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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

MATTHEW HAY, Esq., Mayor of Lawrence;
BENJAMIN NAYLOR, Esq., Mayor of Clyde; and
KEITH RAMSAY, Esq., Mayor of Dunedin,
to be Justices of the Peace under "The Otago
Municipal Corporations Empowering Act, 1865.”

G. MAURICE O'RORKE,
Acting Minister of Justice.

Volunteer Corps disbanded.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th August, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
disband the under-mentioned Volunteer Corps,
viz.,-
The No. 2 Company, Canterbury Engineer Volun-
teers, and
The No. 2 Company, Canterbury Rifle Volunteers.

DONALD MCLEAN.

Appointment of Volunteer Officers.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th August, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to the under-mentioned promotion and
appointment in

The Canterbury High School Rifle Volunteer
Cadet Corps.

Honorary Lieutenant James Ronaldson Thornton to
be Honorary Captain. Date of commission, 10th
July, 1874.
Alfred Dawson to be Honorary Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 10th July, 1874.

DONALD MCLEAN.

Vice-President, Auckland Savings Bank, appointed.

Treasury,
Wellington, 7th August, 1874.

IT is notified for public information, that the Trus-
tees have elected

WILLIAM CHISHOLM WILSON, Esq.,
Vice-President of the Auckland Savings Bank, vice
William Rattray, deceased.

JULIUS VOGEL.

Member of House of Representatives elected.

Clerk of the Writs' Office,
Wellington, 8th August, 1874.

THE Clerk of the Writs has received a Return
to the Writ issued by him on the 2nd day of
July, 1874, for the election of a Member to serve
in the House of Representatives of New Zealand
for the Electoral District hereinafter specified; and
by the indorsement on such Writ it appears that the
under-mentioned gentleman has been duly elected
Member for such District, viz.,-

For the District of Waitemata :
GUSTAVE VON DER HEYDE.

G. S. COOPER,
Clerk of the Writs.

Appointment of Cadet in Stamp Office, Christchurch.

Office of the Commissioner of Stamps,
Wellington, 11th August, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to appoint

EDWARD SPENCER BARHAM BELL
Cadet in the Office of the Deputy Commissioner of

Stamps, Christchurch, vice W. Hartland, resigned.
This appointment to date on and from the 1st instant.
By order of the Commissioner of Stamps.

E. BRANDON.

Deputy Commissioner of Stamps appointed.

Office of the Commissioner of Stamps,
Wellington, 11th August, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

THOMAS FRANCIS WINSTANLEY, Esq.,
to be Deputy Commissioner of Stamp Duties for the
Province of Marlborough, vice J. Barleyman, Esq.,
resigned. This appointment to date on and from the
1st instant.
By order of the Commissioner of Stamps.

E. BRANDON.

Notice to Land Claimants of the Half-caste Race.

Court of Land Claims,
Wellington, 11th August, 1874.

NOTICE is hereby given, that all claims to land
which have been preferred before the Land
Claims Court by persons of the half-caste race have
been transferred to the Native Land Court, where
they will be heard as ordinary Native claims; and all
such claimants are hereby desired to make applica-
tion to the Native Land Court for the hearing of
their claims, in the manner prescribed by "The
Native Land Act, 1873."

G. MAURICE O'RORKE,
Land Claims Commissioner.

Land Sale under "The New Zealand Settlements Act,
1863."

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION. - Under and in pursu-
ance of the powers vested in me as Commissioner
appointed by His Excellency the Governor to carry
out the Regulations for the Sale of Lands taken for
Settlement under "The New Zealand Settlements
Act, 1863," in the Province of Auckland, I do hereby
notify that the Town, Suburban, and Special Rural
Lands specified in the Schedule hereunder written,
will be offered for Sale by public auction, in accord-
ance with the said Regulations, at the Waikato
Lands Office, Auckland, at Noon, on Tuesday, the
29th day of September, 1874.

DANIEL POLLEN,
Commissioner.

SCHEDULE.
| No. of Lot. | Area. A. R. P. | Upset Price. £ s. d. | No. of Lot. | Area. A. R. P. | Upset Price. £ s. d. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Town of Tauranga. | | | | | |
| Section No. 1. | | | | | |
| 4 | 0 0 16 | 50 0 0 | 260 | 0 1 0 | 15 0 0 |
| 5 | 0 0 16 | 50 0 0 | 261 | 0 1 0 | 15 0 0 |
| 248 | 0 0 16 | 50 0 0 | 262 | 0 0 39 | 15 0 0 |
| 249 | 0 0 12 | 40 0 0 | 263 | 0 0 36 | 15 0 0 |
| 250 | 0 0 12 | 40 0 0 | 265 | 0 1 0 | 15 0 0 |
| 251 | 0 0 16 | 50 0 0 | 266 | 0 1 0 | 15 0 0 |
| Section No. 2. | | | 267 | 0 1 0 | 15 0 0 |
| 270 | 0 1 0 | 15 0 0 | 268 | 0 1 0 | 15 0 0 |
| 203 | 0 1 0 | 25 0 0 | 790 | 0 1 0 | 15 0 0 |
| 204 | 0 1 0 | 20 0 0 | 791 | 0 1 0 | 15 0 0 |
| 215 | 0 1 14 | 25 0 0 | 792 | 0 1 0 | 15 0 0 |
| 216 | 0 1 0 | 20 0 0 | 793 | 0 1 0 | 15 0 0 |
| 217 | 0 1 0 | 20 0 0 | 794 | 0 1 0 | 15 0 0 |
| 218 | 0 1 0 | 20 0 0 | 795 | 0 1 0 | 15 0 0 |
| 219 | 0 1 0 | 25 0 0 | 800 | 0 1 0 | 15 0 0 |
| 249 | 0 1 0 | 20 0 0 | 801 | 0 1 0 | 15 0 0 |
| 254 | 0 1 0 | 15 0 0 | 802 | 0 1 0 | 15 0 0 |
| 255 | 0 1 0 | 15 0 0 | 803 | 0 1 0 | 15 0 0 |
| 256 | 0 1 0 | 15 0 0 | 804 | 0 1 0 | 15 0 0 |
| 257 | 0 1 0 | 15 0 0 | 805 | 0 1 0 | 15 0 0 |
| 258 | 0 1 0 | 15 0 0 | 806 | 0 1 0 | 15 0 0 |