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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Proclamation, either the whole of the said Act or
such sections thereof as to him may seem fit:

Now, therefore, I, Arthur Hamilton Gordon, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance
and exercise of the power and authority vested in me
by the said Act, do hereby proclaim and declare that,
from and after the fifteenth day of February, one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-one, the said
"District Courts Jurisdiction Extension Act, 1866,"
shall come into operation with respect to

THE DISTRICT COURT OF ASHBURTON.

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
fifteenth day of February, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-one.

THOMAS DICK.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Order in Council conferring certain Powers on the
Judge of the District Court of Ashburton.

ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
fifteenth day of February, 1881.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly
of New Zealand, intituled "The District
Courts Act Amendment Act, 1865," it is enacted
that the powers conferred on Judges of District
Courts in and by the twenty-fifth, twenty-sixth, and
twenty-seventh sections of "The District Courts Act,
1858," shall be exercised only within such districts
as shall from time to time be named by the Governor,
by Order in Council published in the New Zealand
Gazette, as districts within which such powers may
be exercised:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in
pursuance and exercise of the power and authority
so vested in him as aforesaid, doth, by and with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council, name
and appoint the Ashburton District, as defined in
and by a certain Proclamation dated the twenty-
ninth day of January, one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-one, to be a district within which the
Judge of the District Court of Ashburton may
exercise the powers conferred by the twenty-fifth,
twenty-sixth, and twenty-seventh sections of "The
District Courts Act, 1858."

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Incorporation of Canterbury Agricultural Society.

ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
fifteenth day of February, 1881.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

IN exercise of the powers and authorities vested in
him by "The Agricultural and Pastoral Societies
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Act, 1877," His Excellency the Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice of
the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby
incorporate the members of the Canterbury Agricul-
tural and Pastoral Association into a corporate body
under the said Act, under the style and title of "The
Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association."

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Extension of Time for Preparation of Valuation Roll,
Foxton Highway District, County of Manawatu.

ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
fifteenth day of February, 1881.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it has been made to appear that
certain things required to be done by "The
Rating Act, 1876," in connection with the prepara-
tion and revision of the valuation roll of the Foxton
Highway District cannot be done by or within the
times mentioned in the said Act:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of
the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers
vested in him by the said "Rating Act, 1876," and
by and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council of the said colony, doth hereby extend the
times for doing the said things in connection with
the valuation roll of the said Highway Board, and
doth declare that the times for the doing of such
several things shall be those specified in the Schedule
hereto.

SCHEDULE.

1. For transmitting to the Highway Board the
   valuation list: On or before the 15th February, 1881.
2. Valuation lists to be open for inspection, and
   objections thereto to be received: Until the 1st
   March, 1881.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Rehearing of Native Land Claim.

ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
fifteenth day of February, 1881.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the fifty-eighth section of "The
Native Land Act, 1873" (hereinafter referred
to as "the said Act"), it is enacted that, upon the
application of any persons interested in any Native
land who may feel themselves aggrieved by the de-
cision of the Native Land Court in respect thereof,
the Governor in Council may order a rehearing of
any matter heard and decided under the provisions
of the said Act, within such a period of time from
the publication of the decision and memorial of
ownership in manner in the said Act required as
may be limited in such order; and, upon such order
being made, all proceedings theretofore taken by the
Court in such matter shall be annulled, and the case
shall commence de novo, and shall proceed in manner
provided by the said Act: Provided that no applica-
tion for a rehearing shall be entertained if it be
made after six months shall have elapsed from the
time of such publication:

And whereas at a sitting of the Native Land Court
of New Zealand, held at Patea, in the District of