authority of His Excellency the Governor appointed

CHRISTOPHER ALDERSON CALVERT, Esq.,

to be Deputy Registrar of the Supreme Court, vice J. C. Porter, Esq., resigned. The appointment to bear date from the 1st January, 1855.

By order of His Honor the Superintendent,

H. G. GOULAND,
Provincial Secretary.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Christchurch, 20th December, 1854.

HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT is pleased to appoint

THEODORE BLUNT KEELE, Esq.,

to be Clerk to the Executive Council, vice Edward Puckle, Esq., resigned.

By order of His Honor the Superintendent,

H. G. GOULAND,
Provincial Secretary.

Crown Lands Sale.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned piece of Town Land (having been applied for, and deposit made, according to the Regulations,) will be sold by Auction, at the Land Office, Christchurch, on Wednesday, the 7th day of February, 1855, at noon, subject to such conditions as shall be then and there produced.

An Island, containing 0a. 0r. 23p., (more or less) in the River Avon, opposite Hereford-street, in the Town of Christchurch.

WILLIAM GUISE BRITTAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands, Canterbury.

Land Office, Christchurch,
26th December, 1854.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Christchurch, 29th December, 1854.

HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT is pleased to appoint

MR. EDWARD WILLIAM SEAGER,

to be Inspector of Slaughter-houses for the District of Lyttelton, comprising the Town, and the Country around, to the distance of three miles, vice Mr. J. T. Parkinson, resigned.

By order of His Honor the Superintendent,

H. G. GOULAND,
Provincial Secretary.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Christchurch, 30th December, 1854.

HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT direct the publication of the following extract, for general information.

By order of His Honor the Superintendent,

H. G. GOULAND,
Provincial Secretary.

Extract from the Journal of Proceedings of the Provincial Council, Wednesday, 27th December, 1854.

Motion made and question proposed—

“That in the opinion of this Council it is expedient that the line of road recommended by the commissioners for enquiring into the communication between the Port and the Plains, and alluded to in Appendix B shall be undertaken without delay.”

Question put and agreed to—

Motion made and question proposed—

“That this Council approve of the application of a sum not exceeding £10,000 towards opening out the communication between the Port and the Plains.”

Question put and agreed to.

(Signed) GEORGE A. E. ROSS,
Clerk to the Council.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Christchurch, 6th January, 1855.

HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT is pleased to appoint

MR. JAMES WILLIS,

to be the authorised Printer of the Provincial Government Gazette, and of the Provincial Ordinances, (in the place of Mr. I. Shrimpton,) from whom copies of all Ordinances, Gazettes, and other Papers printed by authority of the Government may be obtained.

By order of His Honor the Superintendent,

H. G. GOULAND,
Provincial Secretary.

Land Registration.
Register Office, Christchurch,
6th January, 1855.

NOTICE.—Whereas under and by virtue of the Ordinances relative to the Registration of Deeds and Instruments affecting real property in New Zealand, every Registrar may, from time to time, make rules for regulating the practice of his Office, provided that the rules so to be made shall be approved by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and shall not be repugnant to any of the provisions in the Ordinances contained. And whereas mischief might happen from any ignorance as to such practice, particularly as to where and when such documents might be registered...