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Allotment No. 70, 1545 links; towards the East by a road-line, 1385 links; towards the South by Allotment No. 76, 1402 links; and towards the West by a road-line, 1653 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less.

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 Zealand, 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 Excellency 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 alienation 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 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 September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

J. BALLANCE, Minister for Native Affairs.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece of land situated in the District of Coromandel, Queen's County, containing 29.75 perches, be the same a little more or less, and called or known by the name of Parangu No. 13, and numbered 2273, being the whole of the block of land comprised in the Crown grant registered in Vol. No. 3, page 55, of the Register of Deeds Office, Auckland, in the Provincial District of Auckland, in the Colony of New Zealand.

Regulations under Section 11 of "The Fisheries Encouragement Act, 1885."

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this tenth day of November, 1885.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Fisheries Encouragement Act, 1885," it is, among other things, enacted that the Governor in Council may from time to time make regulations prescribing the form of claim for any bonus granted under the said Act, and the form and nature of the evidence which shall be used and produced by any person or persons claiming the payment of any such bonus, and in relation to any matter affecting the right of such person thereto:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of New Zealand, in pursuance of the authority conferred by the said Act, and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby make the following regulations, that is to say,--

1. Claims for any of the bonuses specified in the eighth section of "The Fisheries Encouragement Act, 1885," must be made on Treasury forms known as "Abstract of Contingencies," on which must be specified the number and date of the export entry passed at the Customhouse for each shipment of canned or cured fish in respect of which a bonus is claimed, the name of the ship on which the same was exported, and the net weight of each shipment. To the particulars here stated a declaration in the following form shall be appended:--

I, , of , do hereby solemnly and sincerely declare that the canned [or cured] fish specified above were prepared for export by me at .

(Person claiming bonus.)

Declared before me at the Customhouse, this day of , 188 --Collector of Customs.

2. Claims for bonuses shall be supported by Customs landing certificates for each shipment from the ports or places to which the canned or cured fish was exported, or by such evidence in lieu thereof as may be satisfactory to the Colonial Treasurer.

3. Canned or cured fish in respect of which a bonus is to be claimed shall be shipped under the supervision of the officers of Customs at the port of shipment, who shall open and examine such number of packages in every shipment as may be necessary for the purpose of ascertaining that such fish is at the time of shipment in good order and in sound marketable condition, and the proper officer of Customs shall certify, on the back of the export entry, as to the order and condition and the net weight of the fish, and also that the packages containing such fish have on them the registered trade mark of the person by whom the said fish has been prepared and exported.

4. The Collector of Customs at the port of shipment shall be satisfied that the conditions of the last-preceding section are strictly complied with, and shall certify to the due shipment and exportation of all canned or cured fish which may be shipped by any person intending to apply for a bonus in respect of the same.

FORSTER GORING, Clerk of the Executive Council.

Powers delegated to the Mataura Town Board under "The Public Domains Act, 1881."

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this tenth day of November, 1885.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the twelfth section of "The Public Domains Act, 1881," it is, inter alia, enacted that the Governor, by Order in Council, may from time to time delegate all or any of the powers by the said Act conferred, save as is therein mentioned, to any person or persons for any period, and subject to such stipulations as may be specified in such order, and that every such delegation may from time to time in like manner be altered or revoked: And whereas, pursuant to "The Public Reserves Act, 1881," by a warrant under the hand of His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, issued in pursuance of "The Special Powers and Contracts Act, 1885," the land described therein is declared to be brought under the operation of and to be subject to the provisions of the said "Public Domains Act, 1881:"

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony of New Zealand, doth, by this present order, delegate all the powers conferred by the Act first above mentioned, except the powers under or conferred by sections five and twelve, to the under-mentioned persons, who shall be known as the Mataura Domain Board, namely,--

The MATAURA TOWN BOARD (herein referred to as "the Board"), subject to the stipulations hereinafter contained, that is to say,--

1. The Board shall meet for the transaction of business on the first Friday in each month, at two o'clock p.m., at the Town Board Offices, Mataura, or at such other time or place as may from time to time be fixed by the Board. The first meeting shall be held on Friday, the fourth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

2. Special meetings may be convened by the Chairman or by any two members of the Board, provided that two days' notice of such meeting be given to each member, specifying the business to be transacted at such special meeting, and no other business than that so specified shall be transacted at such meeting.

3. Any three of the said Board shall form a quorum. Any meeting may be adjourned from time to time.

4. The members of the Board shall, at their first meeting, and thereafter at an annual meeting to be held on the second Friday in January in every succeeding year thereafter, elect one of themselves to be Chairman, who may join in the discussion, and shall have an original as well as a casting vote. The Chairman shall hold office until the election of his successor.

5. If at any meeting the Chairman is not present at the time appointed for holding the same, the members present shall choose some one of their number to be Chairman of such meeting.

6. If, by resignation, death, or incapacity, or otherwise, the office of Chairman shall be or become vacant, the members may at any monthly or special meeting appoint a Chairman.

7. All questions shall be determined by the majority of votes of the members of the Board present at a meeting.

FORSTER GORING, Clerk of the Executive Council,