THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

The Inspector of Police, Napier;
The Inspector of Police, Wellington;
The Inspector of Police, Blenheim; and
The Inspector of Police, Nelson,
to frank, free from prepayment of postage, letters
and packets posted on the public service.
J. D. ORMOND.

Notice.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 28th December, 1876.

IT is hereby notified, for public information, that
the Postage on Book Packets and Pattern Parcels,
whether posted for transmission within New Zealand
or to Foreign Countries, will, on and after the 1st
of January, 1877, progress at one uniform rate for
every two ounces after the first two ounces, instead
of for every four ounces as heretofore.

By order.
W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Land reserved for Town purposes.

WHEREAS by the Regulations for the Sale and
Disposal of Lands taken under the authority
of "The New Zealand Settlements Act, 1863," and
"The New Zealand Settlements Amendment and
Continuance Act, 1865," contained in the Schedule
to an Order in Council made and issued, bearing date
the eleventh day of May, one thousand eight hun-
dred and seventy-one, it is provided that reserves
for roads, and all other public purposes whatever, and
for education, and the sites for churches and chapels
or other places of worship for different religious
denominations, may be made by Government out of
any confiscated lands, and that notices of all such
reserves shall be published in the New Zealand
Gazette: And, whereas, by section five of "The
Waste Lands Administration Act, 1876," it is pro-
vided that all Proclamations, Orders in Council, and
regulations relating to confiscated lands, and every
Waste Lands Act in force at the time of the passing
of the said Act within any land district, shall, except
so far as the same is expressly or impliedly altered
or repealed by the said "Waste Lands Administra-
tion Act, 1876," continue in force, and that no such
repeal or amendment, whether express or implied,
shall affect any contract, promise, or agreement made
by or on behalf of Her Majesty thereunder, previously
to the coming into operation of the said Waste Lands
Administration Act, and then incomplete or unful-
filled:
It is hereby notified, that, in pursuance and exer-
cise of the powers and authorities hereinbefore men-
tioned, and in fulfilment of a specific engage-
ment in that behalf, the lands specified in the
Schedule hereunder written shall be reserved for
the purposes therein mentioned and set opposite the
description of the said parcel of land.

H. A. ATKINSON,
Secretary for Crown Lands.

22nd December, 1876.

SCHEDULE.

927
Land reserved as a Site for a School.

WHEREAS by the Regulations for the Sale and
Disposal of Lands taken under the authority
of "The New Zealand Settlements Act, 1863," and
"The New Zealand Settlements Amendment and
Continuance Act, 1865," contained in the Schedule
to an Order in Council made and issued, bearing date
the eleventh day of May, one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-one, it is provided that reserves for roads
and all other public purposes whatever, and for
education, and the sites for churches and chapels or
other places of worship for different religious deno-
minations, may be made by Government out of any
confiscated lands, and that notices of all such reserves
shall be published in the New Zealand Gazette:
And whereas by section five of "The Waste Lands
Administration Act, 1876," it is provided that all
Proclamations, Orders in Council, and Regulations
relating to confiscated lands, and every Waste
Lands Act in force at the time of the passing of the
said Act within any land district, shall, except so far
as the same is expressly or impliedly altered or
repealed by the said "Waste Lands Administration
Act, 1876," continue in force, and that no such
repeal or amendment, whether express or implied,
shall affect any contract, promise, or agreement made
by or on behalf of Her Majesty thereunder, pre-
viously to the coming into operation of the said
Waste Lands Administration Act, and then incom-
plete or unfulfilled.
It is hereby notified, that, in pursuance and exer-
cise of the powers and authorities hereinbefore men-
tioned, and in fulfilment of a specific engagement in
that behalf, the land specified in the Schedule here-
under written, shall be reserved for the purpose
therein mentioned, and set opposite the description
of the said parcel of land.

H. A. ATKINSON,
Secretary for Crown Lands.

23rd December, 1876.

SCHEDULE.

Medical Referees appointed.

Government Insurance Office,
Wellington, 27th December, 1876.

THE under-mentioned gentlemen have been ap-
pointed Medical Referees under "The Govern-
ment Insurance and Annuities Act, 1874":-
THOMAS KENNEDY DOUGLAS, Esq., M.B., C.M., &c.,
Tapanui;
ROBERT MARTIN, Esq., L.R.C.P., &c., Reefton;
ALBERT ISAAC GARLAND, Esq., M.R.C.S.E., &c.,
Oamaru; and
JAMES H. BOGLE, Esq., M.B., C.M., &c., Clinton.

J. WOODWARD,
Deputy Commissioner,