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same, shall be made or built within thirty feet of highwater mark; and the space between such erection and highwater mark shall be open at all times as a public highway or thoroughfare.

15. It shall not be lawful to erect any building whatever within or upon the centre area of the Square called Moray Place, delineated on the Record Map of the Town of Dunedin, except a parapet wall and railing, or fence, for enclosing the said area, which shall for ever remain otherwise an open area.

16. In leases of portions of that part of the said lands called the Town Belt, stipulations shall be made for preserving the trees and shrubs thereon, or such part of them as it may be desirable to preserve, with a view to the ornament and amenity of the ground, and also for draining and improving it, and ultimately laying it down in grass, with walks and carriage drives, as a public park or place of public recreation. Provided that no buildings or other erections, other than the necessary fencing, shall be erected on said lands.

17. All rents by such leases, and other monies stipulated to be paid, shall be paid to the Provincial Treasurer; and the said rents, or such part as the Commissioners shall think proper of said rents, and of all other monies recovered or received by virtue of this Ordinance, shall be applied for the improvement of the said lands, and in furtherance of the purposes and objects for which the said lands were destined and reserved, in such manner, at such times, and to such extent, as the Commissioners shall direct.

18. The Superintendent of the Province shall from time to time issue his warrant to the Provincial Treasurer for any sum or sums of money required by the Commissioners, not exceeding the sum received by the Provincial Treasurer in pursuance of this Ordinance, and at the time in his hands.

19. Full and distinct accounts of all sums of money by the Provincial Treasurer received and paid in pursuance of this Ordinance shall be kept, and a full abstract or balancesheet thereof certified to have been examined and audited by two or more persons who shall have been appointed for that purpose at yearly meetings of the Electors as aforesaid, shall be published annually in the Provincial Government Gazette.

20. This Ordinance shall come into operation from and after the day of the passing thereof.

W. CARGILL,
Superintendent.

Passed the Provincial Council upon the seventh and assented to by His Honor the Superintendent upon the tenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four.

ROBERT CHAPMAN,
Clerk of Council.

NOTICE TO THE ELECTORS OF THE PROVINCE OF OTAGO.

Public Meeting for Electing the Board of Commissioners for the Management of the Public Lands in Dunedin.

WHEREAS by the Dunedin Public Lands Ordinance (Session I. No. 5) it is enacted that the Superintendent of the Province shall before the first day of April next assemble the said electors, at a given time and place within the Town of Dunedin, of which Notice shall be given in the Provincial Government Gazette, and otherwise as he shall direct, at least ten days previously, for the purpose of electing six Commissioners to form, with the members of the Provincial Council, the said Board.

Now, therefore, I, the Superintendent of the said Province, do hereby appoint that the Electors of the Province assemble upon Monday, the twenty-seventh day of March current, at twelve o’clock noon, within the Hall of the Mechanics’ Institution, Princes-street, Dunedin, for the purpose of then and there electing the six Commissioners aforesaid.

And in pursuance of the said Ordinance, I hereby appoint John Hyde Harris, Esquire, M.P.C., to preside at said meeting.

Of all which I hereby give notice.

W. CARGILL,
Superintendent.

Superintendent’s Office,
Dunedin, 10th March, 1853.

Registrar-General’s Office,

Otago, 6th March, 1854.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the 40th, 41st, and 42nd clauses of the “Marriage Ordinance,” Session 8, No. 7, 1847, the following List of Officiating Ministers is published for general information:—

I, Robert Chapman, Registrar-General for the Province of Otago, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the List of “Officiating Ministers” for the said Province, compiled by me in conformity with the instructions contained in clauses 40, 41, and 42, of the “Marriage Ordinance,” Session 8, No. 7.

ROBT. CHAPMAN,
Registrar-General.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,

Auckland, 22nd December, 1853.

SIR,—I have the honor to inform you, by the direction of His Excellency the Governor, that the amount of salary to be paid to the Registrars of Deeds is under the control of the Provincial Government of the Province in which they may be, and that the Superintendents will exercise such supervision over the office as appears necessary to secure its proper and efficient management.

I have accordingly made the Registrar of Deeds for the Province under the administration of your Honor acquainted with these instructions and directed him to pay all fees received by him into the hands of the Provincial Treasurer.

I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

His Honor the Superintendent,
Otago.