes, 557 and 50
links respectively; South-easterly by a line to com-
mencing point, 586 links.

All that piece or parcel of land containing by ad-
measurement 35 perches, more or less, situate in Sec-
tion No. 184, commencing at a point on the south-
western boundary of said section. Bounded-South-
westerly by Section No. 241, 58 links; North-westerly
by land already acquired for railway purposes, 459
links; Easterly by a line, 50 links; South-easterly
by a line to commencing point, 430 links. The above
parcels of land being situate in Block 10, Taratahi
Plain Block, Provincial District of Wellington: be all
the aforesaid measurements either more or less, and the
same being more particularly delineated upon the
plan marked P.W.D. 8005, deposited in the office of
the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the
Provincial District of Wellington.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Honorable Arthur Hamilton Gordon,
Knight Grand Cross of the Most Dis-
tinguished Order of Saint Michael and
Saint George, Her Majesty's High
Commissioner for the Western Pacific,
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
twelfth day of February, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-one.

JOHN HALL,
(Minister acting for the Minister for
Public Works.)

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Land at Collarbone Creek, Hauraki, exempted from
Occupation under "The Gold-Mining Districts
Act, 1873."

(L.S.) ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and
authorities vested in me by "The Gold-Mining
Districts Act, 1873," I, Arthur Hamilton Gordon,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do
hereby proclaim and declare that the parcel of land
described in the Schedule hereto is hereby exempted
from occupation for mining purposes, or for water-
races, dams, or reservoirs, or for machine, business,
or residence sites.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land within the Hauraki Gold-
Mining District, commencing at a point on top of
ridge at the head of Collarbone Creek, situated 1012
links from No. 3 or Duffer's Peak Trig. Station,
by a line bearing 54° 40'; thence 86° 3', 300 links;
thence 173° 56′ 47″, 1362·6 links; thence 179° 53' 7",
1898.5 links; thence 224° 2', 164·2 links; thence
357° 27′ 11″, 2004·8 links; thence to point of
commencement, 349° 46′, 1369·9 links: containing
6 acres 1 rood 31 perches or thereabouts.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Honorable Arthur Hamilton Gordon,
Knight Grand Cross of the Most Dis-
tinguished Order of Saint Michael and
'Saint George, Her Majesty's High
Commissioner for the Western Pacific,
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
sixteenth day of February, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-one.

THOMAS DICK.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Declaring that all Forests belonging to the Crown in the
Land District of Westland shall be Forests under
the Provisions of Part V. of " The Land Act, 1877."

(L.S.) ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and
authorities conferred upon me by the ninety-first
section of "The Land Act, 1877," I, Arthur Hamilton
Gordon, the Governor of the Colony of New Zea-
land, do hereby declare that all forests belonging to
the Crown within the Westland Land District shall
be forests subject to the provisions of Part V. of the
said Act.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Honorable Arthur Hamilton Gordon,
Knight Grand Cross of the Most Dis-
tinguished Order of Saint Michael and
Saint George, Her Majesty's High
Commissioner for the Western Pacific,
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
sixteenth day of February, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-one.

JOHN HALL,
(for the Minister of Lands.)

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Extending Civil Jurisdiction of the District Court
of Ashburton.

(L.S.) ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly
of New Zealand, intituled "The District
Courts Jurisdiction Extension Act, 1866," it is
enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor, by
Proclamation published in the New Zealand Gazette,
to bring into operation with respect to any District
Court, from and after a day to be named in such