Num. 4.
77

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1895.

Land set apart for Village Settlements in the Wellington Land District.

(L.S.)
GLASGOW, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

I
N pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon
me by the one hundred and sixty-eighth section of "The
Land Act, 1892," I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of
the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare
that the allotments of Crown land respectively described in
the Schedule hereto shall be and the same are hereby set
apart and declared open for lease as village settlements.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—MANGAWEKA VILLAGE HOMESTEAD SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

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 Wellington, this eleventh day of Janu-
ary, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-five.

W. P. REEVES,
For the Minister of Lands.

God save the Queen!

A

Military Districts abolished and reconstituted.

(L.S.)
GLASGOW, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

W
HEREAS by "The Defence Act, 1886" (hereinafter
referred to as "the said Act"), it is provided that
the Governor from time to time may divide the colony into
districts for the purposes of the said Act, and may designate
the same respectively by such names as he may deem fit:
And whereas it is expedient to abolish the existing districts
heretofore constituted for defence purposes and to create the
several districts described in the Schedule hereto in lieu
thereof:

Now, therefore, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of
the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the
powers and authorities conferred on me by the said Act, and
for the purposes of the said Act, do hereby constitute, as and
from the first day of March next, the several districts de-
scribed in the Schedule hereto, and do hereby declare that
each such district shall be called and known by the name
set opposite the description thereof in the said Schedule;
and I do hereby further declare that as and from the first
day of March next the districts heretofore constituted for
defence or military purposes under the said Act or otherwise
shall be abolished.

SCHEDULE.

1. Auckland.

2. Wellington (including Taranaki, Wanganui, Wairarapa,
   Manawatu, and the Sub-district of Hawke's Bay, hitherto
   known as the East Coast District).

3. Canterbury (including North Canterbury and the Sub-
   district of South Canterbury).

4. Otago (including North Otago (Oamaru), Dunedin, and
   the Sub-district of Southland).

5. Nelson (including Nelson, Marlborough, and the Sub-
   district of Westland).

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 Wellington, this sixteenth day of
January, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-five.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

God save the Queen!