May 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 561

Dissolving the Native Committee for the District of Opotiki, and appointing a New Election to be held.

ONSLOW, Governor.

WHEREAS by subsection six of section seven of “The Native Committees Act, 1883,” it is provided that the Governor may at any time, if he shall think fit, dissolve any Committee, and appoint a new election to be held:

And whereas it is expedient to dissolve the existing Committee for the District of Opotiki, and that a new election should be held:

Now, therefore, I, William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the power and authority vested in me in that behalf, do hereby dissolve the Native Committee for the District of Opotiki, and appoint a new election of a Committee for the said district as follows:—

The Returning Officer appointed to conduct the election shall, in terms of section four of the said Act, publicly notify on Monday, the nineteenth day of May next, that nominations will be received of Native persons to be members of the Committee on Friday, the thirteenth day of June next, at the Courthouse at Opotiki.

ROBERT SMELT BUSH, Esquire, shall be the Returning Officer to conduct the election in terms of the said Act.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eleventh day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety.

EDWIN MITCHELSON,
Native Minister.

Duty to be levied on Ground Olive Stones.

ONSLOW, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers in me for that purpose vested by “The Customs and Excise Duties Act, 1888,” I, William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby direct that, from and after the date hereof, there shall be levied upon olive stones, ground, which is apparently a substitute for a dutiable article, viz., pepper, and which possesses properties in the whole or in part which can be used for a similar purpose as such dutiable article, a duty of fourpence the pound.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eleventh day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety.

EDWIN MITCHELSON.

Land temporarily reserved in the Land Districts of Auckland, Nelson, and Canterbury.

ONSLOW, Governor.

WHEREAS by the two hundred and twenty-seventh section of “The Land Act, 1885,” it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time, either by general or particular description, and whether the same has been surveyed or not, reserve from sale temporarily, notwithstanding that the same may be then held under pastoral license, any Crown lands which in his opinion are required for any of the purposes in the said section mentioned:

Now, therefore, I, William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by the said Act, do hereby temporarily reserve from sale the land in the Land Districts of Auckland, Nelson, and Canterbury, described in the Schedule hereunder written, for the purposes in the said Schedule specified.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND.

ALL that parcel of land in the Land District of Auckland, containing by admeasurement 8 acres 3 roods 30 perches, more or less, being Section No. 58c, in the Parish of Awhitu. Bounded on the north by a road, 942 links; on the east by a road, 490 and 397 links; on the south by the north-eastern portion of Section No. 58, 1272 links; and on the west by Section No. 58B, 738 links; all in the Parish of Awhitu: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less. For recreation.

All that parcel of land in the Land District of Auckland, containing by admeasurement 3 acres and 10 perches, more or less, being Section No. 58B, in the Parish of Awhitu. Bounded on the north-west by a road, 709 links; on the east by Section No. 58c of the Parish of Awhitu aforesaid, 738 links; on the south by the north-eastern portion of Section No. 58 of the Parish of Awhitu aforesaid, 328 links; and on the south-west by Section No. 58A of the Parish of Awhitu aforesaid, 532 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less. For a site for a cemetery.

All that parcel of land in the Land District of Auckland, containing by admeasurement 270 acres 2 roods, more or less, and called or known as Section No. 18 of Block II., Waihi South Survey District. Bounded towards the north by Section No. 19 of the same block, 4766 links; towards the south-east by the Pongakawa River; towards the south by Section No. 14 of Block V., Waihi South Survey District, 4638 links; and towards the north-west by a public road, 80, 3895, 1186, and 570 links to the point of commencement: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less. For primary education.

All that parcel of land in the Land District of Auckland, being the south-western portion of Section No. 281 of the Parish of Kirikiriwa, and containing by admeasurement 20 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the north-east by the north-eastern portion of Section No. 281 aforesaid, 4000 links; towards the south-east by a public road, 500 links; towards the south-west by Section No. 282 of the Parish of Kirikiriwa aforesaid, 4000 links; and towards the north-west by a public road, 500 links, to the point of commencement: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less. For a school-site.

NELSON.

All that parcel of land containing 1 rood, more or less, situate in the Land District of Nelson, being part of Section No. 2, Block XV., Oparara Survey District. Bounded on the northward, 158·2 links, and eastward, 135·7 links, by other part of said Section No. 2; on the southward, 164·4 links, by a public road along the bank of the River Karamea; and on the westward, 180·7 links, by Section No. 1. For a school-site.

All that parcel of land in the Land District of Nelson, containing by admeasurement 1,000 acres, more or less, in the Maungatapu Survey District. Bounded on the north-eastward by Sections Nos. 24 and 23, Square 18; on the south-eastward by Sections Nos. 6 and 5, Block IV., Maugatapu Survey District; on the south-westward by Crown lands; and on the north-westward by Section No. 14, Square 18: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less; as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Nelson. For a waterworks reserve.

CANTERBURY.

All that parcel of land in the Land District of Canterbury, containing by admeasurement 38,000 acres, more or less, being Section No. 2652 (in red), situate in the Mueller Survey District. Bounded eastward by the summit of the Mount Cook Range and a line drawn from Trig. Q to the wire rope on the Hooker River, and by the Hooker and Tasman Rivers; southward by Birch Hill Creek and a line in continuation thereof to the summit of Ben Ohau Range; south-westward by Ben Ohau Range to Barron’s Saddle; and north-westward by the summit of the Moorhouse Range, being the dividing-line between the Land Districts of Canterbury and Westland: save and excepting thereout Sections Nos. 35556, 35557, 34350, 34706, and 34490, which are included within the above-described boundaries; as the same is delineated on the map deposited in the District Survey Office, Christchurch. For recreation.

NOTE.—Portions of the area above described were reserved on the 10th January, 1885 (Gazette No. 5, of the 15th January, 1885, page 96).

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eleventh day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

Shooting Season for Imported Game, License Fees, &c., Hawera District.

ONSLOW, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same, I, William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby notify that cock-pheasants and quail may be taken or killed within the Hawera District, consisting of the Counties of Hawera and Patea, from the first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety, both inclusive (subject nevertheless to the restrictions in the said Acts mentioned). And I do further notify that licenses to take or kill such game within the said district shall be issued on payment of the sum of twenty shillings each, and that licenses to sell game and native game shall be issued on payment of the sum of five pounds each; and the Postmasters at Hawera and Patea are hereby appointed to sign and issue the said licenses.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twelfth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety.

W. R. RUSSELL,
Colonial Secretary.