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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly
of New Zealand, intituled "The New Zealand
Settlements Acts Amendment Act, 1866," power is
given to the Governor to reserve portions of any of
the land taken under "The New Zealand Settlements
Act, 1863," for the several purposes for which reserves
may be made under the twelfth section of "The
Waste Lands Act, 1858," and may make grants
thereof under "The Public Reserves Act, 1854," or
otherwise, as the case may require: And whereas
the purposes for which such reserves may be made
under the said twelfth section of the said "Waste
Lands Act, 1858," are for the construction of trunk
lines of road, or as sites for public buildings for the
use of the General Government, or for other pur-
poses of public utility or convenience: And whereas
the piece of land described or mentioned in the
Schedule hereto has been taken under "The New
Zealand Settlements Act, 1863," and it is expedient
that it should be reserved for the purposes set
opposite in the said Schedule:
Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the
Governor of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise
of the powers so vested in me, do hereby except from
sale and reserve to Her Majesty, her heirs and
successors, for the purposes mentioned in the Schedule
hereto, the allotment or parcel of land situated in the
Upper Waikato District, in the Province of Auckland,
and mentioned or referred to in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

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-
fifth day of April, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-one.
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 28th April, 1871.
IT is hereby notified, that a Writ issued for the
election of a Superintendent of the Province of
Wellington has been returned with a Certificate to
the effect that
The Hon. WILLIAM FITZHERBERT
has been duly elected.
W. GISBORNE.

FREDERIC BISDIE CHALMERS, Esq., of Waika-
raka ;
JOSEPH GODFREY HOLDSWORTH, Esq., Com-
missioner of Crown Lands, Wellington;
ROBERT MAUNSELL, Esq., of Tenui; and
CHARLES AUGUSTUS VALLANCE, of Wairarapa,
Wellington';
to be Justices of the Peace for the Colony.
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 25th April, 1871.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by
ARTHUR WILLIAM MORRIS, Esq., of Dunedin,
of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the
Colony.
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th April, 1871.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to make the under-mentioned promotions and
appointments, viz. :-

In the New Zealand Militia.
Ensign John Richard Rushton to be Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 20th March, 1871.
Ensign Jacob Monteith to be Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 5th April, 1871.
George Ireland Russell, M.R.C.S.E., L.S.A.L., to be
Surgeon. Date of commission, 23rd March, 1870.

In the Auckland Artillery Volunteers.
George Powley to be Second Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 14th February, 1871.

In the Egmont Rifle Volunteers.
John Ellis to be Lieutenant. Date of commission,
24th February, 1871.

In the Marton Rifle Volunteer Cadet Corps.
Sylvester Coleman to be Honorary Captain. Date
of commission, 10th April, 1871.
Samuel Slight to be Honorary Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 14th April, 1871.
Joseph Chapman to be Honorary Ensign. Date of
commission, 14th April, 1871.

In the Nelson (City) Rifle Volunteers.
Manson Sinclair to be Captain. Date of commission,
8th February, 1871.
Thomas Garrard to be Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 8th February, 1871.
William McCabe to be Ensign. Date of commission,
8th February, 1871.

In the Wakefield Rifle Volunteer Cadet Corps.
Thomas Shea to be Honorary Captain. Date of
commission, 4th February, 1871.

In the No. 2 Company, Canterbury Engineer Volun-
teers.
John Sandford to be Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 10th December, 1870.

In the West Taieri Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant William Murray to be Captain. Date
of commission, 13th December, 1870.
Alexander Chisholm to be Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 13th December, 1870.

In the Invercargill Rifle Volunteers.
Neil Ferguson to be Ensign. Date of commission,
30th March, 1871.
W. GISBORNE
(in the absence of Mr. McLean).

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 25th April, 1871.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
ERNEST ARTHUR CHAPMAN, Esq., of Gundowe-
ing, Eden Creek, Otago;