764
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 50

tioned and described therein, praying that such
locality may be constituted a town district under the
said Act:

And whereas not less than two-thirds of the num-
ber of resident householders in the said locality have
concurred in the said petition, and it is expedient
that a Proclamation should be issued under the said
Act for the purposes hereinafter set forth:

Now, therefore, I, Arthur Hamilton Gordon, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pur-
suance and exercise of the power and authority
vested in me by the hereinbefore in part recited Act,
do hereby proclaim and declare that the provisions
of the said Act shall come into force within the
locality or district mentioned and described in the
Schedule hereto (the same being the locality men-
tioned and set forth in the said petition, so presented
as aforesaid), and that the same shall be a town dis-
trict under the said Act; and, in further pursuance
and exercise of the said power and authority, I do
hereby declare that the said district shall hereafter
be known by the name of "The Manaia Town Dis-
trict," and I do appoint that the Board of Commis-
sioners for the said district shall consist of five in
number.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Provincial District of Tara-
naki, bounded towards the North-east by Sections
Nos. 105, 106, a road, Section No. 107, across and by a
road-line, and Section No. 108 to the Waiokura River;
towards the East by said river; towards the South
and South-west by Sections Nos. 26 and 15, by and
across a road-line, and by Section No. 12; and
towards the North-west by a road, by Sections Nos.
3 and 2, a road, by Sections Nos. 101 and 102, to
Section No. 105, the starting point: all the above-
mentioned sections being situated in Block VII,
Waimate Survey District; as the same is delineated
on the plans deposited in the Survey Office, Taranaki.

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 Wellington,
this twenty-third day of May, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-two.

THOMAS DICK.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Extending Time for Preparation of County Rolls,
County of Waipawa.

ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
eighteenth day of May, 1882.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it has been made to appear that
certain things required to be done by "The
Counties Act, 1876," in connection with the making
and revision of the county roll of the County of Wai-
pawa cannot be done by or within the times required
by the said Act:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of
the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the power
and authority vested in him by the two hundred and
eleventh section of the said Act, and by and with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council of the
said colony, doth hereby extend the time for the
doing of the said things in connection with the county
roll of the said County of Waipawa, and doth declare
that the time for the doing of such several things
shall be those which are specified in the Schedule
hereto.

SCHEDULE.

1. For the preparation of the county roll: On or
   before the 6th May, 1882.
2. Roll shall be open for inspection: From the
   11th May, 1882, until the 3rd June, 1882.
3. Objections to roll received: Until the 6th June,
5. Day appointed for revision of roll: Some day
   on or after the 7th June, 1882; but Revision Court
   shall not sit after the 21st June, 1882.
6. Roll shall come into force: On the 1st July,

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Fees, &c., under "The Building Societies Act, 1880,"
and "The Industrial and Provident Societies Act,
1880," to be paid in Stamps.

ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
eighteenth day of May, 1882.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

HIS Excellency the Governor of the Colony of
New Zealand, by and with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council of the said colony,
doth hereby, in pursuance and in exercise of the
powers and authorities conferred upon him by the
third section of "The Stamp Fee Act, 1880," order
and notify that, from and after the twenty-fifth day
of May, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two,
all duties, fees, fines, and penalties payable under
"The Building Societies Act, 1880," and "The In-
dustrial and Provident Societies Act, 1880," shall
be collected and paid by stamps of any kind issued
by the Government of the said colony, except those
issued under "The Beer Duty Act, 1880."

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Appointing Engineer for approving Matters and
Things in connection with the Construction of the
Wellington and Manawatu Railway.

A. GORDON, Governor.

IN terms of the contract entered into under the
provisions of "The Railways Construction and
Land Act, 1881," on the twentieth day of March,
one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, between
Her Majesty the Queen and the Wellington and
Manawatu Railway Company (Limited), and of all
powers in anywise enabling me in that behalf, I,
Arthur Hamilton Gordon, the Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

JOHN BLACKETT, Esquire, M.Inst.C.E.,
to be the Engineer for approving or otherwise all
matters and things connected with the construction
of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway, and