Oct. 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1519

of the same; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-eighth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister of Lands.

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

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Altering the Boundaries of a Hundred in Otago under "The Land Act, 1877."

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

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by section thirteen of Appendix H of “The Land Act, 1877,” it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor from time to time, by Proclamation published in the New Zealand Gazette, to constitute into a hundred any portion of the Crown lands not forming part of any hundred previously proclaimed, notwithstanding that such lands or any part thereof shall be comprised within any pastoral lease or license heretofore or hereafter to be granted by the Crown under any law regulating the occupation or disposal of Crown lands, and whether or not the same shall have been included within the boundaries of any proclaimed gold field:

And whereas a Proclamation was issued on the seventeenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, constituting the Hawea Hundred: And whereas it is deemed expedient to revoke the said Proclamation, and to extend the boundaries of the said hundred:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of all powers and authorities enabling me in that behalf, do hereby revoke the Proclamation dated the seventeenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three; and I do declare, in lieu thereof, that the portion of the waste lands particularly described in the Schedule hereto shall be and the same is hereby constituted into a hundred under and for the purposes of the said Act, and that it shall be called or known by the name set above the description of the said hundred in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

HAWEA HUNDRED.

ALL that area in the County of Vincent bounded towards the North by Lake Hawea and Gladstone Township; towards the East by Runs Nos. 236, 236r, and 236e, and Sections Nos. 2 and 1, Block IX., Lower Hawea District; towards the South by Block VII., Tarras District; and towards the West by the Clutha and Hawea Rivers.

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 twenty-ninth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister of Lands.

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Alteration of Place of Embarking and Landing Prisoners to and from the Hulk “Sarah and Esther.”

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

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the fourth section of “The Prisons Act, 1882,” it is, amongst other things, enacted that the Governor may from time to time, by Proclamation published in the Gazette, appoint any hulk, ship, or floating prison to be used as and to be a public prison for the reception and safe keeping of prisoners convicted and sentenced for any offences by any Court in New Zealand, and may from time to time define, by Proclamation published as aforesaid, the limits and boundaries around such hulk within which no person shall come, and the place of embarking and landing prisoners to and from such hulk; and that any such Proclamation as aforesaid may from time to time be altered or revoked by the Governor:

And whereas by a Proclamation bearing date the seventeenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, the hulk called the “Sarah and Esther,” then moored off Tahita Point, in the Otago Harbour, was appointed to be a public prison within the meaning of the said Act, and the space of twelve yards round such hulk was defined to be the limits and boundaries within which no person should come, and Deborah Bay was defined to be the place of embarking and landing prisoners to and from such hulk:

And whereas, owing to an alteration in the position of the said hulk, it is expedient to alter the said Proclamation:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the said Act, do hereby define the Sandspit at Otago Heads to be the place of embarking and landing prisoners to and from such hulk.

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 twenty-ninth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.

Jos. A. TOLE.

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Notice under “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1883.”

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

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto is vested in a certain aboriginal native of New Zealand, subject to certain restrictions on the alienation of such land, and application has been made for the partial removal of such restrictions:

It is hereby notified that it is the intention of His Excellency the Governor, immediately after the expiration of sixty days from the publication of this notice in the Gazette and in the Kahiti, partially to remove the said restrictions on the alienation of the said land, so as to admit of the leasing of the said land for nine years, from the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.

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 twenty-fifth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister for Native Affairs.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece of land situated in the District of Oeo, containing 1,792 acres 1 rood, more or less, and being Allotment No. 1 and part of Allotment No. 2 of Block II. and the whole of Allotment No. 4 of Block III. on the plan of the said district, and being the whole of the land comprised in a certain grant from the Crown dated the 4th day of February, 1881, and recorded in the Register-book at New Plymouth, Vol. vii., folio 66; excepting that portion of the said land comprised in the said grant, containing 21 acres 3 roods, more or less, delineated and coloured pink on the plan of the lands comprised in the said grant, deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar, at New Plymouth.