THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 911

District, and that the said meeting shall be held in
the Taranaki Institute, at New Plymouth.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this fifteenth day of December, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-six.
Approved in Council.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Times of Meetings of the Waste Lands Board of the
Land District of Marlborough.

NORMANBY, Governor.

WHEREAS by the first subsection of section
twenty-six of "The Waste Lands Adminis-
tration Act, 1876," it is provided that the Waste
Land Boards of the respective land districts shall sit
at the Land Office in the principal town of the land
district, at certain times to be determined by the
Board and approved of by the Governor, and pub-
lished in the New Zealand Gazette:

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of New Zealand,
in exercise of the power and authority vested in me
in that behalf by "The Waste Lands Administration
Act, 1876," do hereby fix and determine that the
ordinary meetings of the Waste Lands Board of the
Land District of Marlborough shall be held at the
Principal Land Office, at Blenheim, on the first Mon-
day in every month, at eleven o'clock a.m.: Pro-
vided that, whenever the same shall fall on the 1st
January, Easter Monday, Queen's Birthday, Prince
of Wales' Birthday, Christmas Day, the 26th Decem-
ber, or any proclaimed holiday, or in the event of
there being no quorum present at the time before
specified, the Board shall sit on the following Mon-
day, at eleven o'clock a.m.

As witness the hand of His Excellency, this
eighteenth day of December, one thou-
sand eight hundred and seventy-six.

H. A. ATKINSON.

Appointment of a Minister for Public Works for the
purposes of "The Public Works Act, 1876."

Executive Council Chamber,
Wellington, 13th December, 1876.

HIS Excellency the Governor has this day been
pleased to appoint

The Hon. EDWARD RICHARDSON,

being a Member of the Executive Council of the
Colony of New Zealand, as and to be the Minister
for Public Works for the purposes of "The Public
Works Act, 1876."

By command.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Returning Officers for Waiapu and Te Arai Ridings
appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 13th December, 1876.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

WALTER EDWARD GUDGEON, Esq.,

to be Returning Officer for the Riding of Waiapu, in
the County of Cook, vice James Hunter Campbell,
Esq., resigned; and

Sergeant-Major THOMAS BAKER, A.C.,

to be Returning Officer for the Riding of Te Arai, in
the County of Cook, vice Walter Edward Gudgeon,
Esq., resigned.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Mayor re-elected.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 15th December, 1876.

IT is hereby notified, that, in conformity with clause
133 of "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1867,"
the name of the under-mentioned person has been
sent in to this office by the Town Clerk as having been
re-elected Mayor for the Borough set opposite his
name:—

GEORGE SCARBROUGH—Akaroa.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Letters of Naturalization issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 20th December, 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.,—

H. A. ATKINSON,
(for the Colonial Secretary).

By-law of Palmerston North Local Board.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 20th December, 1876.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
approve a By-law made by the Palmerston
North Local Board, adopting the following subdivi-
sions of "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1867 ":—

Part I.: Subdivisons (1), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7),
(8), and (9).
The whole of Part II.
Part V.: Subdivision (2).
The whole of Parts VI., VIII., IX., and XI.

H. A. ATKINSON,
(for the Colonial Secretary).

Alteration of Rules.

Department of Justice (Education Branch),
Wellington, 18th December, 1876.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
approve of the following alteration in No. 4 of
the Rules and Regulations of the Patea Education
Board, viz.,—

For "Two weeks at Christmas," read "Three
weeks at Christmas."

H. A. ATKINSON,
(for the Minister of Justice).

Appointment of Volunteer Officer.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th December, 1876.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to make the under-mentioned appointment:—

In the No. 3 Company, Auckland Rifle Volunteers.
Denis Kelly to be Lieutenant. Date of commission,
23rd September, 1875.

DANIEL POLLEN.
(for the Native Minister).