THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 611

Fergusson, Baronet, the Governor of New Zealand,
do hereby cancel and annul the definition of the
limits of the Port of Shortland made by Warrant
under the hand of the Governor dated the twentieth
day of November, in the year of our Lord one thou-
sand eight hundred and sixty-eight, and do hereby
order that for the purposes of "The Marine Act,
1867," the seaward limits of the said port shall be

A circle of five nautic miles radius from Opani
Point:

And I do further order that the port thus defined
shall hereafter be called

THE PORT OF THAMES.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Right Honorable Sir James Fergusson,
Baronet, a Member of Her Majesty's Most
Honorable Privy Council, 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 seventh day of Septem-
ber, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-four.

WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS.

Hon. H. A. Atkinson appointed a Member of the Executive Council.

Executive Council Chambers,
Wellington, 7th September, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

The Honorable HARRY ALBERT ATKINSON
to be a Member of the Executive Council; and His
Excellency directs it to be notified that that gentle-
man has taken the necessary oaths.

By command.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Appointment of Honorable H. A. Atkinson as Secretary for Crown Lands.

Private Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 7th September, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the following appointment, viz.,-

The Honorable HARRY ALBERT ATKINSON
to be Secretary for Crown Lands.

By command.

FRANCIS A. HARE,
Private Secretary.

Appointment of Hon. H. A. Atkinson as Land Claims Commissioner.

Government Buildings,
Wellington, 7th September, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to appoint

The Honorable HARRY ALBERT ATKINSON
to be a Land Claims Commissioner, under "The
Land Claims Settlement Act, 1856," and "The Land
Claims Settlement Extension Act, 1858."

By command.

JULIUS VOGEL.

Minister for Immigration appointed.

Private Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 10th September, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Governor has this day been
pleased to appoint

The Honorable HARRY ALBERT ATKINSON
to be Minister for Immigration, vice the Hon. Julius
Vogel, C.M.G., whose resignation of that office His
Excellency has accepted.

By command.

K. FERGUSSON, A.D.C.,
(for the Private Secretary).

Provincial Ordinances left to their operation.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 9th September, 1874.

THE following Ordinances, passed by the Provincial
Council, and assented to by the Superintendent
of Westland on behalf of the Governor, intituled

"The Education Ordinance, 1874;"

"The Trespass and Impounding Ordinance,
1874;"

"The Appropriation Ordinance, 1874;" and
"The Hokitika Street Closing Ordinance, 1874,"

having been laid before the Governor, His Excellency
has not been advised to exercise his power of dis-
allowance in respect of the same.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Vice-Consul for Germany at Dunedin appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 9th September, 1874.

IT is hereby notified, that Her Majesty's Principal
Secretary of State for the Colonies has author-
ized His Excellency the Governor to recognize the
appointment of

Mr. EDWARD PRYCE HOUGHTON
as Vice-Consul for Germany at Dunedin, during
the absence of Mr. Henry Houghton, the German
Consul.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Public Vaccinator appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 7th September, 1874.

IT is hereby notified for public information, that,
under the provisions of "The Public Health Act,
1872," His Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to appoint the under-mentioned gentleman to be a
Public Vaccinator to perform gratuitous vaccination
in accordance with the provisions of the said Act,
and any regulations made or to be made thereunder,
for the Districts mentioned in the Schedule hereto,
and set opposite his name.

DANIEL POLLEN.

SCHEDULE.
PROVINCE OF AUCKLAND.
W. Worker, Esq. ... Albertland and Mangawai.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages &c. appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 4th September, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

THOMAS HOWLEY, Esq.,
to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages, and