MAR. 10.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 309

define the limits of cities, towns, and other places
within the Province of Auckland for the purposes of
the said Acts: And it is also enacted that the
Superintendent may from time to time, by public
notification in the Provincial Government Gazette,
appoint such person or public body, as he shall think
fit, to be the local authority thereinafter referred to
for any city, town, or other place to which those
Acts should be applicable, and may alter and revoke
such appointment:
And whereas the powers vested in the Superinten-
dent by the said Act are now, by the operation of
"The Abolition of Provinces Act, 1875," vested in
the Governor:
Now, therefore, I, Arthur Hamilton Gordon, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pur-
suance and exercise of the powers vested in me by
the said Acts, do, by this notification, appoint and
define the limits of the village of Helensville, in the
County of Waitemata, as such limits are set forth in
the Schedule hereto, for the purposes of "The
Auckland Municipal Police Act, 1866," and declare
that, from and after the date hereof, the said Act
shall apply to the said village so defined as aforesaid:
And, in further exercise of the said powers, I do
hereby name the day of the date hereof as the day
on and from which sections two, three, four, and five
of the said "Municipal Police Act 1866 Amendment
Act, 1871," shall come into force within the limits
of the said village; and I hereby give notice that I
appoint

ISAAC MCLEOD,
of Helensville, to be the local authority for the
purposes of the said Acts.

SCHEDULE.
ALL that piece or parcel of land situated in Block
XIV., Kaipara Survey District, County of Waitemata.
Bounded towards the North-west by the Awaroa
Creek; towards the East by the Helensville and
Riverhead Portage Road; towards the South by the
Te Horo Block No. 998 (in red), and by the Porinui
Nos. I. and 11. Blocks, Nos. 197 and 10 (in red),
respectively; and towards the West by the Kaipara
River.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this seventh day of March,
one thousand eight hundred and eighty-
one.
THOMAS DICK.

Altering Place of Sittings of District Court,
Auckland.

ARTHUR H. GORDON, Governor.
IN pursuance and exercise of the power and
authority in me vested in this behalf, I, Arthur
Hamilton Gordon, the Governor of the Colony of
New Zealand, do hereby fix and appoint that, from
and after the fourteenth day of March, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-one, the Law Courts build-
ing in High Street, in Auckland, shall be the place
in the City of Auckland, at which the District Court
of Auckland shall be held, and that the said District
Court shall then cease to be held in the Courthouse
in Eden Street, in the City of Auckland, in which
the said District Court is now held.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this seventh day of March,
one thousand eight hundred and eighty-
one.
THOMAS DICK.

Notification that Her Majesty has ceased to have any
Interest in a Portion of certain Native Lands known
as Patetere.

ARTHUR H. GORDON, Governor.
IN pursuance of the provisions of "The Government
Native Land Purchases Act, 1877," and "The
Government Native Land Purchases Act Amendment
Act, 1878," it is hereby notified that, except as
specified in the Schedule hereto, Her Majesty has
ceased to have any interest in all that piece or parcel
of land known by the name of Patetere, as the same
is described in the Schedule to a notification under
the hand of His Excellency the then Governor of
New Zealand, dated the eighteenth day of April, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, and
published in the New Zealand Gazette of the twenty-
fifth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-eight, and as the same is described in the
Schedule hereto; and further that the said piece or
parcel of land has ceased to be subject to the pro-
visions of the said Acts.

SCHEDULE.
ALL that piece or parcel of land situate in the Dis-
trict of Waikato, in the Provincial District of
Auckland, called or known by the name of Patetere,
containing by estimation 300,000 acres or there-
abouts, bounded as follows: Commencing on the
eastern bank of the River Waikato at the junction
of the Huihuitaha Stream, thence by the southern
boundaries of the Waipa and Okoroire Blocks to
the River Waihou or Thames, thence by that river
to a point opposite to the Tapapa Settlement,
thence by a straight line to Te Whakatutu, thence
by the boundary of the block reserved at the Native
Settlement at Te Whetu, and thence following the
edge of the Patetere Forest to Painuiorehua, thence
by a straight line to the source of the Mangaharakeke
Stream, thence by that stream to its junction with
the River Waikato, thence by that river to the point
of commencement; except such parts of the said piece
or parcel of land as are defined or described by two
several orders of the Native Land Court, each dated
the eighth day of March, 1881, by which orders it
was declared that the said excepted pieces or parcels
of land are the property of Her Majesty.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this ninth day of March,
one thousand eight hundred and eighty-
one.
WM. ROLLESTON.

Regulations for Travelling Allowances.

ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.
IN pursuance and exercise of all powers and
authorities vested in him in that behalf, His
Excellency the Honorable Sir Arthur Hamilton
Gordon, G.C.M.G., the Governor of the Colony of
New Zealand, doth hereby make the following regu-
lations respecting the travelling allowances of officers
in the Public Works Department, which regulations
shall be deemed to have been in force from the first
day of September, one thousand eight hundred and
eighty, until the twenty-eighth day of February, one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-one, and for no
other period.

REGULATIONS.

1. All commuted travelling allowances are hereby
   abolished.
2. Engineers in charge of districts to have all
   actual coach-fares, &c., paid, and an allowance for