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hundred and sixty-seven, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the twenty-first December, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.

Southland District.

This district comprises all that area included within the boundaries of the Province of Southland, including Stewart Island and the adjacent islands, and that portion of the Province of Otago lying to the westward of the Clutha District, hereinbefore defined.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand Cross 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 Vice-Admiral of the same, at the Government House at Wellington; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, this thirtieth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.

E. W. STAFFORD.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by an Act of the Imperial Parliament of Great Britain and Ireland, made and passed in the Session of the said Parliament holden in the twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh years of the reign of Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled "An Act to determine the Time at which Letters Patent shall take Effect in the Colonies," it is enacted that the said Act shall take effect in each of Her Majesty’s Colonies and Possessions so soon as the same shall be proclaimed therein by the Officer administering the Government thereof:

Now therefore I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and in exercise of the power and authority vested in me for that purpose, do hereby proclaim the said Act.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand Cross 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 Vice-Admiral of the same, at the Government House at Wellington; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, this thirtieth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.

E. W. STAFFORD.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

IN pursuance of the power in me vested by "The Gold Fields Act 1866," I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby remove JAMES CHARLES THOMPSON from the Office of Receiver of Gold Revenue for the District of Alexandra.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand Cross 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 Vice-Admiral of the same, at the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-third day of September, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.

JOHN HALL.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

IN pursuance of the power in me vested by "The Gold Duty Act 1866," I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in consequence of changes intended to be made in the arrangements of the Gold Fields of the Province of Otago, do hereby remove the under-mentioned persons from the offices of Receivers of Gold Revenue for the respective districts for which they were appointed:

Name ... District
R. D. Baird ... Mount Ida
J. B. Borton ... Waitahuna
E. H. Carew ... Lawrence
T. G. Dugard ... Hamilton
R. E. Fields ... Maori Point
A. D. Harvey ... Clyde
H. A. Stratford ... St. Bathans
J. S. Worthington ... Cromwell

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand Cross 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 Vice-Admiral of the same, at the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-third day of September, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.

JOHN HALL.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

IN pursuance of the power in me vested by "The Gold Fields Act 1866," I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the under-mentioned persons to be Receivers of Gold Revenue for the districts hereinafter specified:

Name ... District
H. J. Abel ... Tuapeka
J. B. Borton ... Lawrence
E. H. Carew ... Mount Ida
T. G. Dugard ... Arrowtown
R. E. Field ... Alexandra
A. D. Harvey ... Cromwell
T. S. Harvey ... Waipori
H. A. Stratford ... St. Bathans
J. N. Wood ... Switzers
J. S. Worthington ... Queenstown

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand Cross 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 Vice-Admiral of the same, at the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-third day of September, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.

JOHN HALL.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers in me vested by "The Public Revenues Act 1867," I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in consequence of changes intended to be made in the arrangements of the Gold Fields of the Province of Otago, do hereby remove the undermentioned persons from the offices of Paymasters for the respective districts, for which they were appointed:

Name ... District
H. J. Abel ... Black’s
J. B. Borton ... Waitahuna
F. H. Carew ... Naseby
E. Croker ... Lawrence