Jan. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 65

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 price per acre stated in the said Schedule.

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SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Description of Land: Forest and tea-tree land, well watered; situated between Pataua and Horahora Rivers. The section is more or less improved.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.—WITHIN A MINING DISTRICT.

Bay of Islands County.—Russell Survey District.

20 | I. | 28 2 0 | 0 7 6 | 0 9 4½ | 0 0 4½

Description of Land: Poor fern land, fronting Uruti Bay, near Russell.

Whangarei County.—Hukerenui Survey District.

14 | XV. | 305 3 0 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 12 6

Description of Land: About 200 acres mixed forest, remainder fern, &c., undulating land; soil good, but portion fronting Wairua River is liable to flood.

Whangarei County.—Parish of Owhiwa.

229 | .. | 49 1 26 | 0 15 0 | 0 18 9 | 0 0 9

232 | .. | 45 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 0 7½

Description of Land: Sections are covered with green and burnt bush; land fair but rather broken; with more or less improvements.

Whangarei County.—Whangarei Survey District.

6 | XI. | 49 2 0 | 0 17 6 | 1 1 10½ | 0 0 10½

Description of Land: Forest and tea-tree land, well watered; situated between Pataua and Horahora Rivers. The section is improved.

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 Christchurch, this fifteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.

W. R. RUSSELL,
For the Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Licensing Districts abolished and defined.

(l.s.) ONSLOW, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by “The Licensing Act, 1881,” and “The Licensing Act Amendment Act, 1882,” it is enacted that the Governor shall from time to time define districts to be licensing districts under the said Acts, and from time to time may alter and redefine the boundaries of the same, and may abolish any district:

Now, therefore, I, William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in me by the said Acts, do hereby abolish, from and after the twenty-sixth day of January instant, the Licensing Districts of Thames North, Thames Central, and Thames South, and do hereby alter and redefine the boundaries of the Parawai Licensing District, which shall, from and after the said twenty-sixth day of January instant, be those described in the First Schedule hereto; and do hereby proclaim and define the part of the colony mentioned and described in the Second Schedule hereto to be, from and after the said twenty-sixth day of January instant, an ordinary licensing district for the purposes of the said Act.

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FIRST SCHEDULE.

PARAWAI.

ALL that area in the County of Thames bounded towards the north-west generally by the Borough of Thames, from the Kauaeranga River to Hape Creek, opposite to the middle of Rolleston Street; thence towards the north by the said Hape Creek to Hape South No. 1 Block; thence towards the north-east by that block and Puketutu No. 2 Block; thence again towards the north-west by the last-named block and Native land; again towards the north-east by Native land and Mangakirikiri No. 3 Block to Waikiekie Stream; thence towards the south-east by that stream to a point opposite to the south-western boundary-line of Whakairorahi No. 1 Block; thence again towards the north-east by a line to the said south-western boundary-line; thence by the said Whakairorahi No. 1 Block, the Whakairorahi No. 2 Block, and Block No. 2652A to the Kauaeranga River; and thence again towards the south-east and towards the south-west by the said Kauaeranga River.

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SECOND SCHEDULE.

THAMES.

ALL that area in the Provincial District of Auckland known as the Borough of Thames, as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 16, 7th February, 1884.

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 Christchurch, this twenty-first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.

W. R. RUSSELL.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Licensing Districts defined.

(l.s.) ONSLOW, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the sixth section of “The Licensing Act, 1881,” it is enacted that the Governor shall from time to time define districts to be licensing districts under the said Act, and from time to time may alter and redefine the boundaries of the same:

Now, therefore, I, William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in me by the said Acts, do hereby alter and redefine the boundaries of the Licensing District of Clyde, which shall, from and after the twenty-sixth day of January instant, be those described in the First Schedule hereto; and do hereby proclaim and define the part of the colony mentioned and described in the Second Schedule hereto to be, from and after the said twenty-sixth day of January instant, an ordinary licensing district for the purposes of the said Act.