APRIL 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 649

Nos. 26 and 25; by the road forming the north-western boundaries of Sections Nos. 55, 1 of 56, 57, 58, 59, and 60, Block IX. aforesaid; by the road forming the south-western boundary of the last-mentioned section; by the road forming the north-western boundaries of Sections Nos. 137, 136, 135, 134, 1 of 133, 131, and 129, Block XIII., Waimea Survey District; and by the road forming the south-western boundaries of Sections Nos. 129, 28, and 61, Block XIII. aforesaid, to the easternmost corner of Section No. 1; thence by the south-eastern boundary-line of Sections Nos. 1, 2, and 3, Block XIII. aforesaid; by the south-eastern boundary-lines of Sections Nos. 2 of 4 and 5, Block I., Rintoul Survey District; and by the south-eastern boundaries of Sections Nos. 6, 7, 8, 1 of 8, and 9, Block IV., Gordon Survey District, to the southernmost corner of the last-mentioned section; thence by a right line to the southernmost corner of Section No. 3, Block V., Rintoul Survey District; and thence by a right line running due east to the western boundary of the Marlborough Land District: thence towards the east generally by the Marlborough Land District to the River Acheron: thence towards the south generally by that river and the River Severn to the junction of the Severn and Alma; thence by a spur to the watershed named Alma Heights; thence by that watershed and the southern watershed of the Wairau River to Mount Mackay: thence towards the west generally by the watershed between the Sabine and D’Urville Rivers to Lake Rotoroa; thence by the western shore of Lake Rotoroa to the River Gowan; thence by that river to its junction with the River Buller; thence by the watershed between the Rivers Hope and Owen and by the western watershed of the Motueka River to Mount Arthur aforesaid.

And I hereby declare that this Proclamation shall come into operation on the second day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

Given under the hand of Sir James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, for and on behalf of His Excellency the Governor, and as his duly appointed Deputy 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 sixteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

WM. HALL-JONES.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Districts constituted under “The Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1875.”

RANFURLY, Governor.

By his Deputy,

(l.s.) JAMES PRENDERGAST.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in the Governor by “The Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1875,” 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 registration districts known as the Nelson and Waimea South Districts; and do proclaim and declare that the territory heretofore comprised within the said districts is hereby divided anew into two registration districts, the names whereof shall be the Nelson and Waimea South 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.”

And I hereby declare that this Proclamation shall come into operation on the second day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

Given under the hand of Sir James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, for and on behalf of His Excellency the Governor, and as his duly appointed Deputy 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 sixteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

WM. HALL-JONES.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Setting apart Land in Taranaki for Leasing as a Small Grazing-run under “The Land Act, 1892.”

RANFURLY, Governor.

By his Deputy,

(l.s.) JAMES PRENDERGAST.

A PROCLAMATION.

BY virtue and in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the one-hundred-and-seventy-second section of “The Land Act, 1892,” and of every other power and authority enabling me in that behalf, 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 declare that the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall be subject to the provisions of sections one hundred and seventy-two to one hundred and eighty-six of Part V. of “The Land Act, 1892,” relating to small grazing runs.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—CLIFTON COUNTY.

Given under the hand of Sir James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, for and on behalf of His Excellency the Governor, and as his duly appointed Deputy 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 sixteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Land set apart for State Forest Purposes in the Land District of Wellington.

RANFURLY, Governor.

By his Deputy,

(l.s.) JAMES PRENDERGAST.

A PROCLAMATION.

BY virtue and in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by “The New Zealand State Forests Act, 1885,” and of every other power and authority enabling me in that behalf, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby set apart the forest land described in the Schedule hereto, forming part of the Crown lands in New Zealand, as and for a State forest within the provisions of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 28 acres 3 roods, more or less, being Section No. 3, Block X., Puketoi Survey District. Bounded towards the north and east by Section No. 2; towards the south by the 1-chain reserve along the Tirau-mea River; and towards the west by Section No. 1: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Wellington.

Given under the hand of Sir James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, for and on behalf of His Excellency the Governor, and as his duly appointed Deputy, 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 eighteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Commissioner of State Forests.

Approved in Council.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!