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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 54

Block III., Moeraki Survey District; thence towards the
east and south by the said Block III. to the western side of
the road which forms the north-eastern boundary of Section
No. 38, Block IX., Moeraki Survey District; thence towards
the south-west generally by the western side of that road
and its continuation through the said Block IX. to Block
XI., Moeraki Survey District; thence by the western side
of the road which forms the north-eastern boundary of
Section No. 31 of the last-named block to the road which
intersects that section; thence by the southern side of the
last-mentioned road to Block VI., Moeraki Survey District;
thence again towards the south by the said Block VI.;
towards the west and again towards the south by Block XII.,
Moeraki Survey District, to Section No. 4, Block XIV.,
Moeraki Survey District; thence again towards the west by
the said Section No. 4 to the road which forms the north-
eastern boundary of that section; thence again towards the
south-west by the last-mentioned road and its continuation
through the said Block XIV. and Block XV. to the road
which forms the south-western boundary of Section No. 8
of the said Block XV.

HYDE DISTRICT.

All that area in the Counties of Waihemo and Maniototo
bounded towards the north east generally by the left bank
of the Shag River, from the south-eastern boundary of Ma-
iototo County to a point in line with the south-western
boundary-line of Block VI., Waihemo Survey District;
thence by a right line to the north-western corner of the said
Block VI.; thence by Block VI. aforesaid and Blocks III.
and IV., Dunback Survey District; thence towards the
south-east generally by the said Block IV. and Blocks VII.,
VIII., and IX., Dunback Survey District, to the north
branch of the Waikouaiti River; thence towards the south-
west generally by the north branch of the Waikouaiti River
to the southern boundary-line of Block I., Highlay Survey Dis-
trict; thence by Budle Survey District to the western boundary-
line of Run No. 121B; thence again towards the south-east
by the said Run No. 121B and a line along the middle of the
Nenthorn Creek to a line being the production of the north-
eastern boundary-line of Section No. 23 of Block VI., Budle
Survey District; again towards the south by that line and
the said boundary-line, and by Sections Nos. 22, 18, and 19 to
Block VII., Strath-Taieri Survey District; and thence by
Blocks VII. and VI., Strath-Taieri Survey District, to the
Taieri River; thence again towards the south-west by the
said Taieri River to a point in line with the northern
boundary-line of Block II., Strath-Taieri Survey District;
thence again towards the south-west by a right line to the
north-eastern corner of the said Block II.; thence by Block
II. aforesaid and Run No. 213A to the north-western corner of
that run; thence again towards the north-west by Runs Nos.
248, 204A, and 204 to the north-eastern corner of the last-men-
tioned run; thence by the summit of the leading ridge to
the Taieri River, opposite to the confluence of the Kyeburn
with the said Taieri River; thence again towards the north-
east by the Taieri River aforesaid to the confluence of the
Horseburn with that river; thence again towards the north-
west by the Horseburn to the Fork; thence by a right line to
Flat Hill; and thence by the summit of a leading ridge to
the Shag River aforesaid, near the head waters of the
Houndburn.

OTEROPO DISTRICT.

All that area in the County of Waitaki bounded towards
the north by a line drawn due east from the western boundary
of Run No. 217A to the source of the north branch of Island
Stream; thence by the north branch of Island Stream to its
confluence with Island Stream; thence by that stream to its
confluence with the Kakanui River; and thence by the said
Kakanui River to the ocean; towards the east by the ocean to
the Waianakarua River; thence towards the south-east by the
right bank of the said Waianakarua River and its south branch
to Section No. 10, Block XV., Moeraki Survey District;
thence by the southern side of the road which forms the
south-eastern boundary of Sections Nos. 10 (aforesaid) and 8
to the road which forms the south-western boundary of the
latter section; thence towards the south-west by the
southern side of the last-mentioned road to Block III.,
Waihemo Survey District; thence towards the south-west
by the said Block III. and Block V., Waihemo Survey Dis-
trict, and by the south-western boundary-lines of Runs Nos.
109, 217B, and 217A to a point due west of the source of the
north branch of the Island Stream aforesaid.

And I hereby declare that this Proclamation shall come
into operation on the fifteenth day of October, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety.

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 Com-
mander-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-second day of Sep-
tember, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and ninety.

W. R. RUSSELL.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Districts constituted under "The Registration of Births
and Deaths Act, 1875."

(L.S.)
ONSLOW, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority
vested in the Governor by "The Registration of Births
and Deaths Act, 1875," I, William Hillier, Earl of Onslow,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby
abolish the existing registration districts known as the
Palmerston, Hampden, Hyde, and Otepopo Districts; and
do proclaim and declare that the territory heretofore com-
prised within the said districts is hereby divided anew into
four registration districts, the names whereof shall be the
Palmerston, Hampden, Hyde, and Otepopo Districts, and
the boundaries whereof shall be coterminous with the
boundaries of the marriage districts bearing the same
names as are set forth in a Proclamation of even date here-
with, made under the provisions of "The Marriage Act,
1880."

And I hereby declare that this Proclamation shall come
into operation on the fifteenth day of October, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety.

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 Com-
mander-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-second day of September,
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun-
dred and ninety.

W. R. RUSSELL.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

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.