Dec. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1377

Rural Lands in the Southland Land District open for Sale or Selection.

ONSLOW, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the third section of “The Land Act Amendment Act, 1887” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), I, William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, having received the report of the Surveyor-General in this behalf, as in the said section is provided, do hereby declare that the rural lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection, after the lapse of a period of not less than forty-five days from the date of the first public notification hereof, in the manner and upon the conditions mentioned in the said Act, and at the price per acre stated in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-seventh day of November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Fixing Sitings of the District Courts of Westland, Ashburton, Timaru and Oamaru, and Otago Goldfields.

ONSLOW, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority in this behalf enabling me, I, William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby fix and appoint that sittings of the District Courts of Westland, Ashburton, Timaru and Oamaru, and Otago Goldfields, for civil and criminal business, shall be held as follows, from and after the first day of January next, in lieu of those previously fixed and appointed:—

WESTLAND DISTRICT.

In the Courthouse, Greymouth: For civil business only, on the 16th May and 19th September; for civil and criminal business, on the 18th January, 21st March, 16th July, and 14th November.

In the Courthouse, Hokitika: For civil business only, on the 29th March, 19th May, and 22nd September; for civil and criminal business, on the 21st January, 21st July, and 17th November.

In the Courthouse, Reefton: For civil business only, on the 24th May and 27th September; for civil and criminal business, on the 26th January, 24th March, 26th July, and 22nd November.

ASHBURTON DISTRICT.

In the Courthouse, Ashburton, for civil business only, on the 12th February, 15th April, 10th June, 12th August, 14th October, and 9th December.

TIMARU AND OAMARU DISTRICT.

In the Courthouse, Timaru: For civil business only, on the 16th February, 19th April, 14th June, 16th August, and 18th October; for civil and criminal business, on the 13th December.

In the Courthouse, Oamaru: For civil business only, on the 18th February, 22nd April, 18th August, and 20th October; for civil and criminal business, on the 16th June and 16th December.

OTAGO GOLDFIELDS DISTRICT.

In the Courthouse, Lawrence, for civil and criminal business, on the 26th April, 23rd August, and 20th December.

In the Courthouse, Queenstown, for civil and criminal business, on the 25th February, 23rd June, and 27th October.

Provided that in case any of the days so fixed as aforesaid shall happen to be a holiday, then the Court appointed for that day shall be held on the first day thereafter not being a holiday.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this fifth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.

W. P. REEVES.

Trustees for the Awitu Public Cemeteries appointed.

ONSLOW, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the forty-fifth section of “The Cemeteries Act, 1882,” I, William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the local authority specified in the first column of the Schedule hereto to have the control and management of the public cemeteries specified in the second column of the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

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 Awitu. Bounded on the north-west by a road, 709 links; on the east by Section No. 58c of the said parish, 738 links; on the south by the north-eastern portion of Section No. 58 of the said parish, 328 links; and on the south-west by Section No. 58A of the said parish, 532 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less.

All that parcel of land in the Land District of Auckland, being the south-eastern portion of Section No. 5 of the Parish of Awitu, and containing by admeasurement 10 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the north-east by Manukau Harbour; towards the south-east by a public road, 1162 links; and towards the south-west and north-west by the other portion of Section No. 5 aforesaid, 980 and 900 links respectively, to the point of commencement: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less. |

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-seventh day of November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.