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again towards the north-east generally by the western watershed of Leithen Burn, over Mount Wendon, to Trig. Station E, Greenvale Survey District; thence by the road traversing Section No. 1, Block VII., Greenvale Survey District, and by that road continued past Sections Nos. 28, 27, 6, 5, 7, 8, and 9, Block I., Glenkenich Survey District, Sections Nos. 24, 26, 27, 12, 28, 10, and 9 of Block V., Glenkenich Survey District; Sections Nos. 4, 3, 2, 5, 6, 7, and 8, Block IX., Waipahi Survey District, to the southernmost corner of the last-mentioned section; thence by Sections Nos. 9 and 13, Block IX., Waipahi Survey District, and by the road forming the eastern boundaries of Sections Nos. 9 and 8, Block X., of the last-mentioned survey district, to the southernmost corner of the said Section No. 8; thence by a right line to the northernmost corner of Section No. 28 of the said Block X., and by that section to the road forming the south-eastern boundary of Section No. 22, Block X. aforesaid; thence by that road and its continuation past Sections Nos. 21 and 20 to Section No. 5, Block XI., Waipahi Survey District; thence by the last-mentioned section to the road forming the south-eastern boundary of Section No. 34, Block IX., Waikaka Survey District; thence by that road and its continuation past Sections Nos. 33, 32, 28, 29, 5, 8, 9, and 10 of the last-mentioned block to the south-western corner of the said Section No. 10; thence by Section No. 11, Block IX., Waikaka Survey District, and Sections Nos. 2 (P.R.) and 9, Block X., Waikaka Survey District, to the Main South Road; thence across and by the Main South Road to the Kaiwera; thence by that stream to the road intersecting Section No. 25, Block II., Slopedown Survey District, near the western boundary of Section No. 16, Block II., Slopedown Survey District; thence by the said Section No. 16, Section No. 15, Block II., and Section No. 3, Block VI., Slopedown Survey District, to the southernmost corner of the last-mentioned section; thence by a right line to Trig. Station G (the Cairn), Block II., aforesaid; thence by a right line to Bleak Hill; thence by the summit of the range leading to Black Horn Hill; thence by a right line to Chasland’s Mistake; and towards the south-west, west, and again towards the north-west by the sea to the place of commencement: also the islands known as Stewart Island, Solander Island, the Snares, Bounty Island, Antipodes Island, Campbell Island, and all other islands situated between lat. 45° S. and lat. 53° S., and between long. 162° E. and long. 180° E.

THE SHERIFF’S DISTRICT OF OTAGO.

All that area in the Provincial District of Otago bounded towards the north-east by the Provincial District of Westland; towards the north and again towards the north-east by the Provincial District of Canterbury; towards the south-east by the sea; and towards the south-west generally by the Sheriff’s District of Southland, hereinbefore described: also all adjacent islands.

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

GEO. FISHER,
(In the absence of the Minister of Justice.)
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Times and Places for Payment of Duties under “The Property-tax Act, 1888.”

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this eleventh day of September, 1888.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN pursuance of the power and authority vested in him under “The Property-tax Act, 1888,” His Excellency 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 and direct that the several duties leviable under the said Act shall be paid on the days and in the manner hereinafter particularly mentioned, that is to say, —

1. In respect of the duty of one penny, where the amount of such duty shall be under fifteen pounds, the same shall be paid on the sixth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight; and where such duty amounts to fifteen pounds, or exceeds that sum, the same shall be paid in two equal instalments, the first of such instalments being payable on the said sixth day of November, and the second of such instalments on the fifth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine.

2. In respect of the duty on fire, marine, accident, fidelity, live-stock, plate-glass, or guarantee policies, issued by any insurance company, the same shall be paid on the fifth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine.

And doth also direct that the places where the said tax shall be paid shall be any post office which is also a money-order office, and at the office of the Property-tax Commissioner, at the Government Buildings, Wellington; and that notice to the foregoing effect shall be given by the said Commissioner accordingly.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Revoking Orders in Council under “The Customs Regulation Act, 1858.”

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of September, 1888.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the twenty-eighth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 40, of the same year, and made under the authority of “The Customs Regulation Act, 1858,” the exportation from New Zealand to any of the South Sea Islands of all firearms, gunpowder, munitions of war, and warlike stores was absolutely prohibited: And whereas by Order in Council dated the twenty-fifth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine, published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 119, of the same year, and made under the authority of the hereinbefore mentioned Act, the exportation of dynamite to the South Sea Islands was absolutely prohibited: And whereas it has been made to appear to His Excellency in Council that firearms, gunpowder, munitions of war, warlike stores, and dynamite are not prohibited to be exported to the South Sea Islands from any of the Australasian Colonies: And whereas the High Commissioner for the Western Pacific did, on the fifth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, in the name and on behalf of Her Britannic Majesty, make a regulation, under the provisions of the Western Pacific Order in Council of 1879, to prohibit the supply of arms, ammunition, and explosive substances to natives of the Western Pacific Islands, which said regulation was published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 73, of 1884: And whereas by “The Customs Duties Consolidation Act, 1882,” it is, among other things, enacted that, notwithstanding the repeal of “The Customs Regulation Act, 1858,” all Orders in Council issued or made under the said repealed Act, and in force at the commencement of “The Customs Duties Consolidation Act, 1882,” should continue in force as if the same had been issued or made under the authority of the last-mentioned Act; and also that any Order in Council prohibiting the exportation of any goods shall be revocable at any time: And whereas it is expedient to revoke the two Orders in Council first hereinbefore mentioned:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the hereinbefore in part recited authority, and of all other powers enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency 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 revoke and determine the said respective Orders in Council dated the twenty-eighth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, and the twenty-fifth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Drawback of Duty on Goods exported from the Colony.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of September, 1888.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS it is enacted by the ninth section of “The Customs Duties Consolidation Act, 1882,” that the