358
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

124 to the north branch of the Ashburton River, thence
up that river to Run No. 59, and by said run to the
Hinds River; towards the South-west and again
towards the South-east by the Rangitata Road District,
hereinbefore described, to the middle of the Rangi-
tata River; again towards the South-east and South
by the middle of said river and the Forest Creek to
its source in Two-Thumb Range; thence towards the
West by the summit of that range to the summit of
the Southern Alps; and thence towards the North-
west by the summit of the said Southern Alps to a
point due west of the source of the Rakaia River, the
starting point.

DESCRIPTION OF THE UPPER ASHBURTON ROAD
DISTRICT.

Bounded towards the North-east by Mount Hutt
and South Rakaia Road Districts, as described in
the New Zealand Gazette No. 28, 1879, to the Great
Southern Trunk Railway; thence towards the South-
east by that railway, the Borough of Ashburton,
and again by the said railway to the Hinds River;
towards the South-west by the Rangitata Road
District, hereinbefore described; and towards the
North-west by the Mount Somers Road District,
hereinbefore described as the said several districts
are delineated on the plan deposited in the Survey
Office, Christchurch.

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 Welling-
ton, this twenty-fifth day of March, in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-one.

THOMAS DICK.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Amending Crossing-places under "The Sheep Act,
1878."--Notice No. 90.

(L.S.) ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

BY virtue and in pursuance of the powers and
authorities vested in me by the forty-fourth
section of "The Sheep Act, 1878," and of all other
powers and authorities enabling me in that behalf,
I, Arthur Hamilton Gordon, the Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and
order that the Proclamation dated the fourth day of
February, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-
one, and all other Proclamations issued under the
before-mentioned section, are hereby rescinded.

And I do further proclaim and declare that the
places mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall be
places at which all sheep to be introduced by land
into the several sheep districts in the Schedule hereto
respectively mentioned shall be crossed over the
boundaries of such districts.

SCHEDULE.

NAPIER, AUCKLAND, AND WELLINGTON SHEEP
DISTRICTS.

On the boundary between the Wellington and
Napier Sheep Districts where the coast-line crosses
the Waimata Stream..

In the Township of Woodville, Provincial District
of Hawke's Bay, at the junction of the main road
[No. 21
from Masterton with the main road from the Mana-
watu Gorge to Napier.

At. Te Reinga, on the boundary between the
Napier and the Auckland Sheep Districts.

Where the main road from Napier to Taupo
crosses the boundary of the Napier and the Auck-
land Sheep Districts.

CANTERBURY AND WAIAU SHEEP DISTRICTS.

The ferry on the Waiau-ua River, known as Arthur's
or Upper Waiau Ferry.

The ford or bridge on the Waiau-ua River, oppo-
site the homestead of Leslie Hill's Run.

The ford on the Waiau-ua River, about opposite
the Township of Waiau.

The ford or bridge on the Hurunui River, on the
Great North Road.

On the boundary of the Canterbury and Waiau
Sheep Districts, where the road between St. Leonards
and Culverden Runs crosses said boundary.

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

THOMAS DICK.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Rehearing of Native Land Claim.

ARTHUR H. GORDON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-ninth day of March, 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 decision of
the Native Land Courtin 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 be commenced de novo,
and shall proceed in manner provided by the said
Act: Provided that no application 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, at Kaihu, in the District of Kaipara,
in the Provincial District of Auckland, on the four-
teenth day of August, one thousand eight hundred
and eighty, the claim of Mihaka Makoare and others,
aboriginal natives of New Zealand, to a piece of land
called Tikinui, situate at Tikinui, in the said district,
was heard and decided, and a certain order was
thereupon made:

And whereas on or about the twenty-first day of
October, one thousand eight hundred and eighty, an