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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 54

Appointing Rabbit Inspector for Wellington District.—Notice No. 123.

A. GORDON, Governor.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by "The Rabbit Nuisance Act,
1881," His Excellency the Governor doth hereby appoint the Sheep Inspector named in the Schedule
hereto to be Rabbit Inspector in and for the district mentioned in the said Schedule, and set opposite to
his name.

SCHEDULE.

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

THOMAS DICK.

Te Akau Highway District, County of Raglan,
constituted.

ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.

UNDER and in pursuance of the powers and
authorities vested in me by an Act of the Pro-
vince of Auckland intituled "The Highways Act,
1874," and by "The Abolition of Provinces Act,
1875," I, Arthur Hamilton Gordon, the Governor of
the Colony of New Zealand, hereby notify that I do
hereby create that portion of the Provincial District
of Auckland described in the Schedule hereto a new
highway district, under the said "Highways Act,
1874," by the distinctive name of the Te Akau
Highway District, and I declare that the boundaries
of the said district shall be those described in the
Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the County of Raglan, bounded
towards the North-west by the Waikato River to a
point on its bank at which the production of the
south-western boundary-line of Whangape Parish
intersects it; towards the North-east by said produc-
tion (passing through Section 1 of Putataka Parish)
and by the Parishes of Whangape, Pepepe, and
Waipa to Whaingaroa Harbour at Puketutu; towards
the South-east by Whaingaroa Harbour; and towards
the South-west by the ocean as the same is deli-
neated on the plans in the Survey Office, Auckland.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this fifth day of June, one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-two.

THOMAS DICK.

"Highways Act, 1874" (Auckland), brought into
Operation in the Te Akau District, County of
Raglan.

ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.

UNDER and in pursuance of the powers and
authorities vested in me by an Act of the Pro-
vince of Auckland intituled "The Highways Act,
1874," and by "The Abolition of Provinces Act,
1875," I, Arthur Hamilton Gordon, the Governor of
the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby notify that I
do hereby bring the said "Highways Act, 1874,"
into operation in the Te Akau Highway District;
and I further notify that I do hereby appoint
the sixth day of July, one thousand eight hun-
dred and eighty-two, at twelve o'clock noon, at
Maraetai, to be the day, hour, and place for the first
meeting of ratepayers of the said district; and I

appoint Charles Marshall to be the Chairman of such
meeting.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this fifth day of June, one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-two.

THOMAS DICK.

Notification of the Payment of Money on and entry
into Negotiations for the Purchase of Native Lands
in the North Island.

A. GORDON, Governor.

IN pursuance of the provisions of "The Govern-
ment Native Land Purchases Act, 1877," it is
hereby notified that money has been paid by or on
behalf of Her Majesty the Queen for the purchase
or acquisition of the block of Native land in the
North Island which is more particularly described
and mentioned in the Schedule hereto; and, further,
that negotiations in respect of such purchase or
acquisition as aforesaid have been entered into by or
on behalf of Her said Majesty.

SCHEDULE.

POHOKURA BLOCK.

ALL that parcel of land in the Ngatimaru District, in
the Provincial District of Taranaki, known by the
name of Pohokura, containing by estimation 50,000
acres. Boundaries commencing at a point where the
Mangaehu Stream intersects the northern boundary
of the Mangaotuku Block; thence in a northerly
direction by the said Mangaehu Stream to its source;
thence in a westerly direction to the confiscation-
line; thence in a south-westerly direction by the said
confiscation-line to the Te Wera Block; and thence
in an easterly direction by the Te Wera, Mangaere,
and Mangaotuku Blocks to the first point mentioned.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this seventh day of June, one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-two.

JOHN BRYCE.

Ranger under "Animals Protection Act, 1880," ap-
pointed (Auckland).

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 30th May, 1882.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

ROBERT BOLE MORROW
to be a Ranger under "The Animals Protection Act,
1880," for the Auckland District.

THOMAS DICK.