Oct. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1493

Lands permanently reserved.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor.

WHEREAS by the one hundred and forty-fourth section of “The Land Act, 1877,” it is enacted that the Governor may, from time to time, either by general or particular description, and whether the same has been surveyed or not, reserve from sale temporarily, notwithstanding that the same may be then held under pastoral license, any Crown lands which in his opinion are required for any of the purposes in the said section mentioned:

And whereas by the one hundred and forty-fifth section of the said Act it is provided that land temporarily reserved under the said one hundred and forty-fourth section may, at the expiration of one month but not later than six months after the publication in the Gazette of notice of such temporary reservation, be permanently reserved, and that notice of such permanent reservation shall be published in the Gazette:

And whereas the lands specified in the first column of the Schedule hereto were, by the several warrants the dates of which are specified in the third column of the said Schedule, and the notifications of which were published in the Gazettes specified in the fourth column, temporarily reserved under the authority of the said Act for the purposes specified in the second column of the said Schedule:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in me by the said Act, do hereby permanently reserve the lands so temporarily reserved as aforesaid, and enumerated in the first column of the Schedule hereto, for the purposes specified in the second column of the said Schedule, being the same purposes for which the said lands were so temporarily reserved as aforesaid.

SCHEDULE.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this seventeenth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister of Lands.

Appointing Commissioners to inquire into the Condition of the Unemployed Workmen in the Provincial District of Canterbury.

COMMISSION.

VICTORIA, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen, Defender of the Faith, to our trusty and loving subjects, James Drummond Macpherson, of Christchurch, in the Colony of New Zealand, Insurance Manager and Justice of the Peace; John Whitelaw, of Christchurch, in the said colony, Architect; Thomas Carmichael, of Christchurch, in the said colony, Builder; Ebenezer Fulton Corley, of Sydenham, in the said colony; and William Powell, of Spreydon, in the said colony.

WHEREAS the Governor of our said colony hath, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council thereof, deemed it expedient that a Commission should forthwith be issued for the purposes and in the manner hereinafter set forth: Now, therefore, know ye that We, reposing great trust and confidence in your zeal, knowledge, and ability, do by these presents constitute and appoint you, the said JAMES DRUMMOND MACPHERSON, JOHN WHITELAW, THOMAS CARMICHAEL, EBENEZER FULTON CORLEY, and WILLIAM POWELL to be our Commissioners for the purpose of making inquiry into the condition of the unemployed workmen in the Provincial District of Canterbury, and especially to ascertain the causes of any want amongst them, it being the intention of these presents that you shall make investigation and inquiry in the most ample manner into all the facts and circumstances necessary and proper to be considered in arriving at the true state of the case in connection with the above question.

And, for the better enabling you to carry these presents into effect, We do authorize and empower you to make and conduct any inquiry under these presents at such place or places in the said colony as you may deem expedient, and to call before you such person or persons as you may judge necessary by whom you may be better informed of the matters herein submitted for your consideration, and also to call for and examine all such books, documents, papers, accounts, or records as you shall judge likely to afford you the fullest information on the subject of this our Commission, and to inquire of and concerning the premises by all other lawful ways and means whatsoever. And our further will and pleasure is that you do report to Us, under your hands and seals, within thirty days from the date hereof, your opinion on the matter herein submitted for your consideration; and We do further declare that this our Commission shall continue in full force and virtue, and that you, our said Commissioners, or any three of you, shall and may from time to time proceed in the execution thereof, and of every matter and thing therein contained, although the same be not continued from time to time by adjournment.

In testimony whereof We have caused these our letters to be made patent, and the seal of the said colony to be hereunto affixed.

Witness our trusty and well-beloved Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois, Governor in and over our Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at Wellington, this twenty-first day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.

(l.s.) WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

Issued in Executive Council.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.