Num. 132. 1715

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1884.

Altering Boundaries of Resident Magistrate’s District of Auckland.

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

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by “The Resident Magistrates Act, 1867,” it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor from time to time, by Proclamation in the New Zealand Gazette, to constitute throughout the colony, or any part thereof, districts to be called Resident Magistrates’ districts, and such districts from time to time to abolish, and the boundaries to define and alter, and, in any such Proclamation, to fix a time on and from which any such district shall be constituted or abolished, as the case may be:

And whereas by a Proclamation bearing date the ninth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine, His Excellency the Governor, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities so vested in him, did define the boundaries of the Resident Magistrate’s District of Auckland, as described in the said Proclamation:

And whereas it is expedient to alter the boundaries of the said district so defined as aforesaid:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities so vested in me as aforesaid, do hereby alter the boundaries of the said District of Auckland, and define them as described in the Schedule hereto, as and from the first day of January next.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND DISTRICT.

ALL that parcel of land in the Provincial District of Auckland, bounded towards the North by a right line from Muriwai, on the West Coast, to the mouth of the Okura River; towards the East by the Hauraki Gulf, Waitemata Harbour, Tamaki River, and Tamaki Straits to the mouth of the Wairoa River; towards the South by the Parishes of Wairoa and Papakura to the Manukau Harbour, and thence by that harbour; and towards the West by the ocean to Muriwai, the starting point: including the Islands of Motutapu, Rangitoto, Waiheke, Ponui, Great Barrier, Little Barrier, and other adjacent islands; as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the Survey Office, Auckland.

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 Honour-

able 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 Christchurch, this thirteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Land set apart on Deferred Payments in Southland.

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

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the fifty-third section of “The Land Act, 1877,” it is enacted that the Governor, by Proclamation in the Gazette, may from time to time set apart out of any suburban or rural lands such blocks or allotments of land as he shall think fit, and set the same aside for sale on deferred payments, and in such Proclamation may fix a day on which the land shall be open for application; and that he may also in like manner set apart for sale on deferred payments such blocks or allotments as may be recommended by any Land Board, and may also from time to time alter, amend, or revoke any such Proclamation:

And whereas the Land Board of Southland did, on the twentieth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, pass a resolution recommending that the land described in the Schedule hereto annexed should be set apart for sale on deferred payments:

And whereas it is expedient to give effect to the aforesaid recommendation, and to set apart the said land accordingly:

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 above-named Act, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto is set apart for sale on deferred payments; and that Wednesday, the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, shall be the day on which the said land shall be open for application, in allotments as surveyed and marked on the selection map in the principal land office of the district.

And, further, in pursuance of the fifth section of “The Land Act 1877 Amendment Act, 1879,” I do hereby fix the price at which the land so described shall be sold to be the price stated in the Schedule hereto.