200 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 16

of the same; and issued under the Seal of the said Extension of Time for Preparation of Valuation Roll, Borough
Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington,
of Gisborne.
this fourteenth day of February, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three.
WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
EDWD. T. CONOLLY.
Governor.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirteenth day
of February, 1883.
Town District of Sumner, County of Selwyn, constituted.
Present:
(L.S.) WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
Governor. WHEREAS it has been made to appear that certain things

A PROCLAMATION. in connection with the preparation and revision of the valuation
roll of the Borough of Gisborne cannot be done by or within
WHEREAS by "The Town Districts Act, 1881" (herein the times mentioned in the said Act:
after called "the said Act"), it is, among other things, Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony
enacted that the inhabitants of any locality not constituted a of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers vested in him by
borough under "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1876," the said "Rating Act, 1876," and by and with the advice and
wherein there are not less than fifty householders, may apply consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth
by petition to the Governor praying that such locality may be hereby extend the times for doing the said things in connec-
constituted a town district under the said Act; and that no tion with the valuation roll of the said borough, and doth
such locality shall exceed two square miles in area, and no one declare that the times for the doing of such several things shall
point in such area shall be distant more than four miles from be those specified in the Schedule hereto.
any other point therein, except in the case of military town-
ships; and that in every such locality not less than two-thirds SCHEDULE.
of the number of the resident householders shall concur in any 1. For transmitting to the Borough Council the valuation list:
such petition, and each signature to such petition shall be veri- On or before the 15th February, 1883.
fied by the attestation of some respectable witness; and that 2. Valuation list to be open for inspection, and objections
such petition shall set forth accurately the boundaries of the thereto to be received: Until the 15th March, 1883.
locality to which such petition may refer; and also that, on
FORSTER GORING,
the receipt of any such petition, the Governor may, by Procla-
Clerk of the Executive Council.
mation, declare that the provisions of the said Act shall come
into force within such locality, and that the same shall be a
town district under the said Act; and, further, that such Pro-
clamation shall accurately define the boundaries of the district Lincoln Recreation-ground brought under "The Public
in accordance with the description contained in the petition, and Domains Act, 1881."
shall declare the name by which such district shall thereafter be
WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
known.:
Governor.
And whereas a petition has been presented to the Governor,
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
by the inhabitants of the locality mentioned and described
therein, praying that such locality may be constituted a town At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirteenth day
district under the said Act:
of February, 1883.
And whereas not less than two-thirds of the number of resi-
Present:
dent householders in the said locality have concurred in the said
petition, and it is expedient that a Proclamation should be HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
issued under the said Act for the purposes hereinafter set BY virtue of the powers and authorities vested in me by
forth: the twenty-fourth section of "The Public Reserves Act, 1881,"
Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of
and exercise of the power and authority vested in me by the the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby order and
hereinbefore in part recited Act, do hereby proclaim and declare declare that the reserve made for public recreation in the Pro-
that the provisions of the said Act shall come into force within vincial District of Canterbury, and known as the Lincoln Re-
the locality or district mentioned and described in the Schedule creation-ground, and described in the Schedule hereto, shall be
hereto (the same being the locality mentioned and set forth in and the same is hereby brought under the operation of and
the said petition, so presented as aforesaid), and that the same declared to be subject to the provisions of "The Public Domains
shall be a town district under the said Act; and, in further Act, 1881;" and such domain shall hereafter be managed, ad-
pursuance and exercise of the said powers and authority, I do ministered, and dealt with in manner directed by the said Acts.
hereby declare that the said district shall hereafter be known
by the name of the Sumner Town District; and I do appoint
SCHEDULE.
that the Board of Commissioners of the said district shall
consist of five in number. ALL that parcel of land situated in the Provincial District of
Canterbury, being part of Rural Sections Nos. 884, 1712, 1880
SCHEDULE. and 2223 on the map of the Chief Surveyor, setting out and
describing the rural lands in the Lincoln District thereof, and
ALL that area in the Provincial District of Canterbury, situated being that portion of the said sections. Bounded-Northwardly
in the Sumner Survey District, bounded towards the North- by the Town Belt; Southwardly by the Town Belt; Eastwardly
east generally by the high-water mark of Avon and Heathcote by Leinster Terrace; and Westwardly by Kildare Terrace: as
Estuary and the ocean, from Section No. 23780 to Section No. shown on the sale plan of the said sections setting out the Town-
532; thence towards the South-east by Sections Nos. 532, 3987, ship of Lincoln, and deposited in the Deeds Registry Office at
3955, and 21418; towards the South-west by Section No. 15420, Christchurch as No. 21.
and that section-boundary produced across the road; towards
FORSTER GORING,
the North-west, again towards the South-west, again towards
Clerk of the Executive Council.
the North-west, South, and again towards the South-east by
Section No. 24077; again towards the South-west by Sections
Nos. 10323, 16430, 33904, 24012, 24011, and 23780, and the Powers delegated to the Lincoln Domain Board under
nothern boundary-line of Section No. 23780 produced to high- "The Public Domains Act, 1881."
water mark, first mentioned as the same is delineated on the
WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
plans in the Survey Office, Christchurch.
Governor.
Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir William ORDER IN COUNCIL.
Francis Drummond Jervois, Lieutenant-General in At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirteenth day
Her Majesty's Army, Knight Grand Cross of the of February, 1883.
Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Present:
Saint George, Companion of the Most Honourable
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-
Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony of New WHEREAS by the twelfth section of "The Public Domains
Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral Act, 1881,' it is, inter alia, enacted that the Governor,
of the same; and issued under the Seal of the said by Order in Council, may from time to time delegate all or any
Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, of the powers by the said Act conferred, save as is therein
this fifteenth day of February, in the year of our mentioned, to any person or persons for any period, and subject
Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three. to such stipulations as may be specified in such order, and that
every such delegation may from time to time in like manner be
THOMAS DICK. altered or revoked And whereas pursuant to "The Public
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