shore ; whence it proceeds along the shores of Lambton Harbor, Evans’ Bay, Port Nicholson Harbor, and Cook Strait, to the northern boundary of section No. 98, Ohariu District; thence the boundary turns towards the starting point, so as to include within its limits the following sections, Nos. 98, 80, 84, 85, 86, and 87, Ohariu District, Nos. 38, 34, 36, 32, 30, 29, 40, and 41, Makara District, Nos. 40, 39, 37, 35, 33, 31, and 30, Karori District, Nos. 659 and 660, Town of Wellington, and the Town Belt ; excepting always the City of Wellington as defined in the first schedule to the "Municipal Corporations Act, 1867."

Wellington Highway District.

PROCLAMATION

By His Honor William Fitzherbert, Esquire, C.M.G., Superintendent of the Province of Wellington, in the Colony of New Zealand.

WHEREAS by "The Highways Act, 1874," it is, among other things, enacted that it shall be lawful for the Superintendent, from time to time, by Proclamation in the Government Gazette, to divide any district or districts into two or more new districts, and that no such Proclamation shall be issued or have any force or effect unless the Superintendent shall first have received a petition praying for the issue of such Proclamation, signed by at least two-thirds of the ratepayers, reckoned according to their votes, within the boundaries of the district which such petition prays may be established, and the remaining portion of the original district shall be immediately thereafter proclaimed a new district by the Superintendent, and shall be and be deemed to be a proclaimed district, and shall be dealt with in the same manner as a proclaimed district under the provisions of the said Act : And whereas, by a Proclamation bearing even date herewith, after reciting, as therein is recited, a block of land theretofore forming part of the Wellington Highway District was, from and after the date therein mentioned, proclaimed and declared to be a Highway District by the name of the "Karori-Makara Highway District": And whereas it is expedient that the remaining portion of the Wellington Highway District should be proclaimed as hereinafter provided :

Now, therefore, I, William Fitzherbert, Superintendent of the Province of Wellington, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in me by the said Act, do hereby proclaim and declare that the remaining portion of the said Wellington Highway District, the boundaries whereof are described in the Schedule hereto, shall from and after the fourteenth day of June, 1876, be and be deemed to be a Highway District within the meaning and for the purposes of the said Act, and that such district shall be called and known by the name of the "Wellington Highway District."

Given under my hand, and issued under the Public Seal of the Province of Wellington, at Wellington, this twenty-sixth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six.

WILLIAM FITZHERBERT,
Superintendent.

Countersigned—
HENRY BUNNY,
Provincial Secretary.

SCHEDULE.

Approximate area, 370,000 acres.
Bounded towards the North by the southern boundary of the Manawatu Highway District ; towards the East by the summit line of the Tararua and Rimutaka Ranges; towards the South and West by the sea coast between Taorakira Head and a production of the northern boundary of section No. 660, Town of Wellington, by the northern and eastern boundaries of the Karori-Makara Highway District, so as to exclude the City of Wellington, the Town Belt, sections Nos. 30, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, and 40, Karori District, sections Nos. 41, 40, 29, 30, 32, 34, 36, and 38, Makara District, and sections Nos. 87, 86, 85, 84, 80, and 98, Ohariu District ; and towards the West by the sea coast between the northern boundary of section No. 98, Ohariu District, and the Waikanae River.

Tenders.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful Tenderers is published for general information.

HENRY BUNNY,
Provincial Secretary.

TENDERS FOR BUSH-FALLING, FITZHERBERT BLOCK, Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4.

CONTRACT NO. 1—180 CHAINS.

Accepted.
£ s. d.
J. E. Jepsen and Co, per chain ... 1 7 0

Declined.
1 17 6
A. Stewart, do ...........
1 19 3
Martin Anderson, do ......
Mackay, Brothers and Co, do ... 3 0 0

CONTRACT NO. 2—270 CHAINS.

Accepted.
£ s. d.
Jackson and Mannering, per chain 1 1 0

Declined.
1 7 6
Downey and Daly, do ......
1 17 6
A. Stewart, do ...........
Mackay, Brothers and Co, do ... 4 0 0

CONTRACT NO. 3—200 CHAINS.

Accepted.
£ s. d.
Downey and Daly, per chain ... 1 12 6

Declined.
1 17 0
Eden and Co, do ...........
1 17 6
A. Stewart, do ...........
Mackay Brothers, do ...... 4 0 0

CONTRACT NO. 4—200 CHAINS.

Accepted.
£ s. d.
Lindgren and Co, per chain ... 1 6 0

Declined.
1 12 6
Young and Co, do .........
1 15 6
P. J. Anderson and others, do ... 1 15 6
Downey and Daly, do ........
1 17 6
A. Stewart, do ...........
Mackay, Brothers and Co, do ... 4 0 0