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Extract from New Zealand Gazette of 10th, October, 1872.

G. F. Bo wen, Governor Whekeas by " The Immigration and Public Works Act Amendment Act, 1871," the Governor is, among other things, empowered to enter into arrangements for the acquisition of particular portions of land in the North Island, for the purpose of mining for gold, for the establishment of special settlements, or for the purpose, of railway construction ; and by the said Act it is also provided that it shall be lawful for the Governor, whenever he shall have determined to enter into negotiations for the purchase of such land, to insert a notice in the New Zealand Gazette that it is his intention to enter into such negotiations, and after such notice is inserted it shall not be lawful for any one to purchase or acquire from the Native owners any right, title, or interest, or contract for the purchase or acquisition from the Native owners of any right, title, or interest, in the lands specified in such notice, unless the notice be cancelled by the Governor: Provided that no such notice shall have longer operation than for the period of two years : And whereas by a Proclamation bearing date the twenty-third day of July, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, and published in the New Zealand Gazette, No. 3S, of the thirty-first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, G.C.M.G., the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, did declare my intention forthwith to enter into negotiations for the purchase from the Native owners of the block or parcel of land described therein: And whereas it is deemed expedient to revoke the samo: Now, therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, G.C.M.G., the Governor as aforesaid of the said Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the provisions of the hereinbefore in part recited Act, and in exercise of the powers thereby vested in me, do hereby revoke the said Proclamation of the twentythird day of July, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, and do further proclaim and declare my intention forthwith to enter into negotiations for the purchase from the Native owners of the block or parcel of land situate in the Province of Auckland, and described as follows (that is to say) : — Commencing on the North on the sea coast at Cape Colville (or Moehau), in the District of Hauraki, in the Province of Auckland ; thence by the East Coast to Ngakuri-a-whare ; thence by a straight lino to the summit of Te Aroha Mountain (being the northern boundary of the Tauranga District, as proclaimed under the New Zealand Settlements Act) ; thence by the watershed range between Tauranga Harbour and the River Thames (or Waihou) to Puapuatirohia, at the south-eastern angle of Te Aroha Block ; thence by the southern boundary of Te Aroha Block to the base of the hills to Okurere, near Hikutaia ; thence by a straight line to the nearest point of the telegraph line ; thence by telegraph line to Omahuhu Stream ; thence by Omahuhu Stream to the boundary of Native reserve, as described in the Proclamation of the Hauraki Gold Mining Districts in the New Zealand Gazette, No. 1, of 6th January, 1572 ; thence by that reserve to the point where it crosses the River Waiwhakamunga ; thence by a straight line to the trigonometrical survey station on the hill known as Pukeoraka, or Gentle Annie ; thence by a straight line to the north-eastern angle of the lands granted to the Church Mission Society, adjoining the Town of Shortland ; thence by the north and west boundaries of the lands granted to Church Mission Society to the River Waiwhakamunga; thence by that river to the sea; thence by the sea coast to Cape Colville, the point of commencement. Excluding also from the boundary described the Towns of Shortland, Grahamstown, and Tararu, as described in Government Gazette No. 1, of 6th January, 1872. 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 ninth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two. E. W. Stafford.

[Extract from the New Zealand Gazette of 22nd October, 1874.] Notice of intention to negotiate for the Purchase of certain Native Lands in the Province of Auckland. (1.5.) James Febgusson, Governor. A PROCLAMATION. Whebeas by " The Immigration and Public Works Act Amendment Act, 1871," the Governor is among other things, empowered to enter into arrangements for the acquisition of particular portions of land in the North Island, for the purpose of mining for gold, for the establishment of special settlements, or for the purposes of railway construction: And by the said Act it is also provided that it shall be lawful for the Governor, whenever he shall have determined to enter into negotiations for the purchase of such land, to insert a notice in the New Zealand Gazette that it is his intention to enter into such negotiations, and after such notice is inserted it shall not be lawful for any one to purchase or acquire from the Native owners any right, title, or interest, or contract for the purchase or acquisition from the Native owners of any right, title, or interest, in the lands specified in such notice, unless the notice be cancelled by the Governor: Provided that no such notice shall have longer operation than for the period of two years : Now, therefore, I, Sir James Fergusson, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the provisions of the hereinbefore in part recited Act, and in exercise of the powers thereby vested in me, do hereby give notice that it is my intention forthwith to enter into negotiations for the purchase from the Native owners of the block or parcel of land situate in the Province of Auckland, and described in the Schedule hereto.