1154 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 59

Village-homestead Special-settlement Lands in Otago Land District withdrawn and opened as ordinary Village-settlement Lands.

(L.S.) Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

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N 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 July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, so far as it relates to the sections enumerated in the Schedule hereto, shall be and the same is hereby revoked; and do proclaim and declare that the said sections are hereby withdrawn from the village-homestead special-settlement system; and, in pursuance of the provisions of the one hundred and sixty-sixth section of the said Act, I do hereby set apart the said sections as village settlements upon the terms and conditions set forth in an Order in Council to be made under the one hundred and sixty-seventh section of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

WAITAHUNA WEST SURVEY DISTRICT, OTAGO LAND 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 twenty-third day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN !

Land set apart for Village Settlements in the Canterbury Land District.

(L.S.) Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

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N pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one hundred and sixty-sixth section of "The Land Act, 1885," and the fourteenth section of "The Land Acts Amendment Act, 1888," I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby set apart the land enumerated in the Schedule to an Order in Council of even date herewith, and made under the one hundred and sixty-seventh section of the said Act, for sale as village settlements, upon such terms and conditions as are set forth in the said Order in Council.

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 October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN

Setting apart Land in the Hawke's Bay Land District for Leasing as Small Grazing Runs under "The Land Act, 1885."

(L.S.) Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

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Y virtue and in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the one hundred and ninety-seventh section of "The Land Act, 1885," and of every other power and authority enabling me in that behalf, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the sections of land enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be subject to the provisions of sections one hundred and ninety-eight to two hundred and nineteen of Part VII. of "The Land Act, 1885," relating to small grazing runs.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE'S BAY LAND 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 thirty-first day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN !

Fees to be paid by Local Bodies to Audit Office for Arbitrations, and Special and Ordinary Audits.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-third day of October, 1888.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

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HEREAS it is provided by the ninth section of "The Public Revenues Act, 1886," that, in all cases in which the accounts of any local body are audited by the Audit Office under the provisions of any Act in that behalf, or by order of the Governor under the provisions of any such Act, and in any arbitration held by the Controller and Auditor-General between any two local bodies under the authority of any Act in that behalf, the costs and expenses of any such audit or arbitration shall be according to a scale which the Governor in Council is hereby authorised from time to time to fix and determine:

And whereas by an Order in Council issued on the nineteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, certain fees were fixed under the authority of the said Act, and it is expedient that the same should be altered:

In pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by the ninth section of the said Act, 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 fix and determine that, in all cases in which the accounts of any local body are audited by the Audit Office under the provisions of any Act in that behalf, or by order of the Governor under the provisions of any such Act, and in any arbitration held by the Controller and Auditor-General between any two local bodies under the authority of any Act in that behalf, the costs and expenses of any such audit or arbitration shall be according to the following scale, instead of according to the scale set forth in the Order in Council of the nineteenth day of April afore-said:—