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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 32

lington, this thirtieth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight.

THOS. FERGUS.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Abolishing Resident Magistrates' Districts of Greymouth, Hokitika, and Nelson South-west Goldfields, and constituting the District of Westland.

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

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by “The Resident Magistrates Act, 1867,” it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor from time to time, by Proclamation in the New Zealand Gazette, to constitute throughout the colony, or in any part thereof, districts to be called Resident Magistrates’ districts, and such districts from time to time to abolish, and the boundaries to define and alter, and in any such Proclamation to fix a time on and from which any such district shall be constituted or abolished, as the case may be:

And whereas by Proclamations bearing date the twenty-eighth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, the fourth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, and the tenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, His Excellency the Governor, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities so vested in him, did define the boundaries of the Resident Magistrates’ Districts of Greymouth, Hokitika, and Nelson South-west Goldfields, as described in the said Proclamations respectively:

And whereas it is expedient to abolish the said districts so defined as aforesaid, and to constitute another district in lieu thereof:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities so vested in me as aforesaid, do hereby, as from the eleventh day of June next, abolish the said Districts of Greymouth, Hokitika, and Nelson South-west Goldfields, and do hereby proclaim and constitute the District of Westland, as described in the Schedule hereto, to be, on and from the said eleventh day of June next, a Resident Magistrates’ district within the meaning and for the purposes of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND.

ALL that area in the Provincial Districts of Nelson and Westland bounded towards the north-east by the Heaphy River to its source; thence by a right line to Mount Domett; thence by the summit of the range over Mount Snowdon and Mount Peel to the summit of the watershed between the Motueka River and the Karamea River; towards the east generally by the summit of the Tasman Mountains, the Marine Mountains, and the Lyell Mountains, across the Buller River, and by the summit of the Brunner Mountains, the Victoria Mountains, and the summit of the watershed between the Grey River and the Maruia River, by the summit of the range over Mount Ajax and Mount Stapp to the Hurunui Pass, and by the summit of the Southern Alps to the source of the Wanganui River; towards the south by the Wanganui River; and towards the west by the sea.

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 thirtieth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight.

THOS. FERGUS.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Extension of Time for Preparation of Waipu County Rolls.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of May, 1888.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it has been made to appear that, owing to unavoidable circumstances, the preparation of the rolls for the County of Waipa, and the taking of certain steps consequent on such preparation, cannot be made and taken within the times limited by “The Counties Act, 1886,” and it is expedient to extend the said times respectively:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers conferred upon him by the said Act, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby order and declare that the several dates mentioned in the second column of the Schedule hereto shall be the respective dates for taking the several steps set opposite such times in the first column of the said Schedule respectively.

SCHEDULE.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Native Land proposed to be taken for Cuvier Island Lighthouse.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this first day of May, 1888.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken for a public work authorised to be constructed by the Government, to wit, the Cuvier Island Lighthouse:

And whereas the said land is held or occupied by Native owners:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by “The Public Works, Act, 1882,” and the amendments thereof, and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency Sir 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, doth hereby order that the Government work known as the Cuvier Island Lighthouse shall and may be constructed on the parcel of land more particularly mentioned in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

THE parcel of land mentioned hereunder:—

All in the Provincial District of Auckland; as the said parcel of land is more particularly delineated on the plan marked M.D. 1375, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Rural Lands in the Taranaki District open for Sale or Selection.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the third section of “The Land Act Amendment Act, 1887” (hereinafter termed “the said