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links; towards the South-east by Section No. 3, 500
links; towards the South-West by Russell Street, 203.5
links; towards the North-west by Section No. 1, 428.2
links, and by Section No. 1, Block VIII., 92.3 links:
as the same is more particularly delineated on the
plans in the Survey Office, Dunedin. As a site for a
public library.

hundred and eighty-one, both inclusive (subject
nevertheless to the restrictions in the said Act
mentioned).

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this eleventh day of May, one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-one.

THOMAS DICK.

Further Rules under the Western Pacific Order
in Council of 1877.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 9th May, 1881.

All that area in the Provincial District of Otago,
containing by admeasurement 1 acre, more or less,
situate in the Town of Pembroke, being Section
No. 3, Block XI., on the map of the said township.
Bounded towards the North-east by Ardmore Street,
225.3 links; towards the South-east by Section No.
4, 315.4 links, and Brownston Street, 225.5 links;
towards the South-west by Russell Street, 93.5 links;
and towards the North-west by Section No. 2, 500
links: as the same is delineated on the plans in the
Survey Office, Dunedin. As a site for a post and
telegraph office.

All that parcel of land in the Provincial Dis-
trict of Otago, containing by admeasurement 26 acres
1 rood, more or less, situate in the Clutha District,
and being southern half of Section No. 5 of Block
LVIII. of said district. Bounded towards the North-
west by Section No. 6 of same block, 750 links;
towards the North-east by the other half of said
Section No. 5, 3,500 links; towards the South-east
by a road-line, 750 links; and towards the South-west
by Section No. 3 of same block, 3,500 links: be all
the aforesaid linkages more or less. As a site for a
school.

All that area in the Provincial District of Otago,
containing by admeasurement 2 acres 1 rood 38.5
perches, more or less, situate in the Town of Pem-
broke, being Sections Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and
11, respectively, Block XII., on the map of the said
town. Bounded towards the North-west by Dun-
troon Street, 419.5 links, and Section No. 1, Block
VIII., 80.5 links; towards the North-east by Sections
Nos. 2, 1, and 12, respectively, Block XII., 489 links,
and Section No. 1, Block VIII, 11 links; towards
the South-east by Brownston Street, 500 links; and
towards the South-west by Helwick Street, 500 links:
as the same is delineated on the plans in the Survey
Office, Dunedin. As a site for a courthouse and
police station.

SOUTHLAND.

All that piece or parcel of land in the Southland
Division of the Provincial District of Otago, contain-
ing by admeasurement 10 acres, more or less, being
part of Section No. 1, Block II., Mabel District.
Bounded on the East by a road-line; on the South-
west by a road-line; and on the North by remaining
portion of Section No. 1 aforesaid. As a site for a
school.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this sixth day of May, one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-one.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

Fixing Shooting Season for County of Akaroa
District.

A. GORDON, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by "The
Animals Protection Act, 1880," I, Arthur Hamil-
ton Gordon, the Governor of the Colony of New
Zealand, do hereby notify that cock-pheasants may
be taken or killed within the County of Akaroa, in
the North Canterbury District, from the twelfth day
of May, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one,
to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand eight

THE following rules, issued by Her Majesty's
High Commissioner for the Western Pacific
under the provisions of section 152 of the Western
Pacific Order in Council of 1877, are published for
general information.

THOMAS DICK.

Rules by Her Britannic Majesty's High Commissioner
of the Western Pacific, with the advice and assist-
ance of the Chief Justice of Fiji, under Section 152
of the Western Pacific Order in Council, 1877,
in regard to Arbitration and Reconciliation, and
other Purposes.

WHEREAS it is desirable to promote the objects
contemplated by sections 131, 132, 133, and 134
of the Western Pacific Order in Council, 1877,
and also the practical working of other sections of
the said order, the following rules are hereby made
by Her Britannic Majesty's High Commissioner for
the Western Pacific, with the advice and assistance
of the Chief Justice of Fiji, as authorized by section
152 of said order :--

1. When any British subject within the jurisdiction
   of the High Commissioner's Court, and in an island
   where there is no Deputy Commissioner, desires to
   take advantage of the sections of the Western Pacific
   Order in Council before recited regarding arbitration
   and reconciliation, and to leave the settlement of
   disputes and reconciling of differences to the arbitra-
   tion or friendly settlement of the officer commanding
   any of Her Majesty's ships or schooners cruising
   within the waters of the Western Pacific, such officer,
   upon receiving from the person who would be plaintiff
   in an action, a writing under his hand intimating the
   nature of his claim and his willingness to refer the
   matter to the arbitration of the said officer, shall have
   the powers of a Registrar of the High Commissioner's
   Court to issue a writ of summons under section 59
   of the said order to be served on the defendant.

2. If the defendant, being a British subject, shall,
   upon such writ of summons being served, intimate
   by writing under his hand that he accepts of the
   arbitration of the said officer, then the questions at
   issue between the parties shall be held to have been
   referred by the Court to the arbitration of such
   officer, but it shall not be held to have been so
   referred by a rule of Court so as to make sections
   310 to 321 of the Schedule to the said order apply to
   the proceedings.

3. It shall be the duty of the said officer at the
   earliest available opportunity to transmit to the
   Registrar of the High Commissioner's Court a
   duplicate of the writ of summons issued by him, and
   the award made by him, and any application by the
   parties to have a decree of the Court in conformity
   with the award.

4. The said officer shall, for the purposes of section
   133 of said order, be a Commissioner of the High
   Commissioner's Court in any island where no Deputy
   Commissioner resides, with full powers to promote
   the reconciliation, and encourage and facilitate the
   settlement of the cases contemplated in the said
   section.