1896
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 108

reopen at night for press work, provided the mes-
sages be presented before 5 p.m. The charge for
such messages will be two shillings and sixpence.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Kerosene, &c., brought within “The Dangerous Goods
Act, 1882.”

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
sixteenth day of December, 1882.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE
GOVERNMENT IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the fifth section of “The Dan-
gerous Goods Act, 1882” (hereinafter called
“the said Act”), it is enacted that the Governor in
Council may, from time to time, declare that petro-
leum or any distillate or other product thereof, or
any of the articles or products coming within the
meaning of petroleum as defined in the said Act,
shall come within the provisions of the said Act, or
any one or more of such provisions, notwithstanding
that they do not give off an inflammable vapour at a
temperature of less than one hundred and ten degrees
of Fahrenheit's thermometer: And whereas the article
or product known as “kerosene” is a distillate or
product of petroleum, and it is expedient to declare
that it and other distillates or products of petroleum
shall come within the provisions of the above in part
recited Act:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Administrator
of the Government of the Colony of New Zealand,
by and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council of the said colony, and in pursuance and
exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him
by the said Act, doth order and declare that, on and
after the date hereof, kerosene and any other dis-
tillate or product of petroleum shall come within all
the provisions of the said Act, excepting the pro-
visions of section ten thereof, notwithstanding that
they do not give off an inflammable vapour at a
temperature of less than one hundred and ten degrees
of Fahrenheit's thermometer; and, with the like
advice and consent as aforesaid, doth further order
and declare that the provisions of this Order in
Council shall apply to all parts of the colony.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Notification that Her Majesty has relinquished
Negotiations in respect of certain Native Lands
in the North Island.

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

IN pursuance of the provisions of “The Govern-
ment Native Land Purchases Act, 1877,” and
“The Government Native Land Purchases Act
Amendment Act, 1878,” it is hereby notified that
Her Majesty the Queen has relinquished negotiations
in respect of the blocks of Native land in the North
Island which are more particularly described and
mentioned in the Schedule hereto, except where
otherwise specified in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.
PAEROA.
ALL that parcel of land in the Rotorua District, in
the Provincial District of Auckland, known by the
name of Paeroa, containing by estimation 100,000
acres or thereabouts. Boundaries: Commencing at
the mouth of the Torepatutahi Stream on the Wai-
kato River; thence up the said stream to its source;
thence along the northern boundary of Kaingaroa
No. 1 Block to the Wairapukao, a survey peg and
mound; thence to Maungakakaramea; thence to
Kini-Kini Bush; thence to Te Waiu Bush; thence
to Pareheru; thence by Waipa to Waikorapa; thence
along the ridge to the east of Ratoreka to Paeroa
Range; thence along the summit of said Paeroa
Range to Te Waro; thence to Hikumaro; thence to
Akatarewa on the Waikato River; thence up the
said river to the mouth of Torepatutahi Stream, the
starting point.

RUNANGA No. 1.
All that parcel of land in the Taupo District, in
the Provincial District of Auckland, known by the
name of Runanga No. 1, containing by admeasure-
ment 43,400 acres or thereabouts. Bounded towards
the North and North-east by lines, 17441 links,
44953 links, 12510 links, and 11526 links; towards
the South-east by a line, 8059 links; towards the
East by lines 8368 links, 6868 links, 12973 links,
15009 links, 12402 links, and 10386 links; towards
the South by a line, 5785 links; and towards the
South-west by the Waipunga River to its junction
with the Waiarua Stream, by a portion of the said
stream, by lines 12466 links, 9435 links, and 1861
links, and by the Otamatea Creek; and towards the
North-west also by the Otamatea Creek, being the
north-eastern boundary of the Runanga No. 2 Block.

TAWAROA AND KUHAWAEA.
All that parcel of land in the Bay of Plenty Dis-
trict, in the Provincial District of Auckland, known
by the name of Tawaroa and Kuhawaea, containing
by estimation 30,000 acres. Bounded on the East
by the Rangitaiki River from Te Raepohatu to the
mouth of the Whirinaki; thence on the South by
the Whirinaki to Te Hinau; thence on the East by
a line running to the upper portion of Mangahouhi;
thence on the North by a line to the first point.

TAUMATA-PATITI.
All that parcel of land in the Poverty Bay Dis-
trict, in the Provincial District of Auckland,
known by the name of Taumata-Patiti, containing
by admeasurement 5,923 acres or thereabouts.
Bounded on the North by the Tokomaru Block and
the Nuiti Block; thence on the East by the Karo-
rotau Creek and the sea; thence on the South by the
Waipara Stream and the Anaura Block; thence on
the West by the Hikuwae River to the starting
point.

MANGATU-MATAWAI.
All that parcel of land in the Poverty Bay District,
in the Provincial District of Auckland, known by the
name of Mangatu-Matawai, containing by estimation
46,000 acres or thereabouts. Boundaries: Com-
mencing at the mouth of the Waikakariki River;
thence to Huakarangu; thence into the Mangatu
River, following its course to the mouth of the
Mangatahu River, and following the course of that
river to Matawai; thence ascending Otukopua and
descending to the Waitangirua Stream, following
that stream till it reaches Motu; thence turning in
a northerly direction and following the course of the
Motu River to Peketutu; thence to Te Puku; thence
turning to Maungawaru; thence turning in the direc-
tion of Tawhiti Mountain, and continuing on and
falling into the Wereroa River, following that river
to the Waipaoa Stream, and following that stream to
the mouth of the Waikakariki River, the com-
mencing point.

TE UMUMANGO.
All that parcel of land in the District of Mahia, in
the Provincial District of Auckland, known by the