Num. 69.

1717

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1886.

Land set apart for a Village Homestead Special Settlement for Perpetual Leasing in the Canterbury Land District.

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

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one hundred and sixty-second section of “The Land Act, 1885,” I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that the sections of land described 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.

PART RESERVE 189, WAITOHI, HURUNUI BRIDGE.
AREA, 850 acres; to be selected in areas of 50 acres each.

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

J. BALLANCE,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Withdrawing Land in the Canterbury Land District from the Small-area Leasing System.

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

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the sixth section of “The Land Act, 1885,” I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby declare that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the Proclamation of the fifteenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, by His Excellency the Governor, setting apart sections of land for leasing as small areas, with perpetual right of renewal, shall be and the same is hereby revoked in so far as it relates to the section of land enumerated in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

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

J. BALLANCE,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Town District of Te Aroha, County of Piako, 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