May 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 891

Notifying Lands in Southland for Sale by Public Auction.

RANFURLY, Governor.

By his Deputy,
JAMES PRENDERGAST.

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 twenty-second day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, 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 following the description of such lands respectively.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—EAST WINTON TOWNSHIP.

Suburban Sections.

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

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Lands.

Notifying Lands in Wellington for Sale by Public Auction.

RANFURLY, Governor.

By his Deputy,
JAMES PRENDERGAST.

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 Wednesday, the twenty-first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, 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 opposite the description of such lands respectively.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—WAIRARAPA NORTH COUNTY.—MAKUKUPARA VILLAGE.

First-class Land.

This township is situated in the Pahiatua No. 3 Block, at the junction of the Akitio River and Makukupara Stream, the access being from Pongaroa or Weber, which are distant about nine and seven miles respectively. Sections 13 and 14 comprise hilly land; the remaining sections are generally of a sloping character with flats. The bush has been felled on Sections 5, 13, and 14, and partly on Section 1; Section 6 has been cleared and grassed; and Section 2 is all bush, comprising tawa and a few rimu. The soil is clay, resting on a papa formation. All the sections, with the exception of Section 1, are well watered.

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

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Lands.

Sale of Native Pigeon in Nelson District prohibited for One Year.

RANFURLY, Governor.

By his Deputy,
JAMES PRENDERGAST.

IN exercise of the power and authority conferred by section five of “The Animals Protection Act Amendment Act, 1895,” and pursuant to a recommendation made in this behalf by the Colonial Secretary of the Colony, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that no native pigeon shall be sold within the Nelson District, consisting of the Counties of Waimea and Collingwood, for a period of one year, from the first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.

As witness the hand of Sir James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, for and on behalf of His Excellency the Governor, and as his duly appointed Deputy, this twenty-ninth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.

J. CARROLL.

Feilding and District Acclimatisation District defined.

RANFURLY, Governor.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint those parts of the said colony described in the Schedule hereto to be a district under the said “Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and I do further appoint such district to be known as “The Feilding and District Acclimatisation District.”

SCHEDULE.

FEILDING AND DISTRICT ACCLIMATISATION DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District bounded towards the north by the Kawhatau and Pourangaki Streams from the Rangitikei River to the summit of the Ruahine Range: thence towards the east generally by the summit of that range to the Manawatu Gorge, and by the Manawatu River to the Raukawa Road: thence towards the south generally by that road, which forms the north-eastern boundaries of Sections Nos. 455 and 454, Block VIII., Kairanga Survey District, to the Palmerston-Ashhurst Road; thence by that road to Stony Creek Road; thence by that road and the railway-line to the Oroua River; thence by that river to Awahuri; and thence by the Awahuri-Bull’s Road to the Rangitikei River: and towards the north-west generally by the Rangitikei River to the Kawhatau Stream aforesaid.

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

J. CARROLL.