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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 54

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

J. BALLANCE,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Declaring State Forests in the Land Districts of Auckland, Wellington, and Marlborough.

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

A PROCLAMATION.

BY virtue and in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by “The New Zealand State Forests Act, 1885,” and of every other power and authority enabling me in that behalf, 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 set apart the forest lands described in the Schedule hereto, forming part of the Crown lands in New Zealand, as and for State forests within the provisions of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND.

ALL that piece or parcel of land in the Provincial District of Auckland, containing by admeasurement 5,450 acres, more or less, and being part of Blocks III. and IV., Kaihu Survey District. Bounded towards the North by a line, 39400 links; towards the East by a line, 14400 links; towards the South by the Ounuwhao Block (No. 3200), 13400 links; towards the South-east by the Waimata Block (No. 3199), 14600 links; and towards the South-west by land reserved for the Kaihu Valley Railway Company, 24300 links, to the point of commencement: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less.

Also all that piece or parcel of land in the Provincial District of Auckland, containing by admeasurement 1,250 acres, more or less, and being part of Block XV., Tutamoe Survey District. Bounded towards the North by a line, 12500 links; towards the East by a line, 10000 links; towards the South by a line, 12500 links; and towards the West by a line, 10000 links, to the point of commencement: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less.

Also all that piece or parcel of land containing by admeasurement 541 acres 2 roods 32 perches, more or less, situate in the Survey District of Aongatete, Provincial District of Auckland, and being Section No. 228 of the Parish of Apata. Bounded generally towards the East and South-east by a public road, 100 links wide, 2114, 1341, 1103, 318, 341, 1861, 600, 658, 2116, 351, 987, 1699, 760, 1406, 845, and 3243 links; towards the West by a line, 11344 links; and towards the North by a line and a road, 100 links wide, 2778 and 602 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less.

WELLINGTON.

All that piece or parcel of land being part of Block I., Makuri Survey District, Provincial District of Wellington, containing approximately 200 acres. Bounded towards the North-east by the Manawatu River; towards the South-east by Section No. 2, Crown lands, and the abuttals of two public roads, 5400 links, more or less; and towards the West and South-west by the Tiraumea River.

Also all that piece or parcel of land situate in Block VII., Pohangina Survey District, containing approximately 1,000 acres. Bounded generally towards the North and East by Crown lands, commencing at a point where the production of a line through Trig. Stations E and 7 meets the Pohangina River; thence South-easterly along said line, 14 chains; thence by a line due south to the Mangatuatou Stream; thence Westerly along said stream to its junction with the Pohangina River; thence Northerly along said Pohangina River to the starting-point: as the same is more particularly delineated on the topographical map of the Pohangina Survey District, deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Wellington.

MARLBOROUGH.

All that area situate in Tennyson and Wakamarina Survey Districts, Provincial District of Marlborough, estimated to contain 21,000 acres, more or less. Bounded generally towards the West by the Rai River, from the north-west corner of Section No. 66, District of Upper Pelorus Valley, to the south-eastern corner of Section No. 77, District of Rai Valley; thence by a right line bearing north 23° east to a reserve for the growth and preservation of timber on the southern slope of the range dividing the Marlborough and Nelson Districts, as defined in the New Zealand Gazette of the 28th July, 1881, page 959; thence towards the North and East by the aforesaid reserve, another reserve for the growth and preservation of timber on the western slope of the dividing range between the sources of the Rai River and the streams running into Tennyson Inlet and the Pelorus Sound, as defined in the New Zealand Gazette aforesaid, to the southernmost corner of the said reserve; thence by a right line to the north-east corner of Section No. 85, District of Pelorus Valley; thence by that section, Sections Nos. 93 and 83 in the said district, Section No. 1, Block VI., Wakamarina Survey District, a road-line, Sections Nos. 45, 44, 43, and 86, District of Upper Pelorus Valley, a road-line, and Sections Nos. 47, 54, 55, 56, 58, 60, 61, 62, 63, and 66, District of Upper Pelorus Valley, to the point of commencement: excepting thereout the freehold Sections Nos. 9, 15, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 31, 32, 34, 35, 74, and 77, District of Rai Valley: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the District Survey Office, Blenheim.

Also all that area of land situate in Wakamarina and Heringa Survey Districts, Provincial District of Marlborough, estimated to contain 900 acres, more or less; commencing at a point on the Ronga River distant 20 chains from its junction with the Rai River. Bounded thence by a line bearing due west to the Brown River; thence by a right line to the north-west corner of Section No. 51, District of Rai Valley; thence by the western and southern boundaries of that section and the southern boundaries of Sections Nos. 52, 53, and 55 to the Rai River; thence by that river to its junction with the Ronga River; and by the Ronga River to the place of commencement: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the District Survey Office, Blenheim.

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 October, 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, 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