Sept. 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1239

SCHEDULE.
POOLBURN DISTRICT.

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

Jos. A. TOLE,
(For the Minister of Lands.)

Approved in Council.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Constituting the Otatau River District, County of Wallace.

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

A PROCLAMATION.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by “The River Boards Act, 1884,” I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that, from and after the date hereof, that part of the said colony described in the First Schedule hereto shall be and the same is hereby constituted a district under the said Act, and shall be known by the name of the Otatau River District; and that the said district shall be subdivided into two subdivisions, to be called Subdivision No. 1 and Subdivision No. 2, the boundaries whereof shall be those described in the Second Schedule hereto; and, further, that the number of the members who are to constitute the Board of the said district shall be six, and that three of these members shall be elected for each of the aforesaid subdivisions. And I do also proclaim and declare that Timothy Booth, Clerk of the Otatau Town Board, shall be the Returning Officer to conduct the first elections of three members for each subdivision of the aforesaid district; that Saturday, the thirtieth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, shall be the time, and the schoolhouse, Otatau, shall be the place, for holding such first election; and that Saturday, the sixth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, at twelve noon, shall be the time, and the said schoolhouse, Otatau, shall be the place, at which the first meeting of the members of the Board of the said river district shall be held. And, lastly, I do proclaim and declare that the aforesaid Timothy Booth shall be the person to make a roll of electors for the purposes of the aforesaid first elections, in the manner prescribed by section eight of the said “River Boards Act, 1884.”

FIRST SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the County of Wallace bounded towards the North by the road forming the southern boundary of Section No. 30, Block IV., Aparima Hundred, the Otatau Stream, and Section No. 23 and part of Section No. 11, Aparima Hundred; towards the North-west by the road through said section No. 11; again towards the North by Sections Nos. 24 and 21, Aparima Hundred, and the Opio Creek; towards the North-east by the road forming the south-western boundary of Sections Nos. 20 and 6, Aparima Hundred, and the western side of that road produced to the middle of the Aparima River; towards the South-east and East by a line along the middle of the Aparima River to a point in line with the northern boundary of Section No. 5, Block II., Aparima Hundred; towards the South by a right line to and by said Section No. 5; again towards the West, South, and East generally by the western, southern, and eastern boundaries of the Otatau Town District to the road forming the northern boundary of Allotment No. 15, Land Transfer Plan No. 120; again towards the South by that road; again towards the West by Allotment No. 10 and the road forming the western boundaries of Allotments Nos. 6, 5, and 4 of said Plan No. 120, and the road forming the eastern boundaries of Sections Nos. 39, 38, 37, 36B, and 36A, Block III., Aparima Hundred.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

SUBDIVISION No. 1.

ALL that area in the County of Wallace bounded towards the North by the road forming the southern boundary of Section No. 30, Block IV., Aparima Hundred, the Otatau Stream, and Section No. 23 and part of Section No. 11, Aparima Hundred; towards the North-west by the road through said Section No. 11; again towards the North by Sections Nos. 24 and 21, Aparima Hundred, and the Opio Creek; towards the North-east by the road forming the south-western boundary of Sections Nos. 20 and 6, Aparima Hundred, and the western side of that road produced to the middle of the Aparima River; towards the South-east and East by a line along the middle of that river to a point in line with the northern boundary of the Town District of Otatau; towards the South generally by a right line to and by said town district and by the road forming the northern boundary of Allotment No. 15, Land Transfer Plan No. 120; towards the West by Allotment No. 10 and the road forming the western boundaries of Allotments Nos. 6, 5, and 4 of said Plan No. 120, and the road forming the eastern boundaries of Sections Nos. 39, 38, 37, 36B, and 36A, Block III., Aparima Hundred.

SUBDIVISION No. 2.

The Town District of Otatau.

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-six.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

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, 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-third day of July, 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 in the County of Piako, containing by admeasurement 45 acres 1 rood 27 perches, more or less, being part of Section No. 15, Block IX., Te Aroha Survey District. Bounded towards the North-west by a line, being the production in a north-easterly direction of the north-western boundary of Section No. 16 of the said Block IX., 2300 links; towards the North-east by a line bearing east 51° 15′ south, 2271 links; towards the South-east by the production of the northern side of Wilson Street, and by that street, 3841 links; again towards the North-west and towards the South-west by the said Section No. 16, 1358 links and 1100 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less; as the same is delineated on the plan in the Survey Office, Auckland,