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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Value of Improvements on Sections in Stafford Town-
ship added to upset price thereof.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

IN pursuance of the power and authority vested in
me for that purpose by the fifty-ninth section of
"The Westland Waste Lands Act, 1870," I do
hereby approve of the recommendation of the Waste
Lands Board of the County of Westland, of the 18th
of February, 1873, that the value of the improvements
on the under-mentioned sections in the Township of
Stafford, as set against each, shall be added to the
upset price thereof, such valuation having been ascer-
tained and decided by the Waste Lands Board on
the 18th day of February, 1873:—
Suburban Section No. 1,527 ... £15
" " 1,517 ... £15
" " 1,518 ... £56
" " 1,519 ... £20
" " 1,520 ... £10
" " 1,525 ... £30
" " 1,533 ... £30
" " 1,534 ... £10
" " 1,535 ... £20
Town Section No. 75 ... £30

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; and issued at Wellington, this
twenty-fifth day of February, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-three.

G. MAURICE O'RORKE.

Foot-and-Mouth Disease does not exist in Victoria.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th February, 1873.

THE following letter from the Chief Secretary of
Victoria, reporting that foot-and-mouth disease
does not exist in that Colony, is published for general
information.

G. M. WATERHOUSE.

Victoria, Chief Secretary's Office,
Melbourne, 11th February, 1873.

SIR,—With reference to your letter of the 20th
ultimo, inquiring as to the existence of foot-and-
mouth disease in the cattle of this Colony, I have the
honor to inform you that the disease is not at present
known, or suspected to exist, in Victoria.

In June, 1872, some cases were found, in one
district of the Colony, of cattle affected with the
foot-and-mouth disease, contracted, as was generally
supposed, from a bull imported a few months before
from England, but, by adopting prompt and vigorous
measures, the disease was thoroughly extirpated in a
very short time, and has not since reappeared.

I have, &c.,
W. H. ODGERS,
(for the Chief Secretary).

The Hon. the Colonial Secretary,
New Zealand, Wellington.

Provincial Council of Wellington elected.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 24th February, 1873.

IT is hereby notified, that Writs issued for the
election of Members of the Provincial Council
of the Province of Wellington have been returned,
with certificates to the effect that—

For the District of Wellington—
Patrick Alphonsus Buckley;
William Waring Taylor;
Edward Pearce;
George Hunter;
Henry Carter;
Charles Bonnythorne Borlase;
George Crawford;

For the District of Karori and Makara—
John Fortescue Evelyn Wright;

For the District of Porirua—
Alfred de Bathe Brandon;
William Lowes;

For the District of the Hutt—
Alfred Ludlam;
William Scott Milne;
James Cruickshank;

For the District of Manawatu—
John Taylor Dalrymple;

For the District of Rangitikei—
Alexander Milne;
Charles Christie Graham;

For the District of Wangaehu—
John Morgan;

For the District of Wanganui Town—
William Hogg Watt;
Clifford Iveson;
William Hutchison;

For the District of Waitotara and Kai Iwi—
Robert Pharazyn;

For the District of Wairarapa East—
John Chapman Andrew;

For the District of Wairarapa West—
Henry Bunny;
George Beetham;
Charles Pharazyn;
have been duly elected.

G. M. WATERHOUSE.

Registrar of Marriages, and of Births, Deaths, and
Marriages, appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th February, 1873.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

ARTHUR CHILLAS HENDERSON, Esq.,

to be Registrar of Marriages, and of Births, Deaths,
and Marriages, for the District of Invercargill, as the
same is defined in Proclamation of 16th July, and
published in New Zealand Gazette No. 31, of 22nd
July, 1863, in the place of H. McCulloch, Esq.,
resigned.

G. M. WATERHOUSE.

Emigration Officer appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 25th February, 1873.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

HENRY WILLIAM BREWER, Esq.,

Landing Surveyor of H.M. Customs at Wellington,
to be an Emigration Officer under "The Passengers
Act, 1855."

G. M. WATERHOUSE.