1398
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 69

District of Wellington, and thereon coloured purple, red, yellow, and green.

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

T. W. HISLOP,
(For the Minister for Public Works.)

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Land declared open for Sale in Southland Land District.

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

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the ninety-seventh section of “The Land Act, 1885,” it is enacted that the Governor, by Proclamation, may from time to time declare any Crown lands within any mining district, not held under license or lease at the date of such Proclamation, or over which the license or lease has been cancelled, to be open for sale or selection, in sections of such size and form, and on such date, as he may determine; and any land so proclaimed may hereafter be sold at a like price, and subject to the like terms and conditions, or as near thereto as may be, as Crown lands of the same class not within a mining district; and the Governor may from time to time alter, amend, or revoke any such Proclamation:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the land specified in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale by public auction on such day as may be fixed by the Land Board of the Land District of Southland.

SCHEDULE.

SECTION 24, Block VI., Longwood District, 50 acres. Upset price, £1 per acre, with £8 10s., survey fee, added.

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

Geo. FISHER,
(For the 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 mentioned in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

LAKE Ellesmere; Reserve 206.

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

Geo. FISHER,
(For the Minister of Lands.)

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Validating and fixing Local Option Poll.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this eighteenth day of December, 1888.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by section two hundred and twenty-seven of “The Licensing Act, 1881” (herein termed “the said Act”), it is provided that if, through any accidental or unavoidable impediment, misfeasance, or omission, anything required by the said Act to be done is omitted to be done, or is not done within the time fixed, the Governor in Council may take all such measures as may be necessary for removing such impediment or rectifying such misfeasance or omission, and may validate anything which may have been irregularly done in matter of form, so that the intent and purpose of the Act may have effect:

And whereas the local option poll which should have been taken in the Licensing District of Masterton, in the Provincial District of Wellington, during the month of September last, was not so taken, no date having been appointed by the Chairman of the Licensing Committee of the said district for taking of the said poll: And whereas it appears expedient to extend the time for taking the said poll in the district aforesaid:

Now, therefore, His Excellency Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred by the said Act, and of all other powers enabling him in this behalf, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby order and declare that the next poll of the ratepayers of the Licensing District of Masterton, in the Provincial District of Wellington, to be taken under the provisions of section forty-six of the said Act, shall take place on the twentieth day of the month of December; and in exercise of the like powers and authorities, and with the like advice and consent as aforesaid, His Excellency doth hereby further order and declare that the Chairman of the Licensing Committee of the said district shall give the like notices, and such proceedings shall be had and taken, mutatis mutandis, in all respects as if the said poll were about to be taken in the usual and regular course in the said district.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Pahatanui Recreation-ground brought under “The Public Domains Act, 1881.”

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this eighteenth day of December, 1888.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

BY virtue of the powers and authorities vested in me by the twenty-fourth section of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” I, 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, do hereby order and declare that the reserve made for public recreation in the Provincial District of Wellington, and known as the Pahatanui Recreation-ground, and described in the Schedule hereto, shall be and the same is hereby brought under the operation of and declared to be subject to the provisions of “The Public Domains Act, 1881;” and such domain shall hereafter be managed, administered, and dealt with in manner directed by the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Land District of Wellington, containing by admeasurement 105 acres 1 rood, more or less,