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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

and declare that the Sheep District of Waiau, as defined in the
Proclamations of the twenty-sixth day of January and the
second day of November, one thousand eight hundred and eighty,
shall be added to and form part of the Canterbury Sheep
District, and be known hereafter as the Waiau Subdivision of
the Canterbury Sheep District.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir William
Francis Drummond Jervois, Lieutenant-General in
Her Majesty's Army, Knight Grand Cross of the
Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and
Saint George, Companion of the Most Honourable
Order of the Bath, 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 the Government House, at Wellington,
this nineteenth day of March, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three.

EDWD. T. CONOLLY,
(for the Colonial Secretary.)

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Number of Members of the Oamaru Harbour Board increased,
and Mode of Election prescribed.

(L.S.) WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested
in me by section nineteen of "The Oamaru Harbour Board
Loan Act, 1882," I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim
and declare that the number of members of the Oamaru Har-
bour Board, as constituted under "The Harbours Act, 1878,"
be and the same are hereby increased from twelve to fourteen;
and, in exercise of the like power and authority, I do hereby
assign one member of the said Board to the Riding of Haka-
teramea, a part of the County of Waimate, and one member to
that portion of the riding of Waihao, also a part of the County
of Waimate, which is included in the Oamaru Harbour District,
as the same is defined by Proclamation dated the twenty-third
day of November, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two;
and I do hereby declare that the elections of the said members so
assigned as aforesaid shall take place and be held in the manner
following, namely:-

1. Mr. George Tennant or other the person in office as Clerk
   of the Waimate County Council at the date of the publication
   of this Proclamation in the New Zealand Gazette shall, not
   later than the thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight
   hundred and eighty-three, prepare new electors' rolls for the
   Riding of Hakateramea, and that portion of the Riding of
   Waihao hereinbefore described; and, in case such person shall
   refuse or neglect to act, the Governor may at once appoint
   another person or persons to perform such duty.

2. Such rolls shall be formed from the rolls of county electors
   in force in those portions of the said county for which the
   members aforesaid are to be elected.

3. After the completion of the said rolls, each of them shall
   be signed by the person who formed the same under the
   authority hereof, and shall be verified by the statutory declara-
   tion of such person to the effect that, to the best of his know-
   ledge and belief, the same is correct in the several particulars
   therein set forth. When so completed the said rolls shall at
   once come into force, and shall be open to inspection at the
   office of the said Clerk.

4. A copy of any roll so signed and verified by the person
   making the same, under the authority hereof, shall be evidence
   that the roll of which it purports to be a copy has been duly
   made until the contrary is proved, and no defect in the title of
   any person making or signing the same shall invalidate any
   such roll.

5. Upon completion of the said rolls as aforesaid, the person
   forming the same shall at once publish, at least three times in
   some newspaper circulating in the said county, a notice setting
   forth the day on which the candidates are to be nominated and
   the elections hereunder are to be held. Such elections shall
   not be held until after the expiration of at least twenty-one
   clear days from the first publication of the said notice.

6. The person in office as Clerk to the said Council at the time
   appointed for the said elections shall act as Returning Officer in
   each case.

7. Such elections shall be conducted, as nearly as may be, in
   the manner provided by "The Regulation of Local Elections
   Act, 1876," but the fees to be paid to such Returning Officer,
   and all other expenses and charges of such elections and
   incidental thereto, shall be paid and borne by the Oamaru
   Harbour Board.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir William
Francis Drummond Jervois, Lieutenant-General in
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Her Majesty's Army, Knight Grand Cross of the
Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and
Saint George, Companion of the Most Honourable
Order of the Bath, 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 the Government House, at Wellington,
this nineteenth day of March, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three.

THOMAS DICK.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Land taken for Road in Wangaehu Road District.

(L.S.) WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto is
required to be taken under "The Public Works Act,
1882," for a certain work, to wit, the construction of a road in
the Wangaehu Road District, Provincial District of Wellington:
And whereas the Wangaehu Road Board has laid before
the Governor the memorial and map mentioned in and signed
and certified as required by the said Act:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pur-
suance of the powers and authorities in me vested by section
eleven of "The Public Works Act, 1882," and of every other
power and authority in anywise enabling me in that behalf, do
hereby proclaim and declare that the land described in the
Schedule hereto is hereby taken for the purposes of a road;
and that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the land so
described shall become absolutely vested in fee-simple in Her
Majesty, discharged from all mortgages, charges, claims, estates,
and interests of what kind soever, for use as a road.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land containing by admeasurement
3 acres 3 roods 10 perches, more or less, situate in the Pro-
vincial District of Wellington, being portions of Sections Nos.
99, 100, 101, and 102, on the plan of the left bank of the
Wanganui River, commencing at a point on the southern
boundary of No. 1 Line of Road about 2897 links distant along
said road from its intersection with the eastern boundary of
eastern line of road. Bounded-Generally South-easterly and
Easterly by lines, 256, 657, 402, 467, 488, 415, 691, 296, 182, 250,
355, 480, 200, 461, 689, 268, 871, and 263 links respectively;
North-westerly by a line, 70 links; generally North-westerly and
Westerly by lines, 206, 879, 236, 674, 481, 173, 437, 368, 228, 326,
705, 453, 514, 453, 400, 648, and 247 links respectively; North-
easterly by No. 1. Line of Road aforesaid to commencing point,
50 links: be all the aforesaid linkages either more or less; as
the same is more particularly delineated upon the plan attached
to the memorial above referred to.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir William
Francis Drummond Jervois, Lieutenant-General in
Her Majesty's Army, Knight Grand Cross of the
Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and
Saint George, Companion of the Most Honourable
Order of the Bath, 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 the Government House, at Wellington,
this nineteenth day of March, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three.

WALTER W. JOHNSTON,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Land in Longwood Mining District exempted from Occupa-
tion for Mining Purposes.

(L.S.) WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested
in me by "The Mines Act, 1877," I, William Francis
Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand,
do hereby proclaim and declare that the parcel of land described
in the Schedule hereto is hereby exempted from occupation for
mining purposes, or for water-races, dams, or reservoirs, or for
machine, business, or residence sites.