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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Land taken for the Purpose of a Road.

IT is hereby notified, for public information, that
His Excellency the Governor, in pursuance and
exercise of all powers and authorities in that behalf
enabling him, hath caused the road described in the
First Schedule hereto to be taken and laid down on
the land specified in the grant mentioned in the
Second Schedule hereto.

Dated at Wellington, this 29th day of November,
1876.

H. A. ATKINSON,
Secretary for Crown Lands.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

A ROAD fifty links wide, the centre commencing at a
block thirty-one and a half links, and on a bearing of
91° from the eastern corner of Section No. 12,
Masterton Suburban Sections; running from the
said block, on a bearing of 129° 26", five hundred and
eighty-seven links, through a Native Reserve to the
north-western boundary of the Mangaakuta Block;
and continuing from thence on the following
bearings and distances, 142° 44", one thousand
four hundred and thirty-five links; 140° 17", one
thousand seven hundred and sixty-nine links; 225°
38", two thousand three hundred and fifty links;
167° 40", one thousand four hundred and eighty-one
and a half links; 171° 12", nine hundred and eighty-
eight links, to the southern boundary of the said
Mangaakuta Block.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

GRANT THROUGH WHICH THE SURVEYED LINE OF
ROAD, FIFTY LINKS WIDE, RUNS.

Member of Executive Council appointed.

Executive Council Chambers,
Wellington, 28th November, 1876.

HIS Excellency the Governor has this day been
pleased to appoint

The Hon. HORI KARAKA TAWITI
to be a Member of the Executive Council; and his
Excellency directs it to be notified that that gentle-
man has taken the necessary oath.

By command.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Mayor elected.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 24th November, 1876.

IT is hereby notified that, in conformity with clause
133 of "The Otago Municipal Corporations
Empowering Act, 1865," the name of the following
person has been sent in to this office by the Town
Clerk as having been elected Mayor of the borough
set opposite his name:—

ANDREW ALLAN—Tapanui.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 24th November, 1876.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

WILLIAM ST. GEORGE DOUGLAS, Esq.,
to be the Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages,
and also Vaccination Inspector, for the District of
Charleston, as the same is defined in Proclamation of
the 8th day of May, 1873, and published in the New
Zealand Gazette, No. 28, of the 9th day of May, 1873.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Letters of Naturalization issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 30th November, 1876.

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. | Occupation. | Residence. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean Claude Vacherand | Farmer... | Nelson. |
| Herman Frederiksen | Ditto | Eketahuna, Wel- lington. |
| Gustaf Bengtson | Ditto | Ditto. |
| Nis Lund | Ditto | Ditto. |
| Bernt Syversen | Ditto | Ditto. |

DANIEL POLLEN.

Free Pardon.

NORMANBY, Governor.

NOTICE.
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 21st November, 1876.

WHEREAS it is supposed that the premises of
Messrs. Fortune and Black, Bakers, of Has-
tings Street, Napier, were set on Fire on Friday, the
3rd day of November instant, by the act of Incen-
diaries:

This is to notify that His Excellency the Governor
will grant a Free Pardon to any person implicated in
the said act, not being a principal offender, who shall
give such information as will lead to the apprehension
and conviction of any one or more of the other of-
fenders.

DANIEL POLLEN,
(for the Minister of Justice).

Members of Licensing Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 24th November, 1876.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

JAMES SMITH, Esq., J.P.,
to be a Member of the Licensing Courts for the
District of Lawrence and Town of Lawrence, vice
A. Christopher, Esq., resigned; and

WILLIAM SIMPSON SMITH, Esq.,
to be a Member of the Licensing Courts for the
Districts of Greymouth, Coaldale, and Paroa, vice
J. Greenwood, Esq., resigned.

DANIEL POLLEN,
(for the Minister of Justice).