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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 23

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 Dunedin, this twenty-sixth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven.

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 seventh day of September, 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.

SECTION No. 35740, as shown on the map of the Provincial District of Canterbury, in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Christchurch.

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 Dunedin, this twenty-sixth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Revoking the Setting-apart of Land in Otago for Agricultural Lease.

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

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by “The Mining Act, 1886,” it is, amongst other things, enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor to cause Crown lands situate within a goldfield to be selected and set apart for the purpose of granting agricultural leases thereon and therefor, or for alienation by occupation licenses on deferred payments under any law for the time being in force in the land district in which such mining district is situate:

And whereas the land described in the Schedule hereto was, by Proclamation dated the twelfth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty, set apart for agricultural lease:

And whereas it is deemed expedient to revoke the said Proclamation in so far as it relates to the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby revoke the said Proclamation of the twelfth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty, in so far as it relates to the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.
ROCK AND PILLAR 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 Dunedin, this twenty-sixth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Prohibiting Licenses on certain Native Lands.

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

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the twenty-fifth section of “The Licensing Act, 1881,” it is enacted that the Governor, on the application of the owners of any block or area of Native land on which no publican's license has been hitherto granted, may, by Proclamation in the Gazette, declare that no license shall be granted within such block or area, and it shall not be lawful for the Licensing Committee to issue any license to take effect within any block or area so proclaimed:

And whereas the owners of the Native land described in the Schedule hereto, and on which no publican's license has hitherto been granted, have applied to have the said section brought into force within the boundaries of the said land:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in me by the said Act, hereby proclaim and declare that no license shall be granted within the area of Native land described in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

UPPER WANGANUI LICENSING AREA.

ALL that area in the Provincial Districts of Wellington, Taranaki, and Auckland, bounded towards the North-east generally by the Aotea and the Okahukura Blocks from the Wanganui River to Ruapehu Mountain; thence again towards the North-east and towards the South-east by a straight line to the source of the Wangaehu River; and thence by that river to the Heao Block; thence towards the South-west and again towards the South-east by the said Heao Block and the Paratieke Block and the northern boundary-line of the latter block produced across the Mangawhero River; thence by the said Mangawhero River to its confluence with the Mungakowai Stream; thence again towards the South-west by that stream to the north-western corner of the Ohineiti Block; thence towards the South by a line being the production of the northern boundary-line of the last-mentioned block to the Karewarewa Block; and thence by that block to Te Komai Trig. Station; thence again towards the South-east by the said Karewarewa Block and the Parihohou and the Aratowaka Blocks; again towards the South-west by the Pukenui Block to the Wanganui River; thence across that river, and towards the East and South generally by the said Wanganui River to its confluence with the Kauarapaoa River; thence again towards the South-west generally by the last-mentioned river to the Kauarapaoa Block; thence by that block, the Manganui-o-tahu Block, the Mangapapa Blocks Nos. 1b and 1c, the Mangaporau Block, the Mangapapa Block No. 2, the Kaitangi-whenua Block, and the Mangaotuku Block to the Pohokura Block; thence towards the North-west by the said Pohokura Block to its easternmost corner; thence by a straight line to the confluence of the Tangarakau River with the Wanganui River; and thence by the latter river to the Aotea Block aforesaid.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois, Lieutenant-General in Her Majesty's Army, Knight Grand Cross of the