Superintendent's Office,

Marlborough, May 3th, 1860.

IT is notified, for general information,

That

Mr. Cyrus Goulter
has been appointed Provincial Treasurer of
this province.

William Adams,
Superintendent.

Superintendent's Office,

Marlborough, May 8th, 1860.

IT is notified, for general information,

That

Mr. Alfred Dobson
has been appointed Chief Surveyor and Engineer of Public Works for this province.

William Adams,
Superintendent.

ELECTION NOTICE.

ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF WAIRAU VALLEY, IN THE PROVINCE OF MARLBOROUGH.

In pursuance of the Acts of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled the "Registration of Elections Act, 1858," and the "Provincial Elections Act, 1858,"

I, Stephen Lunn Muller, Returning Officer of the Electoral District of Wairau Valley aforesaid, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that by virtue of a Writ bearing date the Second Day of May, 1860, issued under the hand of His Honour the Superintendent of the Province of Marlborough aforesaid, an Election will be held for the Return of a qualified person to serve as a Member of the Provincial Council for the said Province for the said Electoral District; and that the NOMINATION of CANDIDATES will take place at the House of Mr. Charles Watts, Wairau-valley, on Wednesday, the Sixteenth Day of May, 1860; And that the Poll (if necessary) will be taken on Thursday, the Seventeenth day of May, 1860.

Dated this Third Day of May, 1860.

S. L. Muller,
Returning Officer.

The following place is the POLLING PLACE for the Electoral District of Wairau Valley:

POLLING PLACE

The House of Mr. Charles Watts,
Wairau-valley.

Dated the Third Day of May, 1860.

S. L. Muller,
Returning Officer.

APPLICATIONS for DEPAS-TURAGE LICENSES,

in accordance with the Land Regulations of the 1st July, 1856, received by the Commissioner of Crown Lands to the 5th of May, 1860:—

William Robinson
District—Clarence
Boundaries—Immediately east of the ten thousand acres previously applied for by him, and bounded on the north-east by the Clarence, and on the west by Mr. W. H. Eyes’s run, excepted there is that additional land within those boundaries not previously applied for.
Estimated extent—10,000 acres.
Deposit paid, £15.

T. R. Hackett
District—Amuri
Boundaries—On the northeast by a line running north-west and south-east across the junction of the Guide and the Acheron; north-west by a similar line running across the junction of the Acheron and Clarence; south-west by the north-west base of the mountain range on that side of the river Acheron; south-east by the north-eastern base of the mountain range on that side of the Acheron.
Estimated extent—20,000 acres.
Deposit paid, £15.

Charles Greenlaw
District—Awatere
Boundaries—By the run originally applied for by E. W. Stafford, 7584, and the north-eastern boundary of Mr. H. H. Stafford’s chalk range run; and the back boundaries of Major Richmond’s and Dr. Bodborough’s runs.
Estimated extent—Under 10,000 acres.
Deposit paid, £15.

Alexander Kerr
District—Queen Charlotte’s Sound.
Boundaries—All the unsurveyed portions of islands known as the Arapawa, lying between the north entrance and the Tory Channel, to commence from Point Diffenbach.
Estimated extent—About 12,000 acres.
Deposit paid, £30.

Robert Blaymires
District—Picton.
Boundaries—All the Crown Land between Queen Charlotte’s Sound and the Cretan Water (Kenepuru), from the boat crossing track at Tairamoana to the north-west corner of section No. 10, Okahauparu and to Onahau, on Water.
Estimated extent—Under 10,000 acres.
Deposit paid, £15.