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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 27

Changing the Name of Alexandra (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 Borough of Alexandra, in the County of Vincent, and the Township of Alexandra, in the Waipa 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 Waipa 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 “Pirongia” in lieu of the existing name of “Alexandra”:

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 Alexandra, in the Waipa County, shall be and the same is hereby altered to “Pirongia,” 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 tenth day of May, 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 seventh day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.

J. G. WARD.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Native Lands proposed to be taken for a Public Work in the Rangipo North Block.

GLASGOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of March, 1896.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. C. WALKER presiding in COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the fourteenth section of “The Reserves Disposal and Exchange Act, 1895” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is enacted that the Governor may take compulsorily, in manner prescribed in “The Public Works Act, 1894,” such of the lands described in the Fifth Schedule of the said Act as from time to time he deems necessary for the purpose of providing accommodation for travellers, and such purpose shall be deemed to be a public work:

And whereas the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto, being the lands described in the Fifth Schedule to the said Act, are, in the opinion of the Governor, required for the purpose of providing accommodation for travellers:

And whereas the said lands are held or occupied by Native owners under a title which is not derived from the Crown:

And whereas a map in duplicate has been prepared of the said lands, as required by the eighty-eighth section of “The Public Works Act, 1894”:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by the said Act, and by “The Public Works Act, 1894,” and in pursuance of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby declare that the lands shown upon such map, and described in the Schedule hereto, shall be deemed to be taken for the purpose aforesaid, and that the said lands shall vest in Her Majesty as from the sixteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.

SCHEDULE.

All in the Wellington Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked S.G. 16425A, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Coursing Season for Hares, and Shooting Season for Native Game, License-fee, &c., Inangahua District.

GLASGOW, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby notify that hares may be taken or killed by coursing only within the Inangahua District, consisting of the County of Inangahua, from the first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, to the thirty-first day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, both days inclusive (subject, nevertheless, to the restrictions in the said Acts mentioned). And I do further notify that licenses to course hares within the said district shall be issued on payment of the sum of ten shillings each, and that licenses to sell hares and native game shall be issued on payment of the sum of five pounds each; and the Postmaster at Reefton is hereby appointed to sign and issue the said licenses.

And I do further declare that native game, excepting native pigeon, tui, huia, white heron, and crested grebe, may be taken or killed within the above-mentioned district from the first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, both days inclusive.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this seventh day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.

W. C. WALKER,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Vaccination Districts constituted.

GLASGOW, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in the Governor by “The Public Health Act, 1876,” I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby abolish the existing vaccination districts known as the Palmerston North, Hunterville, Feilding, and Halcombe 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 Palmerston North, Ashurst, Birmingham, Hunterville, Feilding, and Halcombe 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 His Excellency the Governor, this seventh day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.

W. C. WALKER,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Notice of Election of Chairman and Members of the Board of Conciliation for Canterbury Industrial District.

GLASGOW, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by “The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1894,” I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby notify that

JAMES ARTHUR FROSTICK, of Christchurch, Boot-manufacturer;
THOMAS GAPES, of Christchurch, Painter;
JAMES CHALMERS, of Richmond, Engineer; and
WILLIAM WILLIAMS, of Christchurch, Bootmaker,

have been duly elected as members, and

HARRY JOSEPH BESWICK, of Christchurch, Solicitor,

has been duly elected as Chairman, of the Board of Conciliation in and for the Canterbury Industrial District.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this seventh day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.

W. C. WALKER,
For Minister of Labour,