1584
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 65

scribed in the Schedule hereto shall be and the same are hereby set apart and declared open for application as a village homestead special settlement for perpetual leasing, upon the terms and conditions fixed by an Order in Council issued on the first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, and made under the one hundred and sixty-third section of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.
OPUNAKE SURVEY 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 fifteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six.

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

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Town District of Kaikora North, County of Patangata, constituted.

(l.s.) Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by “The Town Districts Act, 1881” (hereinafter called “the said Act”), it is, among other things, enacted that the inhabitants of any locality not constituted a borough under “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1876,” wherein there are not less than fifty householders, may apply by petition to the Governor praying that such locality may be constituted a town district under the said Act; and that no such locality shall exceed two square miles in area, and no one point in such area shall be distant more than four miles from any other point therein, except in the case of military townships; and that in every such locality not less than two-thirds of the number of the resident householders shall concur in any such petition, and each signature to such petition shall be verified by the attestation of some respectable witness; and that such petition shall set forth accurately the boundaries of the locality to which such petition may refer; and also that, on the receipt of any such petition, the Governor may, by Proclamation, declare that the provisions of the said Act shall come into force within such locality, and that the same shall be a town district under the said Act; and, further, that such Proclamation shall accurately define the boundaries of the district in accordance with the description contained in the petition, and shall declare the name by which such district shall thereafter be known:

And whereas a petition has been presented to the Governor, by the inhabitants of the locality mentioned and described therein, praying that such locality may be constituted a town district under the said Act:

And whereas not less than two-thirds of the number of resident householders in the said locality have concurred in the said petition, and it is expedient that a Proclamation should be issued under the said Act for the purposes herein-after set forth:

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 hereinbefore in part recited Act, do hereby proclaim and declare that the provisions of the said Act shall come into force within the locality or district mentioned and described in the Schedule hereto (the same being the locality mentioned and set forth in the said petition so presented as aforesaid), and that the same shall be a town district under the said Act; and, in further pursuance and exercise of the said power and authority, I do hereby declare that the said district shall hereafter be known by the name of the Kaikora North Town District, and I do appoint that the Board of Commissioners for the said district shall consist of five in number.

And whereas the limits of the said town district extend into more than one county, that is to say, into the Counties of Waipawa and Patangata, I do hereby declare that the whole of such town district shall be deemed to be included in the County of Patangata; and I do hereby declare the boundaries of the County of Patangata to be altered accordingly.

SCHEDULE.
KAIKORA NORTH TOWN DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay, situate in the Waipukurau Survey District, bounded towards the North-east by Block LXVII. and its south-western boundary-line produced for a distance of 110 chains from the south-western corner of the said Block LXVII.; thence towards the South-east by a straight line in a southerly direction and at right angles to the said line produced for a distance of 110 chains; thence towards the South-west by a straight line at right angles to the last-mentioned line, and proceeding in a westerly direction to a point in line with the north-western boundary-line of Block LIII.; and thence towards the North-west by a straight line to, and thence by, the said north-western boundary-line of the said Block LIII. to the south-western corner of Block LXVII. aforesaid, the place of commencement.

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Volunteer Rules and Regulations.

(l.s.) Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The Defence Act, 1886,” power is given to the Governor from time to time to make, alter, and revoke regulations respecting the enrolment, promotion, discipline, training, exercise, arms, accoutrements, clothing, equipment, conveyance, pay, rations, and lodging of the forces or any portion thereof, and respecting the several other matters specified in the said Act, and providing generally for the more effectual carrying-out of the said Act:

And whereas by an Order in Council dated the twenty-second day of November, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, certain regulations were made under “The Volunteer Act, 1881,” for the purposes aforesaid, and by subsequent Orders in Council dated the fifth and twelfth days of May, and twentieth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, certain amendments were made in the said regulations: And whereas it is expedient now to revoke the several regulations so made by the above recited Orders in Council, and to make other regulations in lieu thereof: