THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 53

I HEREBY notify that His Excellency the Governor | vince of Otago set opposite their names respectively,
did, by a warrant under his hand, on the twenty- | viz. :—
seventh day of January, one thousand eight hundred | CHRISTOPHER JOSEPH NADEN, Hawksbury.
and sixty-nine, make, and by virtue of Regulations | JAMES NIMON, Dunedin.
made by Order in Council dated the twenty-eighth | LOUIS JULIUS HEIDNER, Tokomairiro.
day of October last, issued under "The Bay of | THOMAS MEREDITH SMITH, Tuapeka.
Islands Settlements Act, 1858," set apart and reserve | NICHOLAS MALONEY, Mount Ida.
the land described in the Schedule hereto as a site | ANDREW THOMPSON, Dunstan.
for Public Buildings for the use of the General | WILLIAM GRAHAM FOX, Wakatipu.
Government. | E. W. STAFFORD.

SCHEDULE.

Ten (10) acres, more or less, situated at the | CONTINUED CONVERSION OF THE OLD DEBEN-
extremity of Tapu Point, on the Waikare River, Bay | TURES OF THE GENERAL AND PROVINCIAL
of Islands. | GOVERNMENTS OF NEW ZEALAND INTO NEW

Dated at Wellington, the fifth day of Febru- | 5 PER CENT. CONSOLS UNDER THE LOAN ACT
ary, one thousand eight hundred and | OF 1867.
sixty-nine. | E. W. STAFFORD, | THE Crown Agent for the Colonies, acting on
Colonial Secretary. | behalf of the Government of New Zealand,

Colonial Secretary's Office, | will be prepared to exchange new 5 per cents.,
Wellington, 5th February, 1869. | created under authority of the Act above referred to,

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased | for debentures bearing various rates of interest,
this day to accept the resignation of | which have from time to time been issued under the
The Honorable JOHN HALL | following Acts and Ordinances.
of the offices of Postmaster-General, and Electric |
The interest on the new securities will be paid
Telegraph Commissioner, for New Zealand. | quarterly, and the principal will be paid at par by a
E. W. STAFFORD. | 1 per cent. cumulative sinking fund, applied by annual

Colonial Secretary's Office, | drawings to the extinction of the debt. By this pro-
Wellington, 8th February, 1869. | cess the whole amount will be paid off in about

THE following Ordinances passed by the Provincial | thirty-six years.
Council, and assented to by the Superintendent | The terms on which the old debentures may be
of the Province of Canterbury, intituled | exchanged for new are as follows, viz. :—
"The Rakaia Bridge Ordinance, 1868;" |
"The Diversion of Roads on Great Southern Rail- | For every 100 General Government old 5 per
way Special Ordinance, No. 2, 1868;" | cents. payable in 1914, holders may receive 99 new
"The Education Ordinance, 1864, and the Educa- | 5 per cent. consols.
tion Ordinance Amendment Ordinance, 1865, |
Amendment Ordinance, 1868;" | For every 100 General Government 6 per cents.
"The Appropriation Ordinance, No. 3, 1868;" | payable in 1891, holders may receive 113 new 5 per
having been laid before the Governor, His Excellency | cents.
has been advised not to exercise his power of dis- |
allowance in respect of them. | For every 100 6 per cents. of the Provincial
E. W. STAFFORD. | Governments of Auckland, Canterbury, and Otago,

Colonial Secretary's Office, | holders may receive 109 new 5 per cents.
Wellington, 8th February, 1869. |

IT is hereby notified that the Secretary to the | For every 100 Otago 8 per cents., issued under
County Council of Westland has reported that, | Loan Ordinance, 1861-2, and payable in December,
in terms of the 65th section of "The County of | 1875, holders may receive 115 new 5 per cents.
Westland Act, 1868," |
CONRAD HOOS, Esq., | For every 100 Otago 8 per cents., issued under
has been elected Chairman of the County Council of | Loan Ordinance, 1861-2, and payable in July, 1874,
Westland. | holders may receive 113 new 5 per cents.
E. W. STAFFORD. |

Colonial Secretary's Office, | For every 100 Otago 8 per cents., issued under
Wellington, 8th February, 1869. | Loan Ordinance, 1862, and payable in November,

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in Her Majesty's | 1874, holders may receive 113 new 5 per cents.
name, summoned |

The Honorable HENRY CHAMBERLIN, | For every 100 Otago 8 per cents., issued under
of Auckland, to the Legislative Council of New | Loan Ordinance, 1862, and payable in October, 1875,
Zealand, by Writ of Summons under the Seal of the | holders may receive 115 new 5 per cents.
Colony. |
E. W. STAFFORD. | For every 100 Canterbury 8 per cents., issued

Colonial Secretary's Office, | under Loan Ordinance, 1856, and payable in 1873, .
Wellington, 8th February, 1869. | holders may receive 110 new 5 per cents.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to |
appoint the following persons to be Inspectors | For every 100 Wellington 8 per cents., issued under
of Weights and Measures under "The Weights and | Loan Ordinance, 1862, and payable in 1877, holders
Measures Act, 1868," for the Divisions in the Pro- | may receive 118 new 5 per cents.
|
For every £100 Wellington 8 per cents., issued
under Loan Ordinance, 1866, and payable in 1886,
holders may receive £128 10s. new 5 per cents.

For every 100 Nelson 8 per cents., issued under
Loan Ordinance, 1864, and payable in 1876, holders
may receive 116 new 5 per cents.

For every 100 Nelson 8 per cents., issued under
Loan Ordinance, 1864, and payable in 1881, holders
may receive 124 new 5 per cents.

The bonds will be made to represent sums of
£1,000, £500, £200, and £100, respectively, and
fractions of the latter amount which may be unavoid-
able in the conversion, will be adjusted either by the
issue of one bond, more or less, and by the payment
of the difference in money, at the time of conversion.

The annual drawings will take place in the month
of March, commencing in 1869, and will be conducted
in the presence of the Crown Agents for the