FEB. 6.]

Declaration verifying Signatures to Consent.

I, A. B., do hereby solemnly and sincerely declare--
That the signatures affixed to the above consent, initialled
by me [or which I have marked (describing the mark)], are
the genuine signatures of the persons whose signatures they
purport to be;

That such persons are ratepayers of the District
[Naming the district in full], to which such consent relates.
And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing
the same to be true, and by virtue of the provisions
of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intitled
"The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882."

Declared at , this day }
A. B.
of , 190 , before me--
C. D.,
Justice of the Peace
[or Solicitor, or Notary Public].

4. A statutory declaration, in the form hereunder, made
   by the Chairman of the local authority applying for a loan,
   may be accepted by the Colonial Treasurer as sufficient
   evidence of the required proportion of the number of rate-
   payers signing any such consent.

Declaration by Chairman of Local Authority.

I, A.B., Chairman of the [Name of the local authority
and the district in full], do hereby solemnly and sincerely
declare--
That the signatures appended to the consent hereto at-
tached (and which said consent is initialled by me on each
page) comprise at least three-fourths of those ratepayers, the
capital value of whose properties, as appearing on the valua-
tion roll of the district, is collectively greater than the capital
value of the properties of those ratepayers who do not so
consent to the raising of the loan mentioned in the said
consent.

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously be-
lieving the same to be true, and by virtue of the provisions
of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled
"The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882."

Declared at , this day }
A. B.
of , 190 , before me--
C. D.,
Justice of the Peace
[or Solicitor, or Notary Public].

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twenty-seventh day of January, one thousand
nine hundred and two.

C. H. MILLS,
For Colonial Treasurer.

Chatham Islands County declared to be a Health District.

RANFURLY, Governor.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon
me by "The Public Health Act, 1900," and its amend-
ments, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Go-
vernor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby declare the
Chatham Islands County, as constituted by "The Chatham
Islands County Act, 1901," to be a health district under
and for the purposes of the first-mentioned Acts.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twenty-seventh day of January, one thou-
sand nine hundred and two.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Public Health.

Altering Boundaries of Public Health Districts under “The

Public Health Act, 1900.”

RANFURLY, Governor.

WHEREAS by Warrant bearing date the tenth day
of January, and published in the New Zealand
Gazette of the seventeenth day of January, one thousand nine
hundred and one, the several health districts of Auckland,
Wellington, Canterbury, and Otago were defined for the
purposes of "The Public Health Act, 1900" (hereinafter
termed "the said Act"): And whereas it is expedient to
alter the boundaries of the said districts in manner herein-
after appearing:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, pursuant to the
power conferred by the said Act, do hereby declare that for
the purpose of the said Act the County of Clifton, hitherto
comprised in the Public Health District of Auckland, shall
henceforth be deemed to be included in the Public Health
District of Wellington; also that the Counties of Vincent
and Maniototo, hitherto comprised in the Public Health
District of Canterbury, shall be included in the Public
Health District of Otago: and that the boundaries of the
Public Health Districts of Auckland, Wellington, Canter-
bury, and Otago respectively shall be and the same are
hereby altered accordingly.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twenty-seventh day of January, one thou-
sand nine hundred and two.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Public Health.

Cholera, Yellow Fever, and Influenza declared to be Infectious

Diseases.

RANFURLY, Governor.

IN pursuance of section thirteen of "The Public Health
Act, 1900," I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby
declare that the diseases called or known as cholera, yellow
fever, and influenza are infectious diseases within the mean-
ing of the said Act.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twenty-seventh day of January, one thou-
sand nine hundred and two.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Public Health.

Rural Land in the Auckland Land District open for Sale

or Selection.

RANFURLY, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon me by the one-hundred-and-thirty-
sixth section of "The Land Act, 1892," I, Uchter John
Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of
New Zealand, having received the report of the Surveyor-
General in this behalf, as in the said section is provided, do
hereby declare that the rural land described in the Schedule
hereto shall be open for sale or selection on and after the
twenty-sixth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and
two; and also that the land mentioned in the said Schedule
may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash,
or be selected for occupation with right of purchase or on
lease in perpetuity, or, in respect of any land containing or
supposed to contain any metal, mineral, or valuable stone, be
selected on lease in perpetuity only; and I do hereby also fix
the prices at which the said land shall be sold, occupied, or
leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do
declare that the said land shall be sold, occupied, or leased
under and subject to the provisions of "The Land Act,
1892."

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.--PIAKO AND OHINEMURI COUNTIES.

Unsurveyed Second-class Land.

All that area in the Auckland Land District, situate in
Blocks IX., X., XIII., and XIV., Waitoa Survey District,
containing by admeasurement 3,073 acres, more or less.
Bounded towards the north by Crown land formerly known
as Willis's Grant No. 2 and by Willis's Grant No. 1; towards
the east by a road 100 links wide running along the western
bank of the Piako River; towards the south by the Manga-
kahika Stream, by Sections Nos. 1 of Block XIV. and 1 of
Block XIII., Waitoa Survey District, and by a right line
from the north-eastern angle of the last-mentioned section
to the north-western angle of the Hangawera Block; and
towards the west by the Hoe-o-Tainui South No. 1 and
South No. 4 Blocks to the point of commencement.

Description of land: About 400 acres broken forest land,
remainder open, mostly undulating and flat land, with a
little swamp; well watered; situated from eight to eleven
miles from Morrinsville.

Cash price, 10s. per acre; occupation with right of pur-
chase, 6d. per acre per annum; lease in perpetuity, 4·8d.
per acre per annum.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twenty-seventh day of January, one thousand
nine hundred and two.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.