APRIL 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 549

Vaccination Districts constituted.

GLASGOW, Governor.

By his Deputy,
JAMES PRENDERGAST.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in the Governor by “The Public Health Act, 1876,” I, James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, in the name and on behalf of His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, and as his duly-appointed Deputy, do hereby abolish the existing vaccination districts known as the Ohinemuri, Hamilton, and Buller Districts, and do declare that the territory heretofore comprised within the said districts is hereby divided anew into six vaccination districts, the names whereof shall be the Ohinemuri, Waihi, Hamilton, Huntly, Buller, and Waimangaroa 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 herewith, made under the provisions of “The Marriage Act, 1880.”

As witness the hand of Sir James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, as such Deputy as aforesaid, this sixth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Rural Lands in the Canterbury Land District open for Selection.

GLASGOW, Governor.

By his Deputy,
JAMES PRENDERGAST.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by “The Cheviot Estate Disposition Act, 1893,” and the one hundred and thirty-sixth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” I, James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, in the name and on behalf of His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, and as his duly-appointed Deputy, having received the report of the Surveyor-General in this behalf, as in the said one hundred and thirty-sixth section is provided, do hereby declare that on and after the fourteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, the rural lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892”; and I do hereby declare that the rentals at which the said lands shall be leased shall be those mentioned in the said Schedule hereto opposite the description of such lands respectively.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—CHEVIOT COUNTY.—CHEVIOT SURVEY DISTRICT.

These sections are situated in the Ram Paddock, and are from 20 chains to two miles from Mackenzie Township.

Section 19 comprises rolling downs, generally ploughable, except on south faces; portion has been laid down in English grass; watered by streams; there is a little fern; the formation is limestone and clay, fair depth of black soil.

Sections 23 and 24 comprise low flat-topped downs and swamps; the tops, and a fair proportion of the downs, are ploughable; the southern faces are ferny; in places there is a fair depth of soil, in other parts the soil is thin; the lands are fairly grassed with tussock and other native and English grasses, and are all watered by streams.

| 16 | XI. | 9 0 20 | 10 0 | 2 5 8 |
| 18 | " | 9 0 15 | 10 0 | 2 5 6 |
| 20 | " | 6 2 0 | 10 0 | 1 12 6 |
| 40 | " | 36 0 0 | 5 0 | 4 10 0 |

Sections 16, 18, and 20 are situated on the Cathedral Road, and comprise flat and undulating well grassed land of good quality; no water.

Section 40 is situated on the Gore Bay Road, about a quarter of a mile from Port Robinson Township site, and comprises good flat and undulating well-grassed land, and rough hill-face covered with scrub, and is apparently permanently watered.

These sections are situated above the Bluff and Port Robinson, and command a magnificent view of coast and ocean, and therefore afford attractive seaside residential sites.

| 10 | IX. | 8 2 0 | 6 0 | 1 5 6 |

This section is situated at the mouth of the Jed River, on the road of the same name, and comprises flat and undulating land of fair quality; good grass. This section is well suited for a seaside residence in a healthy and picturesque situation.

As witness the hand of His Excellency Sir James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, as such Deputy as aforesaid, this eleventh day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Lands temporarily reserved in the Land Districts of Auckland, Taranaki, and Canterbury.

GLASGOW, Governor.

By his Deputy,
JAMES PRENDERGAST.

WHEREAS by the two hundred and thirty-fifth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time, either by general or particular description, and whether the same has been surveyed or not, reserve from sale temporarily, notwithstanding that the same may be then held under pastoral license, any Crown lands which in his opinion are required for any of the purposes in the said section mentioned:

Now, therefore, I, James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, in the name and on behalf of His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, and as his duly-appointed Deputy, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in me by the said Act, do hereby temporarily reserve from sale the lands in the Land Districts of Auckland, Nelson, Otago, and Southland enumerated in the first column of the Schedule hereto, for the purposes specified in the second column of the said Schedule, and opposite the descriptions of the lands so intended to be temporarily reserved.

SCHEDULE.

First Column.

DESCRIPTION OF RESERVES.

As witness the hand of Sir James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, as such Deputy as aforesaid, this fifth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.