JUNE 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 697

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 first day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six.

J. BALLANCE,
Commissioner of State Forests.

Approved in Council.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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 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 in Council, 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 twentieth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister for Native Affairs.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land known as Lot 293, Parish of Waimaua, in the District of Whakatane, containing 3 acres and 28 perches.

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 twelfth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister for Native Affairs.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

SCHEDULE.

PART of the subdivision of Section No. 17, Block IX., Te Aroha Survey District, as comprised in the following lots and streets or roads of the said subdivision, namely: Lots Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 of Block XXV.; Lots Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16, and portion of Lot No. 10, of Block XX.; Lots Nos. 1, 12, 13, and 14 of Block XIX.; Lots Nos. 5 and 6, and portions of Lots Nos. 3, 4, 7, and 8, of Block LIV.; Lots Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, and 10, and portions of Lots Nos. 1, 11, and 12, of Block LVII.; Lots Nos. 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19 of Block LVIII.; Lots Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 11, and portions of Lots Nos. 10, 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, and 21, of Lot No. 59, and portions of the following streets, namely: Terminus Street, Honi Street, Burgess Street, Lipsy Street, Rewi Street, Brick Street, and road along the Waihou River; the said portions of lots being defined on the western side of the said parcel of land by a straight line bearing 194° 12' 30", commencing at the south-east corner or angle of said Lot No. 2 of Block LIX., and ending at the north-west boundary-line of said Lot No. 1 of Block XX.

Extending Close Season for Seals.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this first day of June, 1886.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is, among other things, enacted that the Governor in Council may from time to time make, alter, and revoke regulations for the purposes therein mentioned, which said regulations shall have force and effect only in any waters or places specified therein:

And whereas by Order in Council dated the twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, certain regulations were made, in exercise of the powers conferred by the said Act, prescribing a close season for seals, and extending such close season until the first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six:

And whereas it is expedient to further extend such close season:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by the said Act, and by and with the consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby make the following regulation:—

The close season for seals in the Colony of New Zealand, prescribed and extended by the regulations made under the said Act by Order in Council bearing date the twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, is hereby further extended until the first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Addition to Hamilton Recreation-ground brought under “The Public Domains Act, 1881.”

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this first day of June, 1886.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

BY virtue of the powers and authorities vested in me by the twenty-fourth section of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby order and declare that the reserve made for public recreation in the Provincial District of Auckland, and known as the Hamilton (Lake Rotoiti) Recreation-ground, and described in the Schedule hereto, shall be and the same is hereby brought under the operation of and declared to be subject to the provisions of “The Public Domains Act, 1881;” and such domain shall hereafter be managed, administered, and dealt with in manner directed by the said Act, by the Domain Board, constituted by an Order in Council issued on the twentieth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that section containing by admeasurement 141 acres, more or less, being the Hamilton Lake, and known as Section No. 372 of the Parish of Te Rapa, Hamilton Survey District, Provincial District of Auckland. Bounded towards towards the North by a public road; towards the East generally by a public road and Sections Nos. 210 and 370 of