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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

that such annexation be not made, then the same
shall not be made.
CHARLES C. BOWEN,
(for the Colonial Secretary).

SCHEDULE.
BOUNDARIES AND DESCRIPTION OF THE LANDS PRO-
POSED TO BE ANNEXED TO THE BOROUGH OF
BLENHEIM, IN THE PROVINCE OF MARLBOROUGH.
COMPRISING Sections numbered 2, 4, 6, part of 5, and
Road Reserve numbered 196, all in the District of
Omaka, as shown on the map of the said district in
the Survey Office, Blenheim, and containing five
hundred and fifty (550) acres or thereabouts; com-
mencing at the south-eastern corner of Section num-
bered 1 in the said district, and bounded towards the
East by a public road seventy-five (75) links in width,
and bearing 161° 22′ magnetic for a distance of five
thousand five hundred (5500) links; thence towards
the South by a public road also seventy-five (75)
links in width, and bearing 251° 22′ magnetic for a
distance of eight thousand four hundred (8400) links;
thence towards the West by the western boundaries
of Sections numbered 6 and part of 5 in the said Dis-
trict of Omaka, and bearing 341° 22′ magnetic to the
Omaka River; thence towards the North by the
Omaka River to the western boundary of Section
numbered 3 in the said District of Omaka; thence
again towards the East by that boundary line, and
bearing 161° 22′ magnetic to the south-western
corner of said Section numbered 3 in the said Dis-
trict of Omaka; thence again towards the North by
a line forming the southern boundary of said Section
numbered 3 and Section numbered 1 in the said Dis-
trict of Omaka, and bearing 71° 22′ magnetic for a
distance of five thousand six hundred (5600) links,
to the starting point at the south-eastern corner of
said Section numbered 1 in the said District of
Omaka.

Returning Officers appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 1st November, 1875.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the under-mentioned gentlemen to be
Returning Officers for the election of Members of
the House of Representatives for the Districts set
opposite their names, viz.,-
WM. NICHOLAS SEARANCKE, Esq. Waipa,
BELFIELD WOOLLCOMBE, Esq. Geraldine.
CHARLES C. BOWEN,
(in the absence of the Colonial Secretary).

Letters of Naturalization issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 4th November, 1875.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
issue Letters of Naturalization, under "The
Aliens Act, 1866," in favour of the under-mentioned
persons, viz.,-

Name.
Henry Leon
Charles Hilgrudorf
Sigvardt Rynning
Peter Matzen
Willem Mouton

Occupation.
Providore
Hotelkeeper
Settler
Master Mariner
Carpenter

Residence.
Onehunga.
Waihola, Otago.
Stirling, Otago.
Auckland.
Wellington.

CHAS. C. BOWEN,
(in the absence of the Colonial Secretary).
Examiners of Titles, District Land Registrar, and
Registrar of Deeds appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 1st November, 1875.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
ANDREW TURNBULL, Esq.,
to be Examiner of Titles for the Wellington Land
Registration District, vice Edward Stafford, Esq.,
resigned;
EDWIN BAMFORD, Esq.,
to be Examiner of Titles for the Nelson Land
Registration District, vice A. Turnbull, Esq., trans-
ferred; and
CHARLES MASTERMAN HENNING, Esq.,
to be District Land Registrar and Examiner of Titles
for the Marlborough Land Registration District, and
Registrar of Deeds for the Marlborough Deeds
Registration District, vice E. Bamford, Esq., trans-
ferred.

CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Registrar Supreme Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 1st November, 1875.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
EDWIN BAMFORD, Esq.,
to be Registrar, at Nelson, of the Supreme Court,
vice A. Turnbull, Esq., transferred.

CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Clerk of Resident Magistrate's and Licensing Courts
appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 1st November, 1875.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
GEORGE ARNOLD BARKER
to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate's Court at
Arrow, and Clerk of the Licensing Courts for the
Licensing Districts of Arrow and Cardrona, vice
J. F. Healey.
CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Clerk in Department of Justice appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 4th November, 1875.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
GEORGE VAN HEYTHUYSEN, Esq.,
to be a Clerk in the Department of Justice. This
appointment takes effect from the 1st July, 1875.

CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Clerks in Land Transfer Office appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 2nd November, 1875.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
GEORGE STURTEVANT, Esq.,
to be Chief Clerk and Draftsman; and
RICHARD JOSHUA DEBNEY, Esq.,
to be a Clerk in the Land Transfer Office, Auckland.
Mr. Sturtevant's appointment dates from the 1st