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npHE S. S. STORM BIRD, Captain X Malcolm, will leave \ Wellington for Picton, on the 22nd May. Picton for Nelson „ 23rd „ Nelson for Picton „ 24th „ j Picton for Wellington ~ 25th ~ i * Wellington for Napier and i Castle Point ' „ 27th „ Napier for Wellington ~ 3rd June (with the return English Mail). *or as soon as tho English Mail arrive*. j The above dates of sailing will be strictly adhered to, unless the vessel is required for the service of H.M. Commissariat, or Government purposes. I CURTIS BROTHERS, 617 Agents. j Tor the Wairau, THE regular trader GRACE DARLING, Childs, Master, will- sail for the above port on THURSDAY next, May 23rd, landing cargo at the Boulder Bank and Blenheim. For freight apply to 627 JOHN SYMONS AND CO. For the Wairau, THE favorite old trader MARY, M'Lean, niastt-r, will sail for the above port on Wednesday, TO-MORROW, May 22, 1861. For freight or passage, apply to T. ASKEW, 62S Bridge-street. FREEMASONS' HAX.X., NELSON. FOR SALE, by private contract, the above property, situated in Trafalgar-street north, having a frontage thereto of 27 feet. Part of the purchase"money may remain on mortgage. For further particulars apply to JNO. PERCY, Secretary. Southern Star Lodge, Nelson, April 2nd, 1861. *29 gokntmcnt gtotos. Lanil Office. Nelson, 4th May, 1861. IN accordance with the provisions of the Land Regulations of the loth February, 1860, class 25, Notice is hereby given that the whole oi the LANDS in the District of the Upper Motueka and Motupiko valleys are WITHDRAWN FROM SALE. J. P. ROBINSON, Superintendent;. ALFRED DOMETT. q 18 Commissioner. A PPLICATIONS for DEPASTURAGE "^*- LICENSES, in accordance with the Regulations under the Waste Lands Act, 1858, received by the Commissioner of Crown Lands during the months of March and April, 1861. F. G. and J. W. District—The Wai-au-ua. , Shrimpton .... Bounded on the north, by the Kakapo creek and the River Wai-au-ua: on the enst, by the western boundary of the Montrose run, in the occupation of Messrs. Macdonnell and Monro; on the south, by a line running parallel with the River Wai-au-au and the Kakapo creek, at a distance of two miles from them ; on the west, by a line from the Kakapo creek to the southern boundary, to enclose 20,000 acres. Deposit paid— £30. James Rochfort.. District—The Buller. Being the open land situated in the Inangalma, or Thackeray, and Waitu rivers. Bounded on the northward and eastward by bush : on the southward and westward by the River Inangahua. Estimated extent — under 3000 acres. Deposit paid— £s. George Edward?.. District—Tlie Wai-au-ua. TTor a portion of country so as to include two grass plains, lying between tlie most easterly branch of the River Wu-au-ua and the next branch to the westward. Bounded on the east by the Wai-au-ua, and extending westerly six or seven miles (by an average width of one i mile and a-half). to and beyond the branch to the westward, so as to include the whole of the westerly plains. Estimated extent—under 10,000 acres. i Deposit paid—£ls. i ~ ALFRED DOMETT, Cl 9 Commissioner. Order in Council reconstituting: Wellington, Kfelson, and Auckland RELlitia Districts. At the Government House, Auckland, this Gth clay of May, 1861. Present : — His Excellency the Governor in Council. "WHEREAS, by an Act of the General * ' Assembly of New Zealand, intituled the " Militia Act, 1858," it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, from time to time, to constitute throughout tho colony, or in any part thereof, Militia Districts, and such districts from time to time to abolish, and the boundaries thereof to vary, and to designate the Militia of any such district by the name of a Regiment, Battalion, Corps, or Company, as he shall think fit: And whereas, by an order in Council, dated the 13th day of Januaiy, 1850, and published in the JYeiv Zealand Gazette on the 14th of the same month, the Wellington Militia District was constituted : And whereas, by an Order in Council, dated tlie 27th day of February, 1860, and published in the New Zealand Gazette on tlie Ist day of March, 1860, the Nelson Militia District was constituted : And whereas, by an order in Council, dated the sth day of Apiil, iB6O, and published in tlie New Zca'and Gazette on the same day, the Auckland Militia District was constituted: And whereas inconvenience has arisen from the constitution of the said districts, and it is expedient that the same should be abolished, and that new districts respectively should be constituted in lieu thereof: Now, therefore, his Excellency the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, in exercise of the above recited power, doth by this present order abolish tlie said Militia Districts, and doth constitute three several Militia Districts, to be called and known by the several names following, namely;— WELLINGTON, NELSON, and AUCKLAND; and doth define the respective boundaries of the said districts as follows :— Of the Wellington District the circumference of ft circle having a radius of fifteen miles from the point where the Hutt River enters Wellington Harbor. Of the Nelson District the circumference of a circle having a radius of fifteen miles from the point where the Western moutli of tlie Waimea River enters the sea at the Western point of Rabbit Is» land. Of the Auckland District the circumference of a circle having a radius of fifteen miles from the • point where the Great South Road intersects the Western boundary line of " Olendon's Grant," between Otahuhu and Papakura, except so much of the area within the said circle as lies to the north of the Waiteniata. And dcth designate the Militia within each of the said Districts, respectively, by the name of a Begiment. P. G. STEWARD, Clerk of the Executive Council.