JAN. 17.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE,
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After two full years' service in the force members will
become eligible for transfer to the Police and Prison Depart-
ments.

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 twelfth day of January,
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun-
dred and eighty-nine.

THOS. FERGUS.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Terms and Conditions of Sale or Selection of Village-settle-
ment Small-farm Allotments in the Auckland Land Dis-
trict.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-
eighth day of December, 1888.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the one hundred and sixty-seventh sec-
tion of "The Land Act, 1885," it is enacted that the
Governor in Council may fix the terms and conditions upon
which the lands comprised in any village settlement shall be
disposed of, and the mode of payment for the same:

And whereas His Excellency the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand has, by Proclamation issued under the
provisions of section one hundred and sixty-six of the said
Act, set apart the lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto
as a village settlement:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers
and authorities conferred upon him by the hereinbefore in
part recited Act, and by and with the advice of the Executive
Council thereof, doth hereby fix the following as the terms
and conditions upon which the village settlement enume-
rated in the Schedule hereto shall be disposed of, and the
mode of payment for the same, that is to say,-

1. The said lands shall be open as small-farm allotments
   for selection on perpetual lease only.

2. The day upon which the lands shall be open for selec-
   tion shall be Wednesday, the thirteenth day of February,
   one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine.

3. The lands shall be subject to the provisions of Part IV.
   of "The Land Act, 1885," with the exception of section
   one hundred and forty-three, saving the declaration, which
   shall be altered to suit the system of application instead of
   tendering, also excepting sections one hundred and fifty and
   one hundred and sixty.

4. The annual rental of the sections shall be five per cent.
   on the capital value of each section.

5. If there shall be more than one application on the
   same day for any allotment, the right to occupy the same
   shall be determined by lot amongst the applicants.

6. No person shall be permitted to acquire the fee-simple
   of any of the sections enumerated in the accompanying
   Schedule.

7. Each applicant shall be required to deposit with the
   Receiver of Land Revenue for the land district a sum equal
   to one half-year's rent of the allotments included in the
   application, and such payment shall be in discharge of the
   half-year's rent due on the first day of January or July
   which shall first ensue after the commencement of the term,
   together with the sum of thirty shillings for the lease and
   registration thereof.

8. Each applicant will be required to make a statutory
   declaration in terms of section one hundred and forty-three
   of "The Land Act, 1885," that he is applying for the land
   solely for his own use and benefit, and not for the use and
   benefit of any other person or persons whomsoever.

SCHEDULE.

Annual rental, 1s. per acre.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Varying Scale of Fees under "The Justices of the Peace
Act, 1882."

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this fifteentli
day of January, 1889.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882,"
it is, amongst other things, provided that the fees to
be taken and paid in respect to proceedings to which the
said Act relates, as set forth in the Third Schedule thereto,
may be fixed, varied, and abolished as the Governor in
Council may from time to time direct and appoint: And
whereas it is expedient to vary or abolish the said fees in
part as hereinafter appears:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of all powers
and authorities in this behalf enabling him, and by and
with the advice of the Executive Council of the said colony,
doth hereby order and fix that, from and after the twenty-
first day of January instant, the fees specified in the said
Third Schedule to "The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882,"
shall not be taken in proceedings under "The Destitute
Persons Act, 1877," or any Act amending the same.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Birkenhead Borough Council to join with Northcote Road
Board in electing a Member of Auckland Harbour
Board.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this fifteenth
day of January, 1889.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it is enacted by section forty-six of "The
Harbours Act, 1878" (hereinafter termed "the said
Act"), that if at any time it shall be made to appear to the
Governor that a local governing body or association electing
or appointing a member or members of a Harbour Board has
ceased to exist, or has been incorporated with or united to
some other local governing body or association, the Governor
may, by Order in Council, declare what other local governing
body or association shall return a member in lieu of the body
or association so ceasing to exist or being incorporated or
united as aforesaid:

And whereas it is provided by "The Auckland Harbour
Board Act, 1885," that one member of the Auckland Harbour
Board shall be elected by the Northcote and Birkenhead
Road Boards sitting together and acting as one Board at a