THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 507

Town of Hampden.
All that parcel of land, being sections numbers one
(1), two (2), three (3), four (4), and five (5), Block
XXIV.

Town of Moeraki.
All that parcel of land, being bounded towards the
West and North by high-water mark on the sea
shore; towards the East by a line, being a continu-
ation of the divisional line between sections numbers
three (3) and four (4), Block VI.; towards the
South-east by Haven Street; and towards the South-
west by a line, being a continuation of the south-
western boundary of Block V.

Town of Moeraki.
All that parcel of land, being section number five
(5), Block VIII.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

WHEREAS by "The Otago Municipal Corpora-
tions Empowering Act, 1865," it is enacted
that it shall be lawful for the Governor to appoint
the person elected to be Mayor of any city or incor-
porated town as therein mentioned to be a Justice
of the Peace for the Colony, provided that in every
such case such appointment shall continue no longer
than the Mayoralty of such person: And whereas
Robert Finlay, Esquire, has been elected Mayor of
the Incorporated Town of Alexandra, in the Province
of Otago:

Now therefore I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the
Governor of New Zealand, in pursuance and in
exercise of the power and authority vested in me in
that behalf, do hereby appoint the said
ROBERT FINLAY, Esq.,
to be a Justice of the Peace for the Colony of New
Zealand.

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 twenty-ninth
day of October, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
eight.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 30th October, 1868.

IT is hereby notified that Her Majesty's Principal
Secretary of State for the Colonies has instructed
His Excellency the Governor to recognize the
appointment of

E. B. CARGILL, Esq.,

as Vice-Consul in the Province of Otago for the
Kingdom of the Netherlands.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 30th October, 1868.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
grant Letters Patent under "The Patents Act
1860," in favour of

ALEXANDER HAMILTON,
JAMES AIKMAN, and
JAMES GEDDES,

all of Mortlake, in the Colony of Victoria, for an
invention or improvement for washing wool snow-
white on the sheep's back.

Dated 28th October, 1868.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 30th October, 1868.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

JAMES SMITH, Esq.,

to be Registrar of Marriages, and of Births, Deaths,
and Marriages, for the District of Pelorus, as the
same is defined in Proclamation of first day of
February, 1866, and published in New Zealand
Gazette, No. 12, of seventeenth day of February,
1866; vice Alfred J. Sickler, deceased.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 30th October, 1868.

IT is hereby notified for general information that
His Excellency the Governor has appointed the
office of the Supreme Court at Hokitika, in the
County of Westland, to be the Supreme Court office
for the said County for the purposes of "The
Printers and Newspapers Registration Act, 1868."

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 30th October, 1868.

IT is hereby notified for general information that
His Excellency the Governor has appointed the
office of the Supreme Court at Hokitika, in the
County of Westland, to be the Supreme Court office
for the said County for the purposes of "The
Mortgages of Stock Registration Act, 1868."

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 30th October, 1868.

THE following Ordinances, passed by the Provincial
Council, and assented to by the Superintendent
of the Province of Taranaki, intituled

"The Appropriation Ordinance, 1868-9,"
"The Turnpike Ordinance, 1868," and
"The Supplementary Appropriation Ordinance,
1868-9,"

having been laid before the Governor, His Excellency
has not been advised to exercise his power of
disallowance in respect of them.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 30th October, 1868.

THE following Bill, passed by the Provincial Council,
and reserved by the Superintendent of the
Province of Southland for the signification of the
Governor's pleasure thereon, intituled

"The Appropriation Ordinance, No. 3, 1868,"

having been laid before the Governor, His Excel-
lency has been pleased to assent to the same.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 30th October, 1868.

IN accordance with a Resolution of the House of
Representatives to the effect that New Zealand
Mean Time be adopted throughout the Colony, it is
hereby notified for public information, that the time
corresponding to the longitude of 172° 30' East
from Greenwich-which is exactly 11\frac{1}{2} hours in
advance of Greenwich time-has been adopted as
the Mean Time for the Colony; and that from and
after the second day of November, the Public Offices
of the General Government will be opened and
closed in accordance therewith.

E. W. STAFFORD.