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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 70

shall be sold to be the price set opposite each allot-
ment in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.
TUTURAU DISTRICT.

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
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
thirty-first day of August, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-one.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Oyster-bed at Oyster Bay, Tory Channel, closed.

(L.S.) ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The Oyster Fisheries Act, 1866,"
it is, amongst other things, enacted that the
Governor may from time to time, by Proclamation in
the New Zealand Gazette, declare any natural oyster-
bed to be closed against dredging for any period to
be stated in such Proclamation: And whereas it is
expedient that the natural oyster-bed at Oyster Bay,
in Tory Channel, should be temporarily closed:

Now, therefore, I, Arthur Hamilton Gordon, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise
and pursuance of the power and authority in me
vested by the said Act, do hereby proclaim and
declare that the natural oyster-bed at Oyster Bay,
Tory Channel, the boundaries whereof are described
in the Schedule hereto, shall be closed against
dredging for a period of two years from the first
day of September, one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-one.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area comprising about 250 acres, situate at
Tory Channel, Queen Charlotte Sound, and being a
bay called Oyster Bay. Commencing at a point
south-west of Motukina Point, and following high-
water mark along the shore of Oyster Bay to Motu-
kina Point; thence by a right line to the place of
commencement.

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
thirty-first day of August, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-one.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Chertsey Recreation-ground brought under "The
Public Domains Act, 1860."

ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
thirtieth day of August, 1881.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

BY virtue of the powers and authorities vested in
me by the eleventh section of "The Public
Reserves Act, 1877," I, Arthur Hamilton Gordon,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and
with the advice and consent of the Executive Council
of the said colony, do hereby order and declare that the
reserve made for public recreation in the Provincial
District of Canterbury, and known as the Chertsey
Recreation-ground, and described in the Schedule
hereto, shall be and the same is hereby brought under
the operation of and declared to be subject to the
provisions of "The Public Domains Act, 1860," and
its amending Acts; and such domain shall hereafter
be managed, administered, and dealt with in manner
directed by the said Acts.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Ashburton Survey Dis-
trict, Provincial District of Canterbury, containing
30 acres, more or less. Bounded-Northward by
Section No. 23604, 2720 links; Southward by the
Main South Road, 2731 links; Westward by a road-
line, 979 links; and Eastward by Reserve No. 1769
(in red), 1227 links: and numbered 2376 (in red) on
the official map in the Survey Office, Christchurch.

F. P. MURRAY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Powers delegated to the Chertsey Domain Board
under "The Public Domains Act, 1860."

ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
thirtieth day of August, 1881.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the eleventh section of "The
Public Domains Act, 1860," it is enacted that
the Governor, by Order in Council, may from time
to time delegate all or any of the powers by the said
Act conferred upon any person for any period, and
subject to such stipulations as may be specified in
such order, and that every such delegation may from
time to time in like manner be altered or revoked:
And whereas it is enacted by "The Public Domains
Act, 1865," that the word "person" in the herein-
before recited section of "The Public Domains Act,
1860," shall be deemed to include more persons than
one: And whereas pursuant to "The Public Re