lake and by the Waipori River to the north-western boundary-line of the West Taieri Hundred; and thence again towards the South-west, towards the North-west, and again towards the North generally by the Resident Magistrate's District of the Otago Gold Fields, hereinbefore described: as the said several boundaries are delineated on the plans in the Survey Office, Dunedin.

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-fourth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

Jos. A. TOLE.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Woodville Local Land District constituted.

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

Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the twenty-fourth section of "The Land Act, 1877," it is enacted that the Governor, by Proclamation in the Gazette, may from time to time establish and define, abolish, alter, or reconstitute local districts for the sale or disposal of land, and in like manner from time to time may appoint Land Officers or other other persons for conducting sales of land in such local districts, and for receiving applications for the sale, letting, disposal, or occupation of Crown lands, and for generally carrying into effect the provisions of the said Act:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that the district described in the Schedule hereto is established, defined, and constituted a local district for the sale and disposal of land under the said Act; and that the land office the name of which is in the said Schedule set opposite the name of the said local district is appointed the land office for the said local district.

SCHEDULE.

Name and Description of Local District. Name of Land Office.

WOODVILLE LOCAL LAND DISTRICT. The Land Office, Woodville.

All that portion of the Hawkes' Bay Land District included in the Danevirk, Kumeroa, and Woodville Road Board Districts.

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 Wellington, this twenty-third day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

Jos. A. TOLE,

(for the Minister of Lands.)

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Local Land Officer, Woodville, appointed.

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

Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the twenty-fourth section of "The Land Act, 1877," it is enacted that the Governor, by Proclamation in the Gazette, may from time to time establish and define, abolish, alter, or reconstitute local districts for the sale or disposal of land, and in like manner from time to time may appoint Land Officers or other persons for conducting sales of land in such local districts, and for receiving applications for the sale, letting, disposal, or occupation of Crown lands, and for generally carrying into effect the provisions of the said Act:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

CORNELIUS TUELY

to be a Land Officer for conducting sales of land, and for receiving applications for the sale, letting, and disposal or occupation of Crown lands, and for generally carrying into effect the provisions of the said Act, within the Woodville Local Land District, as established by Proclamation under my hand, dated the twenty-third day of February, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

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 Wellington, this twenty-third day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

Jos. A. TOLE,

(for the Minister of Lands.)

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Land set apart on Deferred Payments in Hawke's Bay.

(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 Hawke's Bay did, on the seventh and thirtieth days of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, pass resolutions 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 recommendations, 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 Monday, the thirteenth day of April, 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.

In pursuance of section four of "The Land Act 1877 Amendment Act, 1879," I do hereby declare that subsection four of the sixty-third section of "The Land Act, 1877," shall not apply to Sections numbers thirty-three, thirty-four, thirty-five, thirty-six, thirty-seven, fifty-seven, fifty-eight, fifty-nine, sixty, sixty-one, sixty-two, Block one, and Sections numbers one, two, and six, Block five, described in the Schedule hereto.

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.