THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 495

Revising Barrister of Friendly Societies appointed.

Office of the Minister of Justice,
Wellington, 27th August, 1873.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

ALFRED ROGERS, Esq.,
of Blenheim, to be Revising Barrister under "The
Friendly Societies Act, 1867," for the Province of
Marlborough.

JOHN BATHGATE.

Appointment of Volunteer Officers.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th August, 1873.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to make the under-mentioned appointments,
viz.:-

In the No. 4 Company, Auckland Rifle Volunteer
Brigade.
Nathan Alfred Nathan to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date
of commission, 3rd May, 1872.

In the No. 1 Company, Auckland Rifle Volunteer
Brigade.
George Bullock to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 19th September, 1872.

In the Thames Scottish Rifle Volunteers.
Samuel Charles Schofield to be Sub - Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 24th June, 1873.

In the No. 1 (Temuka) Company, Canterbury Rifle
Volunteers.
Walter Collier Cuff to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 5th July, 1873.

In the Thames Scottish Rifle Volunteer Cadets.
Samuel Charles Schofield to be Honorary Captain.
Date of commission, 12th August, 1873.

DONALD MCLEAN.

Resignation of Volunteer Officers.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th August, 1873.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to accept the resignation of the commissions
held by the under-mentioned officers, viz. :-
Captain J. M. Carey, Wellington Highland Rifle
Volunteers.
Sub-Lieutenant T. Stewart, Thames Scottish Rifle
Volunteers.
Honorary Captain C. A. Robertson, Thames Scot-
tish Rifle Volunteer Cadets.

DONALD MCLEAN.

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted, &c.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th August, 1873.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the services of the
Otepopo Rifle Volunteer Cadets. Date of accept-
ance, 6th August, 1873.
And to alter the designation of the "Thames Rifle
Rangers Volunteer Cadets" to the "Thames
Scottish Rifle Volunteer Cadets."

DONALD MCLEAN.

Land reserved for Religious Purposes.

WHEREAS by the regulations for the sale and
disposal of lands taken under the authority
of "The New Zealand Settlements Act, 1863," and
"The New Zealand Settlements Amendment and
Continuance Act, 1865," contained in the Schedule

to an Order in Council made and issued, bearing
date the 11th of May, 1871, it is provided that
reserves for roads, and all other public purposes
whatever, and for education, and the sites for
churches and chapels or other places of worship for
different religious denominations, may be made by
Government out of any confiscated lands, and that
notices of all such reserves shall be published in the
New Zealand Gazette: It is hereby notified, that
the land specified in the Schedule hereunder written
shall be reserved for the purposes therein mentioned
and set opposite the description of the said parcel
of land respectively.

G. MAURICE O'RORKE,
Secretary for Crown Lands.

26th August, 1873.

SCHEDULE.

Description of Reserve. Purpose of Reserve.

Province of Auckland.
Allotment No. 114 of the Village
of Papakura, containing by ad-
measurement 1 rood, more or
less.

Site for a Roman Catholic
Chapel.

Report in favour of Robert Richmond by Commis-
sioner New Zealand Company's Land Claims.

New Zealand Company's
Land Claimants Office,
Wellington, 22nd August, 1873.
BY virtue of the 15th clause of the New Zealand
Company's Land Claimants Ordinance, Session
XI, No. 15, I do hereby report that it is expedient
that the legal estate in the land specified in a Report
dated the first of May, one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-one, No. 1212, published in the New
Zealand Gazette, twenty-first June, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-one, No. 30, in favour of
Robert Richmond, should be deemed to have been in
the claimant from and after the fourteenth day of
November, one thousand eight hundred and
forty-nine.

DAVID LEWIS,
Commissioner New Zealand
Company's Land Claims.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the several parcels
of land hereinafter described will be brought
under the provisions of "The Land Transfer Act,
1870," unless caveat in the meantime be lodged for-
bidding the same.

Section 22, Town of Okarito, County of Westland.
-Applicants, John Hall and William Evans, Trustees
of Estate of ROBERT MCNEE, of Hokitika, Store-
keeper. (F. A. Learmouth, Broker.)

Section 1134, Town of Hokitika, County of West-
land.--Applicant, MARGARET MILLS, wife of
Richard Mills, of Hokitika, Labourer. (G. S. W.
Dalrymple, Broker.)

Caveats in either of the above cases must be lodged
at this office within one calendar month after the
date of the Gazette containing this notice.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 15th day of August, 1873, at the Lands
Registry Office, Hokitika.

J. M. BATHAM,
District Land Registrar.
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