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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 70

ment 9,455 acres, more or less. Bounded on the
North by the Manawatu-Kukutauaki No. 2D Block;
on the East by the Kahinu No. 2 Block; on the
South by Subdivision No. 2; and on the West by
Subdivisions Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 of the
Manawatu-Kukutauaki No. 2E Block aforesaid.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice,
the Administrator of the Government of
Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand
and its Dependencies; and issued under
the Seal of the said Colony, at the
Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-second day of August, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-two.

JOHN BRYCE.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Making Rules for Surveys, and Fees to be paid by
Applicants for Land, under the Homestead System,
Auckland District.

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
seventh day of August, 1882.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE
GOVERNMENT IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the one hundred and sixty-ninth
section of "The Land Act, 1877," it is, among
other things, enacted that the Governor shall have
power from time to time to make rules, regulations,
and orders providing for the mode by which any land
or allotment shall be surveyed and boundaries ad-
justed, and for imposing any reasonable charge for
surveys:

And whereas it is expedient that the charges to be
made for the survey of rural lands to be occupied
within the Land District of Auckland under the pro-
visions set forth in clauses two and three, Appendix
A, of the said Act should be amended:

Now, therefore, I, James Prendergast, the Ad-
ministrator of the Government of the Colony of New
Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers
vested in me by the said Act, do hereby make the
rules, regulations, and orders set forth in the Schedule
hereto, providing the mode in which surveys may be
made, and for imposing the fees to be paid by persons
making application for land to be occupied under the
provisions set forth in clauses two and three of the
Appendix A to the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

Surveys shall be made by surveyors authorized
by the Surveyor-General, and in accordance with in-
struetions to Settlement Surveyors issued or which
may be issued by him; and these rates further imply
that all boundary-lines are to be cut and marked on
the ground.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Telephone Exchange Charges.

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
fourteenth day of August, 1882.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE
GOVERNMENT IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested
in him by "The Electric Telegraph Act, 1875,"
and "The Electric Telegraph Act 1875 Amendment
Act, 1881," and of all other powers enabling him in
that behalf, His Excellency the Administrator of
the Government of the Colony of New Zealand doth,
with the advice and consent of the Executive Council
of the said colony, make the regulations contained in
the Schedule hereto in relation to the charges to be
made for the use of telephones wherever established
in this colony, and doth further order and declare
that such regulations shall take effect on and after
the date of the gazetting hereof.

SCHEDULE.

A FEE of £17 10s. per annum, payable quarterly in
advance, shall be payable for hire of each first set of
instruments and wire from office or private resi-
dence for any distance within half a mile of the
telegraph office.

When more than one instrument is hired by the
same firm or person, the charge shall be £15 for
every instrument after the first for the above dis-
tance.

An additional fee of £2 for every additional
quarter or portion of a quarter of a mile shall be
payable upon each set of instruments.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Vesting Reserves in the Corporation of Picton.

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-first day of August, 1882.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE
GOVERNMENT IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the lands mentioned in the Schedule
hereto were reserved for purposes in con-
nection with the protection of river-banks: And
whereas, in the opinion of the Administrator of the
Government, it is expedient to vest the said land in
the Corporation of the Borough of Picton:

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 exercise of the
powers and authorities vested in him by the fourth
section of "The Public Reserves Act, 1881," doth
hereby declare that, from and after the day of the
date hereof, the said reserves shall become vested in
the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough
of Picton, in trust for purposes in connection with
the protection of river-banks.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land situated in the Town of
Picton, Provincial District of Marlborough, contain-
ing by admeasurement 2 roods, more or less, being
Sections Nos. 323 and 324: as the same is more par-