THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1707

And whereas it is expedient to make certain regu-
lations applicable to the purposes of the said Act,
and to fix a day when the same shall come into
operation:

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent
of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby
make the following additional regulation for the
purposes of the said Act, as set forth in the Schedule
hereto; and, with the like advice and consent, do
hereby order and declare that the said regulation
shall come into operation on the fourth day of
December, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
eight.

SCHEDULE.

EVERY Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner shall,
within fourteen days after his appointment, take the
following oath before a Judge of the Supreme Court,
a District Court Judge, or a Registrar of the Supreme
Court :-

I, A.B., swear that I will faithfully and honestly,
and to the best of my skill and ability, perform the
duties required of me under "The Land-Tax Act,
1878."

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Commissioner under "The Ormond Military Grants

Act, 1878," appointed.

NORMANBY, Governor.

IN N pursuance of the powers vested in me by "The
Ormond Military Grants Act, 1878," I, the Go-
vernor of the Colony of New Zealand, do by this
warrant, under my hand, appoint

FREDERICK JOSEPH MOSS, Esq.,

a Member of the House of Representatives, to be a
Commissioner under the provisions of the said Act.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, at Wellington, this third day
of December, one thousand eight hun-
dred and seventy-eight.

ROBERT STOUT,
Minister of Land.

Ranger of Crown Lands for the Land District of
Wellington appointed.

NORMANBY, Governor.

WHEREAS by the seventeenth section of "The
Land Act, 1877," it is provided that the
Governor may, from time to time as he shall think
fit, appoint one or more persons within each district
to be Rangers of Crown Lands, whose duties shall
be to observe and take care that the provisions of the
said Act are complied with within the district for
which they shall be appointed, and to lay information
against such persons as may offend against the same,
and otherwise discharge such duties as the Commis-
sioner of Crown Lands shall appoint:

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in pursuance of the power and
authority in me vested by the said Act, do hereby
appoint

ROBERT BYDDER

to be a Ranger of Crown Lands for the Land District
of Wellington.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this third day of December,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
eight.

ROBERT STOUT,
Minister of Land.

Land temporarily reserved in the Provincial District

of Otago.

NORMANBY, Governor.

WHEREAS by the one hundred and forty-fourth
section of "The Land Act, 1877," it is enacted
that the Governor may from time to time, either by
general or particular description, and whether the
same has been surveyed or not, reserve from sale
temporarily, notwithstanding that the same may be
then held under pastoral license, any Crown lands
which in his opinion are required for any of the pur-
poses in the said section mentioned:

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the
powers and authorities vested in me by the said Act,
do hereby temporarily reserve from sale the land in
the Provincial District of Otago described in the
Schedule hereunder written, for the purposes in the
said Schedule specified.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Provincial District of Otago,
containing by admeasurement two (2) acres two (2)
roods and sixteen (16) poles, more or less, situate in
the Maerewhenua District, being part of Section num-
bered 15, Block IV., on the map of the said district.
Bounded towards the North-east by a road line, four
hundred and forty (440) links; towards the East by
part of Section numbered 1, five hundred and twelve
(512) links; towards the South by the Maerewhenua
River, four hundred and twenty (420) links; and
towards the West by a road line and part of Section
numbered 8, seven hundred and sixty (760) links.

For a school site.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this fourth day of December,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
eight.

ROBERT STOUT.

Land temporarily reserved in the Provincial District

of Auckland.

NORMANBY, Governor.

WHEREAS by the one hundred and forty-fourth
section of "The Land Act, 1877," it is enacted
that the Governor may from time to time, either by
general or particular description, and whether the
same has been surveyed or not, reserve from sale
temporarily, notwithstanding that the same may be
then held under pastoral license, any Crown lands
which in his opinion are required for any of the
purposes in the said section mentioned:

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the
powers and authorities vested in me by the said Act,
do hereby temporarily reserve from sale the land in
the Provincial District of Auckland described in the
Schedule hereunder written, for the purpose in the
said Schedule specified.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land containing by admeasurement
twelve (12) acres three (3) roods, more or less, and
being Lot No. 106 of Suburban Section 6, Parish of
Waitemata. Bounded on the North-east by a road,
five hundred and eighty (580) links; on the East by a
road, one thousand three hundred and thirty (1330)
links; on the South-west by the northern portion of
Lot No. 107, Suburban Section No. 6 aforesaid, one
thousand and five (1005) links; and on the North-
west by Lot No. 105 of Suburban Section No. 6