THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 87

"The New Zealand Native Reserves Act, 1856."

I, ALEXANDER MACKAY, a person duly ap-
pointed in this behalf, under the provisions of
"The New Zealand Native Reserves Act, 1856,"
hereby certify and report that I have ascertained
that the aboriginal inhabitants entitled to the piece
or parcel of land described in the Schedule hereunder
written have assented that the said piece or parcel of
land shall be subject to the provisions of the said Act.

As witness my hand this 24th day of January,
1866.

ALEXANDER MACKAY.

SCHEDULE above referred to.

All that piece of land situate at Kotukuwhakaho
on the River Grey, Province of Canterbury, contain-
ing by admeasurement 250 acres, more or less, and
known as Native Reserve No. 34 on the plan of the
said district, bounded towards the North by the
River Grey; towards the East, 7250 links, by the
River Arnold; to the South, 3600 links, by Crown
land; and to the West, 7250 links, by Crown land.

Report adopted this 23rd day of February, 1866,
with the advice and consent of the Executive Council
of the Colony.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. GREY,
Governor.

We, the undersigned, the owners of the Reserve
at Kotukuwhakaho on the River Grey, West Coast,
have agreed that the said Reserve shall be brought
under the provisions of "The Native Reserves Act,
1856."

Witness to signatures-
JOHN C. REVELL,
Settler, Greymouth.
ALEXANDER MACKAY,
Commissioner Native Reserves.

IHAIA TAINUI,
ARAPATA HORAU,
WERITA TAINUI,
WIREMU MAKARINI,
PAPARA.

Mawhera, 24th Hanuere, 1866.

Ko matou ko nga tangata kua tuhi tuhia iho o
matou ingoa i raro o te pukapuka nei, na matou te
pihi whenua rahui kei Kotukuwhakaho i Mawhera,
kua whakaae matou kia tukua ki te Ture mo nga
whenua rahui a nga Maori; nga tikanga mo taua pihi
whenua.

IHAIA TAINUI,
ARAPATA HORAU,
PAPARA,
WERITA TAINUI, tonu tohu,
WIREMU MAKARINI, tonu tohu.

Witness to signatures-
JOHN C. REVELL,
Settler, Greymouth.
ALEXANDER MACKAY,
Commissioner Native Reserves.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 24th February, 1866.

THE Notice published in the New Zealand Gazette,
of the 15th of November, 1862, promising an
additional reward of five pounds (£5) for the appre-
hension of any Deserter from Her Majesty's Military
and Naval Forces in this Colony is hereby cancelled.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th February, 1866.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

JOHN JAMES WHITE, Esq.,
to be Returning Officer for the Electoral Districts of
Awatere and Clarence, for the election of Members of
the Provincial Council of the Province of Marl-
borough.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th February, 1866.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

WILLIAM LAWRENCE SIMPSON, Esq.,
to be Registrar of Marriages, and of Births, Deaths,
and Marriages, for the District of Mount Benger, as
described in a Proclamation of 30th November, 1865,
and published in New Zealand Gazette of 11th
December, 1865.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th February, 1866.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

FREDERICK BASIRE, Esq.,
to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages, and of Births,
Deaths, and Marriages, for the District of Port
Chalmers, as described in a Proclamation of 30th
November, 1865, and published in New Zealand
Gazette of 11th December, 1865.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th February, 1866.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

DAVID DOULL, Esq.,
to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages, and of Births,
Deaths, and Marriages, for the District of Toko-
mairiro, as described in a Proclamation of 30th
November, 1865, and published in New Zealand
Gazette of 11th December, 1865.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 10th February, 1866.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

RICHARD FIELD PORTER,
of Auckland, in the Province of Auckland;
WILLIAM THOMSON,
of Christchurch, in the Province of Canterbury;
GEORGE BRODIE,
of Dunedin, in the Province of Otago; and
FREDERICK NUTTER,
of Invercargill, in the Province of Southland,
Esquires, to be Inspectors in Bankruptcy under
"The Debtors and Creditors Act Amendment Act,
1865," in and for the said Provinces respectively.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 10th February, 1866.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

EDWARD WADDINGTON,