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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

enclose the Town Site of New Plymouth, the Town
Site of Raleigh, and the coast line between New
Plymouth and the Waitara, extending two chains
inland.

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-
seventh day of January, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-one.
Governor's Order, No. 96.] HENRY SEWELL.

BY the direction of His Excellency the Governor,
and at the request of the Right Honorable the
Secretary of State for the Colonies, it is hereby
notified that

EDWIN SAVORY HOULDER, of 146 Leadenhall
Street, London, England,

is the Licensee from the Crown of the Western half
of Starbuck Island, and that any one intruding
thereon is a trespasser; and that if any such trespass
is committed by any person or persons under the
direction or authority of the Crown Licensee of the
Eastern portion of the said Island, the License of
the said Eastern portion will become subject to
forfeiture.

Dated at Wellington, this second day of February,
1871.
W. GISBORNE,
Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 3rd February, 1871.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

GEORGE SISSON COOPER, Esq., Under Secretary;
JONAS WOODWARD, Esq., Assistant Treasurer;
CHARLES THOMAS BATKIN, Esq., Paymaster-
General;
GEORGE ELIOTT ELIOTT, Esq., Secretary, Gene-
ral Post Office;
WILLIAM SEED, Esq., Secretary, Customs De-
partment;

to form a Board in terms of Regulations under "The
Government Officers Guarantee Act, 1870."
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 3rd February, 1871.
IN compliance with recommendations contained in
the Reports of the Flax Commission Committee,
and of the Joint Committee on Colonial Industries,
to the effect that "premiums not exceeding in the
whole £500 should be granted for the encouragement
of Sericiculture in the Colony," and that the develop-
ment of certain industrial pursuits would often be
best promoted by the offer of a bonus on production,
the following Rewards are offered, subject to the
under-mentioned conditions :-

A bonus of 50 per cent. on the value realized is
offered for the production of the first £1,000 worth
of cocoons of the Silkworm or eggs of the Silkworm
produced in the Colony, to be paid on quantities of
not less value than £50 or more than £100 produced
by any one person.

To any person or persons who shall manufacture,
within the Colony, from New Zealand flax—

For the first 500 reams of Printing Paper, a sum
of £400; and a further sum of £250 for the first 500
reams of Packing Paper; and the like sum for the
first 10,000 yards of Scrim-cloth suitable for covering
flax bales.

CONDITIONS.
The required quantity of each article to be com-
pleted before the 30th June, 1872.
The weight of each ream of printing paper to be
not less than 30 lbs., of each ream of packing paper
not less than 40 lbs., and of each piece of scrim-cloth
of 100 yards in length and double width, not less
than 30 lbs.
The rewards will be paid on the certificate of an
officer to be appointed by the Government that the
above conditions have been complied with.
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 3rd February, 1871.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

ADOLPHUS FREDERIC HARDY, Esq.,
to be Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages, and of
Births, Deaths, and Marriages, for the District of
Turanga, as the same is defined in Proclamation of
24th day of March, 1870, and published in New
Zealand Gazette, No. 16, of 25th day of March, 1870.
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 2nd February, 1871.
IT is hereby notified, that His Excellency the
Governor has assented to the appointment by
His Honor the Superintendent of Canterbury of

THOMAS HILL, M.R.C.V.S.,
as an Inspector under the Diseased Cattle Acts,
dated 19th January, 1871, and published in New
Zealand Gazette, No. 7, of 31st January, 1871,
page 73.
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 3rd February, 1871.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
issue Letters of Naturalization under "The
Aliens Act, 1866," in favour of the under-mentioned
persons, viz. :-

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 27th January, 1871.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

JOHN NUGENT WOOD, Esq., J.P.,
to be a Resident Magistrate for the District of South-
land.
W. GISBORNE.