July 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 867

Land declared open for Sale or Selection in the Auckland Land District.

(L.S.) ONSLOW, 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 Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the land specified in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection under the provisions of the third section of “The Land Act Amendment Act, 1887,” after the lapse of a period of not less than forty-five days from the date hereof, in the manner and upon the conditions mentioned in the said Act, and at the prices per acre stated in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Section. | Block. | Area. | Cash Price per Acre. | Deferred-payment Price per Acre. | Perpetual-lease Rent per Acre.

WITHIN MINING DISTRICTS.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Whangarei County.—Hukerenui Survey District.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. s. d.
4A | VII. | 2 2 16 | 1 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 1 0
Description of Land: Open and swamp land, situated on main coach-road, at Hukerenui.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Coromandel County.—Coromandel Survey District.
3 | X. | 240 3 0 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 6
Description of Land: Very broken forest land, difficult of access; a forfeited homestead selection, Awakanae.

Coromandel County.—Parish of Purangi.
8 | .. | 40 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 0 9 4½ | 0 4½
Description of Land: Open land, poor clay soil, with patches of bare rock; fronts Purangi River, Mercury Bay.

Whangarei County.—Hukerenui Survey District.
29 | X. | 91 3 36 | 0 7 6 | 0 9 4½ | 0 4½
Description of Land: Open land of poor quality.

30 | X. | 92 3 8 | 0 7 6 | 0 9 4½ | 0 4½
Description of Land: 20 acres mixed bush, containing six small kauri trees; remainder open fern land.

8 | XIV. | 547 2 8 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 6
Description of Land: About one-third swamp and 30 acres bush, remainder open land, fair soil.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, of Onslow in the County of Salop; Viscount Cranley, of Cranley in the County of Surrey; Baron Onslow, of Onslow in the County of Salop, and of West Clandon in the County of Surrey; Baron Cranley, of Imbercourt; Baronet; Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; 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-ninth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Reserves subject to the Jurisdiction of the Native Land Court.

ONSLOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of July, 1890.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by section seven of “The Native Equitable Owners Act, 1886,” it is provided that the Native Land Court of New Zealand shall have, and may exercise, the jurisdiction conferred upon it by the said Act in respect of any Native reserve situate in the South Island or in Stewart Island which may be submitted to such jurisdiction by Order in Council which the Governor was thereby authorised to issue from time to time:

And whereas it is expedient to order and declare that the reserves described in the Schedule hereto should be submitted to the jurisdiction aforesaid:

Now, therefore, His Excellency William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by “The Native Equitable Owners Act, 1886,” and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby order and declare that the several reserves described in the Schedule hereto shall, subject to the provisions of the said Act, be subject to the jurisdiction of the Native Land Court of New Zealand; and the said Court shall have the like authority to deal with the said reserves as it would have if the same were still Native lands within the meaning of “The Native Land Court Act, 1880.”

SCHEDULE.

DISTRICT OF WELLINGTON.

Name of Reserve. | District. | Section No. | Area.
Ohakawae or Kiekie .. | Marlborough | 1 | A. R. P. 19 0 0
Amuri Bluff .. | " | 83 | 1 3 0

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

ONSLOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of July, 1890.

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 Hillier, Earl of Onslow, 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 Land District of Hawke's Bay, and known as the Matamau 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 Hawke's Bay Land District, containing by admeasurement 7 acres 2 roods, being Section No. 33, Village of Matamau, Block X., Norsewood Survey District.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Powers delegated to the Matamau Domain Board under “The Public Domains Act, 1881.”

ONSLOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of July, 1890.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by the twelfth section of “The Public Domains Act, 1881,” it is, inter alia, enacted that the Governor, by Order in Council, may from time to time