THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 671

order a rehearing of any such matter so heard and
decided as aforesaid, and all the provisions of the
said Act respecting rehearings, so far as applicable,
shall extend to any rehearing ordered under the said
Amendment Act: Provided that such application
shall in each case have been made within six months
from the date of the decision of the Court in such
case:

And whereas at a sitting of the Native Land Court
of New Zealand, at Gisborne, in the East Coast Dis-
trict, in the Province of Auckland, on the eighteenth
day of June, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
five, the claim of Anaru Matete, Keita Waere, Paora
Puhia, and others, aboriginal natives of New Zealand,
to a piece of land called "Okirau," situate at Poverty
Bay, in the said district, was heard and decided, and a
certain order was thereupon made by the said Court:

And whereas on or about the twenty-first day of
August, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five,
an application was made to the said Court, by and on
behalf of certain aboriginal natives claiming to have
an interest in the said land, for a rehearing of the
said claim, and it is expedient that the said claim
should be reheard before the said Court:

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in
exercise and pursuance of the above-recited power,
and by and with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of New Zealand, doth hereby
order and direct that the said claim of certain ab-
original natives to the piece of land aforesaid shall be
reheard as and in the manner provided by "The
Native Land Act, 1873," and doth also order that
such rehearing shall take place within twelve months
from the said twenty-first day of August, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-five.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Provincial Ordinance of Taranaki assented to by the
Governor.

colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 23rd October, 1875.

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

"The Patea Educational Reserves Trust Ordi-
nance, 1875,"

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

DANIEL POLLEN.

Registration Officers appointed under "The Repre-
sentation Act, 1875."

colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 22nd October, 1875.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the following gentlemen to be the
Officers to form New Electoral Rolls for the Dis-
tricts set opposite their names, as constituted by
"The Representation Act, 1875" :-

Name. District.
William Lawrence Simpson... Dunstan.
John Nugent Wood ... Waikaia.
Richmond Beetham ... Wakatipu.
William Reid ... Port Chalmers.
William Parker Street ... Roslyn.
James Fulton ... Taieri.
William Horton Revell ... Grey Valley.
Joseph Giles ... Buller.
Frank Guinness ... Collingwood.

Name. District.
William John Warburton } City of Christchurch.
Hamilton
William Nicholas Searancke... Waikato.
" " Waipa.
Belfield Woollcombe " ... Timaru.
" " ... Geraldine.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Second Clerk Assistant to the House of Representatives
appointed.

colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 27th October, 1875.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

HENRY OTTERSON, Esq.,
to be Second Clerk Assistant to the House of Repre-
sentatives.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Decorative Distinction conferred.

colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 22nd October, 1875.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
award the Decorative Distinction instituted by
Order in Council, dated tenth March, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-nine, to

ISAAC EARL FEATHERSTON, Esq., Companion of
the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael
and Saint George,

whose claim to the same has been submitted to His
Excellency on account of his meritorious and intrepid
services during the campaign under Major-General
Chute, C.B., on the west coast of the North Island,
of 1865-6, and more particularly at the storming and
capture of the formidable Pa, "Otapawa," on the
13th January, 1866.

DONALD MCLEAN.

Changing Names of Bonding Warehouses.

CUSTOMS. - In pursuance of the powers in me for
this purpose vested by "The Customs Regula-
tion Act, 1858," I, the Commissioner of Customs,
do hereby change the names of the under-mentioned
Warehouses, viz.,-

Port of Riverton.
The building situate on Section 1, Block 1, Pal-
merston Street, and heretofore known as

WILSON AND Co.'s BOND,
to

PETCHELL AND BELL'S BOND.

Port of Invercargill.
The building situate on Section 20, Block 1, in
Dee Street, and heretofore known as

to

Ross's BOND,

MCPHERSON'S BOND.

Given under my hand at Wellington, this
twenty-second day of October, one thou-
sand eight hundred and seventy-five.

WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS,
Commissioner of Customs.

Commissioner's Order No. 87.]