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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Assent withheld from Provincial Ordinances of Otago.

to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate's Court for
the District of Okarito; and Clerk of the Licensing
Courts for the Districts of Haast, Weheka, Town of
Okarito and Wataroa, vice T. Sugrue.

CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Engineer Surveyor and Inspector of Steamers
appointed.

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 25th August, 1875.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

ALEXANDER CRAWFORD

to be an Engineer Surveyor and Inspector of
Steamers for the Colony of New Zealand.

WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

No. 16 of 1875.

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 23rd August, 1875.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from
the Portmaster at Brisbane, is published for
general information.

WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS.

MASTHEAD ISLAND AND DETACHED REEF.
Error in Position.

THE correct position of Masthead Island and the
detached reef has been ascertained by Staff Com-
mander Bedwell, R.N., the Admiralty Surveyor, to
be 3 miles W. by S. from that assigned to it upon the
present charts; thus narrowing the channel between
Cape Capricorn and the detached reef by that
distance.

G. P. HEATH, Commander R.N.,
Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 27th July, 1875.
Portmaster.

Native Title extinguished over Kopuapoto Block.

Native Office,
Wellington, 19th August, 1875.

IT is hereby notified, that the Native title has been
extinguished over the block of land whereof the
boundaries are mentioned or described in the Schedule
hereunto annexed.

DONALD MCLEAN.

SCHEDULE.
PROVINCE OF AUCKLAND, KOPUAPOTO BLOCK.

ALL that parcel of land situated on the Thames
River, containing thirty-six acres, more or less;
bounded towards the North-east by the Thames River;
towards the South-east by the Tamahore Block, 769
links, 169 links, and 2091 links; towards the South-
west by the Tahanui Block, 1480 links; and towards
the North-west by the Tahanui Block aforesaid,
3264 links.

Inspector of Machinery appointed.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 25th August, 1875.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

ALEXANDER CRAWFORD

to be Inspector of Machinery for the Otago District.

EDWARD RICHARDSON.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 25th August, 1875.

THE following Ordinances, passed by the Provincial
Council, and reserved by the Superintendent of
Otago for the signification of the Governor's pleasure
thereon, intituled

"The Invercargill Town Hall Site Ordinance,
1875;"

"The Invercargill Public Offices Ordinance,
1875;" and

"The Gaol Street Diversion Ordinance, 1875,"

having been laid before the Governor, His Excellency
has been pleased to withhold his assent from the
same.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Mayor re-elected.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 24th August, 1875.

IT is hereby notified that, in conformity with clause
3 of "The Otago Municipal Corporations Em-
powering Act, 1865," the name of the under-men-
tioned person has been sent in to this office by the
Town Clerk, as having been re-elected Mayor for the
place set opposite his name:-

JOHN BEIGHTON—Roxburgh.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Mayor elected.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 25th August, 1875.

IT is hereby notified that, in conformity with clause
3 of "The Otago Municipal Corporations Em-
powering Act, 1865," the name of the following
person has been sent in to this office by the Town
Clerk, as having been elected Mayor for the place
set opposite his name, viz.,-

ROBERT CRAMOND—Balclutha.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Clerk of District Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 19th August, 1875.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

BORTHWICK ROBERT BAIRD, Esq.,

to be Clerk at Cromwell of the District Court of the
Otago Gold Fields.

CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Members of Licensing Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 23rd August, 1875.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

JOHN CLERVAUX CHAYTOR, Esq., and
JOSEPH ROWE GARD, Esq.,

to be Members of the Licensing Courts for the
Licensing Districts of Queen Charlotte Sound, and
Town of Picton, vice the Hon. W. D. H. Baillie, J.P.,
and A. P. Seymour, Esq., J.P.

CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Clerk Resident Magistrate's Court and Licensing
Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 25th August, 1875.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

WILLIAM BLANE