Dec. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2223

1. The time up to which nominations of candidates for the said election may be received is hereby extended until five o'clock in the afternoon of the seventh day before the day appointed hereunder for the poll;

2. The date appointed by the said writ for taking the poll at such election is hereby extended so that the said poll shall be taken on the twentieth day of December now instant;

3. And the date appointed by the said writ for the return thereof is hereby extended so that the time for the return of the said writ shall expire on the twenty-seventh day of December now instant,—

And in further pursuance of the said powers and authorities, and with the like advice and consent as aforesaid, doth hereby order and direct that all acts and things required to be done by or under the said Act for the purpose of carrying out the said election as directed by this Order in Council shall be done, and that all officers and persons concerned shall act and govern themselves accordingly.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Ettick Domain brought under the Provisions of “The Mining Act, 1898.”

RANFURLY, Governor.
By his Deputy,
ROBERT STOUT.

IN exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by section twenty-five of “The Mining Act, 1898” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), and of all other powers enabling me in this behalf, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby declare that all the provisions of “The Mining Act, 1898,” and the regulations thereunder, shall have operation within the land described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land in the Provincial District of Otago, containing by estimation 420 acres, more or less, being Section No. 44, Block I., situate in the Benger District. Bounded towards the west by Block I., 9743 links; towards the north-east by the Clutha River, 12000 links; towards the south by a line commencing at the Clutha River, and proceeding due west across Trigonometrical Station B, and thence by a road-line extending in the same direction to Block I., 6000 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: excepting out of the above description Cemetery Reserve and road-line thereto.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this fifth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.

T. THOMPSON,
For Minister of Mines.

Notifying Lands in Auckland for Sale by Public Auction.

RANFURLY, Governor.
By his Deputy,
ROBERT STOUT.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one-hundred-and-thirteenth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint Friday, the second day of February, one thousand nine hundred, as the time at which the lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by public auction; and I do hereby fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold as those mentioned in the said Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
Village of Raupo.

Lots 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 17, 18, 19, each 1 acre; upset price per lot, £5. Lot 25, 1 acre and 22 perches; upset price, £5 13s. Lot 26, 1 acre and 28 perches; upset price, £5 17s. 6d. Lot 27, 1 acre and 33 perches; upset price, £5 19s. Lot 28, 1 acre and 32 perches; upset price, £5 19s.

Suburbs of Raupo.

Lots 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, each 10 acres; upset price per lot, £30. Lot 15, 9 acres 3 roods 32 perches; total upset price, £30.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eighteenth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Lands.

Notifying Lands in Canterbury for Sale by Public Auction.

RANFURLY, Governor.
By his Deputy,
ROBERT STOUT.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one-hundred-and-thirteenth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint Thursday, the eighth day of February, one thousand nine hundred, as the time at which the lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by public auction; and I do hereby fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold as those mentioned in the said Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.
Township of Glenavy.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-third day of November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.

W. C. WALKER,
For Minister of Lands.

Removal of Restrictions on Alienation of Native Land.

RANFURLY, Governor.
By his Deputy,
ROBERT STOUT.

WHEREAS application has been made to the Governor by the owners of the lands described in the Schedule hereto, praying that the restrictions on the alienation of such lands contained in the Crown grants bearing date the twenty-sixth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, may be removed: And whereas inquiry has been duly made by the Native Land Court, and the said Court has recommended that such restrictions be removed:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the fifty-second section of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” and in accordance with the recommendation of the Native Land Court, doth hereby order and declare that all restrictions imposed by the said Crown grants on the alienation of the said lands are hereby removed.

SCHEDULE.

All those parcels of land, containing respectively 25 acres and 75 acres, more or less, being Section 3, Block IV., Waitara Survey District, and Section 6, Block I., Upper Waitara Survey District, held under Crown grant, dated the 26th day of January, 1885, in favour of Iriapeti Peke, and containing the following restrictions: “Inalienable by sale, or by lease for a longer period than twenty-one years, or by mortgage, except with the consent of the Governor being previously obtained to every such sale, lease or mortgage.”

All those parcels of land, containing respectively 12 acres 2 roods and 37 acres 2 roods, more or less, being Section 31, Block IV., Waitara Survey District, and Section 27, Block I., Upper Waitara Survey District, held under Crown grant, dated the 26th day of January, 1885, in favour of Metapere, and containing the following restrictions: “Inalienable by sale, or by lease for a longer period than twenty-one years, or by mortgage, except with the consent of the Governor being previously obtained to every such sale, lease, or mortgage.”

All those parcels of land, containing respectively 51 acres and 149 acres, more or less, being Section 11, Block IV., Waitara Survey District, and Section 25, Block I., Upper Waitara Survey District, held under Crown grant, dated the 26th day of January, 1885, in favour of Tamate Kawhia, and containing the following restrictions: “Inalienable by sale, or by lease for a longer period than twenty-one years, or by mortgage, except with the consent of the Governor being previously obtained to every such sale, lease, or mortgage.”