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trator of the Government of the Colony of New Zealand,
acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council of the said colony, do hereby declare, in pursuance
of the provisions of “The Mining Act, 1891,” that the said
land has been resumed for mining purposes by Her Majesty.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Otago Land District, contain-
ing by admeasurement 231 acres 3 roods 37 perches, being
Section No. 21, Block V., Kye burn District. Bounded
towards the north-east by Crown land, 4268·9 links; towards
the east by Section No. 15, 1458 and 370 links; towards the
south by Section No. 22, 549·5 links; again towards the
east by Section No. 22 aforesaid, 2000 links; towards the
north by Section No. 22 aforesaid, 980·1 links; again towards
the east by Section No. 15A, 1505·6 links; again towards the
south by Crown land, 4253·6 links; and towards the west by
Crown land, 5975·2 links.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Extension of Time for Preparation of Valuation-roll,
County of Southland.

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirty-first
day of March, 1892.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE GOVERNMENT
IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it has been made to appear that certain
proceedings required to be taken under the provi-
sions of “The Rating Act, 1882,” in connection with the
preparation and revision of the valuation-roll of the County
of Southland, cannot now be taken within the times men-
tioned in the said Act:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Administrator of the
Government of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of
the powers conferred by the said Act, and acting by and
with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of
the said colony, doth hereby extend the times for taking the
several proceedings mentioned and set forth in the Schedule
hereto, and doth declare that the times for taking such pro-
ceedings respectively shall be those specified in the said
Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

1. For lodging objections to valuations: Until the 14th
   June, 1892.

2. For hearing and deciding objections: Until the third
   Monday in June, 1892, or some other later day to be fixed
   by the Resident Magistrate.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations for the Sale of Strychnine and Arsenic.

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirty-first
day of March, 1892.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE GOVERNMENT
IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
vested in him by “The Sale of Poisons Act, 1871,” His
Excellency Sir James Prendergast, the Administrator of the
Government of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and
with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the
said colony, doth hereby make the regulations following with
respect to the sale of certain poisons, and doth declare that
such regulations shall come into force and take effect on and
after the first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-two.

REGULATIONS.

1. “The Sale of Poisons Act, 1871,” is hereinafter referred
   to as “the said Act.”

2. It shall not be lawful for any person to sell or dispose
   of strychnine or arsenic in any quantities unless such person
   shall, previous to making the entry required by the provisions
   of the twelfth section of the said Act, obtain from the in-
   tending purchaser of such strychnine or arsenic a statutory
   declaration setting forth the particulars hereinafter men-
   tioned. Immediately upon completion of the purchase the
   seller of such poison shall forward such statutory declaration
   to the Registrar of the district appointed under the said Act:
   Provided that this regulation shall not apply to the sale of
   arsenic wholesale for use in the cure of diseases in sheep.

3. Every such declaration shall state precisely (1) the
   Christian name and surname of the intending purchaser at
   full length, together with his or her occupation and address;
   (2) the exact quantity and name of the poison required; and
   (3) the express purpose or purposes for which such poison is
   alone intended to be used, and the places or localities where
   the same is to be used or deposited respectively.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations under “The Land Act Amendment Act, 1887.”

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirty-first
day of March, 1892.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE GOVERNMENT
IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon him by the thirty-fourth section of
“The Land Act Amendment Act, 1887,” His Excellency the
Administrator of the Government of the Colony of New
Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Execu-
tive Council of the said colony, doth hereby make the follow-
ing regulations, that is to say:—

REGULATIONS.

1. Every application to select unsurveyed rural land under
   the cash system in accordance with the provisions of “The
   Land Act Amendment Act, 1887,” shall, if the land is
   applied for solely for the use and benefit of the applicant
   himself, be made in the form set forth in the First Schedule
   hereto, and shall be accompanied by a declaration in the
   form appearing in such Schedule; and if the application is
   for land to be held by the applicant as a trustee then the
   form of such application and declaration shall be those set
   out in the Second Schedule hereto.

2. Every application to select unsurveyed rural land under
   the said Act upon deferred payments shall be in the form
   and accompanied by the declaration set forth in the Third
   Schedule hereto.

3. Every application to select unsurveyed rural land under
   the said Act upon perpetual lease shall be in the form and
   accompanied by the declaration set forth in the Fourth
   Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

NEW ZEALAND.

APPLICATION FOR UNSURVEYED RURAL LAND FOR CASH.

To the Commissioner of Crown Lands,

I HEREBY apply to purchase acres roods
perches of rural lands, particulars of which are
hereunder given, under the provisions of sections 11 to 13 of
“The Land Act Amendment Act, 1887.”

(Signature in full.)
(Residence.)
(Occupation.)

Date : , 18 .

FORM OF DECLARATION.

I, , do solemnly and sincerely declare that I am
purchasing acres of rural land, as per plan attached,
solely for my own use and benefit, and not directly or in-
directly for the use or benefit of any other person or persons
whomsoever; and that I am not the holder, either in my own
name or in the name of any other person, of freehold land,
or of land held under the deferred-payment system or the
perpetual-lease system, in the Land District of , to
an extent which, added to the acreage comprised in this
present application, would exceed 640 acres of first-class
land and 2,000 acres of second-class land. And I make this
solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be
true, and by virtue of an Act of the General Assembly of
New Zealand intituled “The Justices of the Peace Act,
1882.”

(Signature.)

This declaration was made and signed in my presence at
, on this day of , 18 , before me,
, a Justice of the Peace for the Colony of New
Zealand.

Received on , 18 , at .

Commissioner of Crown Lands.