Nov. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1305

Local Land Officer, West Coast (North Island) and Wai-
totara, appointed.

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

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the forty-fourth section of “The Land
Act, 1885,” it is enacted that the Governor, by Pro-
clamation 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 con-
ducting 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 pro-
visions of the said Act:

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

CHARLES ALLEN WRAY

to be the 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 West Coast
(North Island) Local Land District and the Waitotara Local
Land District, as established by Proclamation under my
hand of even date herewith.

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 the Government House, at Wel-
ington, this fifth day of November, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-five.

ROBERT STOUT,
(for the Minister of Lands.)

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Land set apart on Deferred Payments in Taranaki.

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

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the one hundred and fourth section of
“The Land Act, 1885,” 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 allot-
ments 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 Taranaki has passed a
resolution recommending that the land described in the
Schedule hereto annexed should be set apart for sale on de-
ferred 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 sixteenth
day of December, 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 one hundred and five of “The
Land Act, 1885,” I do hereby declare that subsection four of
the one hundred and fourteenth section of “The Land Act,
1885,” shall not apply to any of the lands described in the
Schedule hereto.

And, further, in pursuance of the one hundred and tenth
section of “The Land Act, 1885,” I do hereby fix the price
at which the land so described shall be sold to be the price
stated in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

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

ROBERT STOUT,
(for the Minister of Lands.)

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

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 certain aboriginal natives of New Zea-
land, subject to certain restrictions on the alienation of such
land, and application has been made for the removal of
such restrictions:

It is hereby notified that it is the intention of His Excel-
lency the Governor, immediately after the expiration of sixty
days from the publication of this notice in the Gazette and
in the Kahiti, to remove the said restrictions on the aliena-
tion of the said land.

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 the Government House, at Wel-
ington, this fifth day of November, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-five.

Jos. A. TOLE,
(for the Minister for Native Affairs.)

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

SCHEDULE.

ALLOTMENT No. 74, PARISH OF WAIOTAHI.

All that parcel of land in the Opotiki Survey District, in
the Provincial District of Auckland, known as Allotment
No. 74 of the Parish of Waiotahi, containing by admeasure-
ment 20 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the North by