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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

one of Her Majesty's Executive Council in New
Zealand, to preside at all meetings of the said
Council in my absence.

Given under the hand of His Excellency
the Most Honorable George Augustus
Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, Earl
of Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby, and
Baron Mulgrave of Mulgrave, all in the
County of York, in the Peerage of the
United Kingdom; and Baron Mulgrave
of New Ross, in the County of Wexford,
in the Peerage of Ireland; a Member of
Her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy
Council; Knight Commander of the Most
Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and
Saint George; Governor and Commander-
in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony
of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and
Vice-Admiral of the same; and issued
under the Seal of the said Colony, at
Auckland, this twenty-second day of
February, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-six.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Land Reserved for School Purposes, Westland.

NORMANBY, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and
authority in me vested in this behalf by the
Regulations for the Sale and Disposal of Waste Lands
in the Province of Westland, I hereby reserve the
lands in the said Province of Westland, the bound-
aries whereof are described in the Schedule hereunto
annexed, for the uses of the Colonial Government,
and other public purposes, as in the Schedule is more
particularly specified.

SCHEDULE.

No. 134 (in red). - Three acres one rood and fifteen
perches, more or less, situate in the town of Hokitika.
Bounded on the South-westward by Ross Street, six
hundred and eighty-six links; on the South-eastward
by Rolleston Street, nine hundred and six links; on
the North-eastward by Spencer Street, five hundred
links; and on the North-westward by Sale Street,
four hundred and thirty-six links; and comprising
Sections numbered 3400, 3401, 3402, 3403, 3404, 3405,
3406, 3407, 3408, 3399, 3398, 3397, 3396, and 3395-
For School Purposes.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Most Honorable George Augustus Con-
stantine, Marquis of Normanby, Earl of
Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby, and Baron
Mulgrave of Mulgrave, all in the County
of York, in the Peerage of the United
Kingdom; and Baron Mulgrave of New
Ross, in the County of Wexford, in the
Peerage of Ireland; a Member of Her
Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Coun-
cil; Knight Commander of the Most
Distinguished Order of Saint Michael
and Saint George; Governor and Com-
mander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's
Colony of New Zealand and its Depen-
dencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same;
at Auckland, this twenty-first day of
February, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-six.

H. A. ATKINSON.

Mayor elected.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th February, 1876.

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 re-elected Mayor for the place
set opposite his name, viz.,-

JAMES SAMSON-Alexandra.
CHARLES C. BOWEN,
(in the absence of the Colonial Secretary).

Resignation of Registration and Returning Officer
accepted.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 29th February, 1876.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to accept the resignation by

WILLIAM REID, Esq.,
of his appointments as Registration and Returning
Officer for the Election of Members of the House of
Representatives for the District of Port Chalmers.

H. A. ATKINSON,
(in the absence of the Colonial Secretary).

Tenders for Banking business.

TENDERS are invited for the conduct of the
Banking business of the New Zealand Govern-
ment: such tenders to be sent in on or before the
20th April, 1876.

Any agreement entered into to be terminable by
either party on six months' notice given to the other,
and to be subject to the following conditions, viz.,-

AS TO DEPOSITS.

1. All moneys which the New Zealand Govern-
   ment has to deposit shall be deposited with the
   Bank by which its business is conducted : Provided :-
   (1.) That the Government shall be at liberty,
   whenever its credit balance in London shall
   exceed one million pounds sterling, to de-
   posit such excess in some other Bank.
   (2.) That the Government shall at any time be
   at liberty to invest any part of its credit
   balance in London or in the colony in
   interest-bearing securities.
   (3.) That the Government shall have the right to
   remove from its bankers the whole moneys
   lying to its credit in their hands, either in
   London or in the colony, should it at any time
   consider the position of the Bank unsafe.

2. The Bank shall at each of its branches accept
   deposits of any amount for credit of the local Public
   Account, the Receiver-General's Deposit Account,
   the Postmaster-General's Account, and such other
   accounts as may be required; and shall, for every sum
   deposited, give a receipt in regulation form, and in the
   office pass-book of the officer depositing the same.

3. All deposits for credit of the local Public
   Account, or the Postmaster-General's Account, made
   at any of the branch offices of the Bank in the colony,
   shall be transferred to the credit of the Public Ac-
   count or the Postmaster-General's Account at Wel-
   lington on every Saturday after the close of business,
   unless for special and exceptional reasons such trans-
   fers should require to be made on some other day, in
   which case such transfers shall be made as the Colo-
   nial Treasurer or the Postmaster-General shall direct.

4. All sums paid to the local Public Account at
   Wellington shall be transferred to the Public Ac-
   count as required in the preceding clause.

5. All deposits for credit of the Receiver-General's
   Deposit Account, made at any of the branch offices
   of the Bank in the colony, shall be transferred to the