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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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of that section being 487 links from the south-east corner thereof: thence easterly across Section 6487, a distance of 745 links, to a point on the north-east boundary of that section being 166 links from the south-east corner thereof: thence north-easterly, south-easterly, north-easterly, south-easterly, and north-easterly, across the Rampaddock Road and Sections 5826, 2590, 1084, at bearings and distances of 54° 44', 605·5 links; 54° 03', 494 links; 71° 49', 175 links; 63° 21', 355 links; 145° 07', 119 links; 67° 12', 452 links; 145° 17', 153 links; 67° 23', 832·5 links; to a point on the north-east boundary of Section 1084, the said point being 166 links south-east of the southernmost corner of Section 6634, as shown on plan deposited in the Road Board Office, Oxford.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable David, Earl of Glasgow; 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 the Government House, at Auckland, this twenty-sixth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Division of the Borough of Pahiatua into Three Wards.

(L.S.)

GLASGOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886,” section twenty-seven, it is enacted that, if not less than one-fourth of the burgesses of a borough petition the Governor praying him to divide such borough into wards, the Governor may, by Proclamation, divide such borough into not more than six wards, and shall in such Proclamation assign such names and boundaries to each ward as he thinks fit: And whereas not less than one-fourth of the burgesses of the Borough of Pahiatua have petitioned me to divide such borough into wards:

Now, therefore, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the hereinbefore-recited authority, do hereby proclaim and declare that the Borough of Pahiatua shall be and the same is hereby divided into three wards, with the names and boundaries set forth in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

WEST WARD.

ALL that portion of the Borough of Pahiatua bounded towards the north-east by the Wellington Corporation Endowment Block; towards the south-east by a line along the middle of main road, Masterton to Woodville; towards the south-west by a line along the middle of Mangatainoka Road; and towards the west by the right bank of the Mangatainoka River.

EAST WARD.

All that portion of the Borough of Pahiatua bounded towards the north-east by the Wellington Corporation Endowment Block; towards the south-east by Sections 18 and 22, Block VIII., Mangahao Survey District; towards the south-west generally by Subdivisions 129 and 127 of original Section 21 of the said Block VIII., and the south-eastern side of Huxley Street, to a point in line with the middle of Mangatainoka Road, thence by a line to and along the middle of that road; and towards the north-west by a line along the middle of the main road, Masterton to Woodville.

SOUTH WARD.

All that portion of the Borough of Pahiatua bounded towards the north-east generally by a line along the middle of Mangatainoka Road, and its production to the east side of Huxley Street, thence by subdivisional Sections 7, 8, and 9 of original Section 21, Block VIII., Mangahao Survey District, a road-line, and subdivisional Sections 10 and 130 of the said Section 21; towards the south-east by Section 22 of the said Block VIII.; towards the south-west by the road forming the north-eastern boundaries of Sections 28 and 27 of the said Block VIII.; towards the west by Section 1, Block VII., Mangahao Survey District; and towards the north and north-west by the right bank of the Mangatainoka River.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable David, Earl of Glasgow; 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 Auckland, this twenty-eighth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

“Fencing Act, 1881,” brought into Operation in County of Hutt.

(L.S.)

GLASGOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by a Proclamation dated the sixth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the ninth day of February, in the same year, the operation of “The Fencing Act, 1881,” was suspended within the County of Hutt:

And whereas the Council of the County of Hutt did, on the eighth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, pass a resolution requesting the Governor to again bring “The Fencing Act, 1881,” into operation within the said County of Hutt:

Now, therefore, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in me by “The Fencing Act, 1881,” do hereby proclaim and declare that “The Fencing Act, 1881,” is hereby brought into operation in the County of Hutt, as the same is constituted by “The Counties Act, 1886.”

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable David, Earl of Glasgow; 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 Auckland, this thirty-first day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Extending the Close Season for Seals.

GLASGOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this fourth day of June, 1894.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is, among other things, enacted that the Governor in Council may from time to time make, alter, and revoke regulations (which shall have force and effect only in any waters or places specified therein) for prescribing, among other things, a close season or close seasons for seals:

And whereas it is provided by the third section of “The Fisheries Conservation Act 1884 Amendment Act, 1887,” that a penalty not exceeding five hundred pounds may be imposed in respect of the breach of any regulations respecting seals, and a further penalty of not exceeding twenty pounds for every seal illegally taken:

And whereas, by an Order in Council dated the thirtieth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, the months of January, February, March, April, May, and June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, were prescribed as the close season for seals; and whereas it is expedient to extend such close season, and to make the regulations hereinafter set forth, with respect to seals inhabiting or found within the waters of the colony hereinafter mentioned:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by the said Act and “The Fisheries Conservation Act 1884 Amendment Act, 1887,” and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby extend the close season to the thirtieth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, inclusive, and make the regulations set forth in the Schedule hereto; and with the like advice and consent doth order that such regulations shall have force and effect throughout the Colony of New Zealand, and in all salt, fresh, and brackish waters of the colony, and on all shores of such waters or any part thereof.