Oct. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1675

Rural Lands in the Southland Land District open for
Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

GLASGOW, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon me by “The Land for Settlements Act,
1894,” and the one hundred and thirty-sixth section of “The
Land Act, 1892,” I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of
the Colony of New Zealand, 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 the rural lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto
shall be open for selection on and after the eighteenth day
of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five;
and that the said lands may be selected 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.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT. — WALLACE COUNTY. — WAIAU
SURVEY DISTRICT.—MERRIVALE SETTLEMENT.

Section. Area. Lease in Perpetuity: Rent, 5 per cent.
Rent per Acre. Half-yearly Rent.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this seventeenth day of October, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-five.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Changing the Name of Oxford (Auckland).

(L.S.)
GLASGOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS there are now existing two places in the
Colony of New Zealand bearing the same name,
that is to say, the Township of Oxford in the County of
Ashley, and the Township of Oxford in the Piako County,
the last-named being the more recent in date of existence:
And whereas, under the fourth section of “The Designation
of Districts Act, 1894,” I lately required the County Council
of the Piako County, being the local authority having jurisdiction in that behalf, to submit a new name for such township
for my approval, as mentioned in the said section:
And whereas the said Council hath accordingly submitted to
me the name of “Tirau” in lieu of the existing name of
“Oxford”:
Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers
and authorities conferred on me by sections two and four of
“The Designation of Districts Act, 1894,” and of all other
powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, I, David,
Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand,
do hereby proclaim and declare that the name of the Township of Oxford in the Piako County shall be and the same is
hereby altered to “Tirau,” and do assign the last-mentioned
name to such township accordingly, and also do hereby
proclaim and declare that this Proclamation shall take effect
on and after the first day of December, one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-five.

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 issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at
the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-second day of May, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.

A. J. CADMAN,
For Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Changing the Name of Campbelltown (Manawatu).

(L.S.)
GLASGOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS there are now existing two places in the
Colony of New Zealand bearing the same name,
that is to say, the Borough of Campbelltown, in the County
of Southland, and the Township of Campbelltown, in the
Manawatu County, the last-named being the more recent in
date of existence: And whereas, under the fourth section of
“The Designation of Districts Act, 1894,” I lately required
the County Council of the Manawatu County, being the local
authority having jurisdiction in that behalf, to submit a new
name for such township for my approval, as mentioned in
the said section: And whereas the said Council hath accordingly submitted to me the name of “Rongotea” in lieu of the
existing name of “Campbelltown”:
Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers
and authorities conferred on me by sections two and four of
“The Designation of Districts Act, 1894,” and of all other
powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, I, David,
Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand,
do hereby proclaim and declare that the name of the Township of Campbelltown, in the Manawatu County, shall be and
the same is hereby altered to “Rongotea,” and do assign the
last-mentioned name to such township accordingly, and also
do hereby proclaim and declare that this Proclamation shall
take effect on and after the sixth day of April, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-six.

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 issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at
the Government House, at Wellington, this second
day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.

J. G. WARD,

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!