Aug. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1465

Government reserves: That portion of the Stanley Township lying to the west of Mokomoko Inlet; the Pilot-station Reserve at Steep Head; and Section No. 1, Block IV., Campbelltown Hundred.

Also all that area in the Otago Land District bounded towards the north-west by a line parallel to and one mile distant from high-water mark from Catlin’s River to Block XV., Coast Survey District; thence towards the north generally by the said Block XV. and Block XIV. to the road forming the south-western boundary of Section No. 9, Block XIV., thence by the north-eastern side of that road and its production to the sea; towards the south-east by the sea; and towards the south by Catlin’s River aforesaid.

Also all the area known as the Stewart Island Goldfield, in the Southland Land District, being all that portion of Stewart Island north of latitude 46° 50'.

Also all that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded towards the north-west generally by the Rakaia River, the Little Rakaia River, and the Taumutu and Rakaia Road, to the road forming the north-western boundary of Allotment No. 22 of Native Reserve No. 878, Block VII., Southbridge Survey District; thence by that road to the southern boundary-line of the said Allotment No. 22; thence by the said southern boundary-line or the outlet to Lake Ellesmere; and towards the south-east generally by low-water mark of the ocean.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly; Knight Commander 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 first day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred.

JAMES McGOWAN,
Minister of Mines.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Allocating Land reserved and taken for a Railway to the Purposes of a Street in the Borough of Palmerston North.

(l.s.) RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto forms part of land taken for the purposes of the Foxton–New Plymouth Railway, and it is considered desirable to allocate such land to the purposes of a street:

And whereas it has been certified by the Minister for Railways that such land is not required for railway purposes: And whereas such land is situated in the Borough of Palmerston North, the local authority of which has consented to the issue of this Proclamation:

And whereas His Excellency the Governor is of opinion that the said local authority can conveniently construct and maintain the said street:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities in me vested by section one hundred and seventy-seven of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in that behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto shall, upon the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette, become a street, and that the said street shall be under the control of the Corporation of the Borough of Palmerston North, and shall be maintained by the said Corporation in like manner as other public highways are controlled and maintained by the said Corporation.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, in the Borough of Palmerston North, containing 3 roods 10 perches, more or less, being a portion of railway reserve in the said borough. Bounded on the north-west by Main Street, a distance of 5354 links; on the north-east by the Square, a distance of 10 ft.; on the south-west by West Street, a distance of 10 ft.; and on the south-east by a line parallel to and 10 ft. distant from the first-described boundary, a distance of 5354 links: as the said parcel of land is more particularly delineated on the plan marked 9153, deposited in the office of the Minister for Railways, at Wellington, and thereon coloured purple.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly; Knight Commander 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-fourth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred.

J. G. WARD,
Minister for Railways.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

County of Kawhia constituted a Special District under “The Auctioneers Act, 1891.”

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirty-first day of July, 1900.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority contained in the eighth section of “The Auctioneers Act, 1891,” 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 County of Kawhia (being a part of the colony which is excepted from the operation of “The Counties Act, 1886”) shall be a special district for the purposes of the said Act, and shall be known by the name of the Kawhia District: and it is hereby declared that the amount of the auctioneer’s license-fee for the said district shall be ten pounds, and that the Stipendiary Magistrate at Hamilton shall be the licensing officer for the said Kawhia District.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting-Clerk of the Executive Council.

Inglewood Town Board to be subject to the Provisions of “The Public Bodies’ Powers Act, 1887.”

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirty-first day of July, 1900.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by section four of “The Public Bodies’ Powers Act, 1887” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is provided that the Governor, by Order in Council, may from time to time declare that any leasing authority shall be subject to the provisions of the said Act, but that no such Order shall have any effect unless it be issued at the request or upon the recommendation of the leasing authority on whose behalf such Order is issued:

And whereas it has been made to appear that the Inglewood Town Board is a leasing authority within the meaning of the said Act, and has requested that it may be brought under the provisions thereof:

Now, therefore, 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, and in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the said Act, doth hereby order and declare that from and after the date hereof the Inglewood Town Board shall be subject to the provisions of “The Public Bodies’ Powers Act, 1887.”

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting-Clerk of the Executive Council.

Extending Time for Coursing Season for Hares, Southland District.

RANFURLY, Governor.

WHEREAS by warrant made under “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same, dated the thirteenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the sixteenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred, it is notified that hares may be taken or killed, by shooting or coursing, within the Southland District, consisting of so much of the County of Southland as lies to the westward of the Mataura River, together with the Counties of Fiord, Wallace, and Stewart Island (excepting therefrom the area described in the Schedule thereto), from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred, both inclusive: And whereas it is expedient to extend the time during which hares may be taken or killed by coursing in the aforesaid district:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, in exercise of the powers vested in me by the said “Animals Protection Act, 1880,” do hereby notify that hares may be taken or killed by coursing in the aforesaid Southland District until the fourteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred, inclusive.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this thirtieth day of July, one thousand nine hundred.

J. G. WARD.