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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

as the same is delineated on the map of the Chief
Surveyor of the Provincial District of Canterbury,
setting out and describing the rural land in the
Hororata District aforesaid: save and excepting Sec-
tion numbered 1074 (in red), situate in the above-
described Sections.

IRWIN C. MALING,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Order in Council, and the appointment of H. T.
Clarke, Esq., a Commissioner thereunder, revoked.

NORMANBY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House; at Auckland, this
eighth day of April, 1878.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Order in Council bearing date
the twenty-third day of January, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-eight, Henry Tacy Clarke,
of Auckland, Esquire, was appointed a Commissioner
to make a certain inquiry, and with certain powers in
the said Order in Council mentioned: And whereas
it is expedient that the appointment of the said
Henry Tacy Clarke should be revoked:

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of all
powers enabling me in that behalf, do hereby, with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council of
the Colony, revoke the said recited Order in Council,
and the appointment of the said Henry Tacy Clarke
to be a Commissioner thereunder.

IRWIN C. MALING,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Wardens for Taratahi-Carterton Highway District
elected.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 12th April, 1878.

NOTICE has been received at this office, under
the hand of the Returning Officer, Mr. E. R.
Jones, that the under-mentioned gentlemen have
been duly elected Wardens of the Taratahi-Carterton
Highway District, for the wards placed opposite to
their respective names:-

No. 1 Ward—Mr. John Reynolds.
No. 2 Ward—Mr. Andrew McKenzie.
No. 3 Ward—Mr. Lewis Nix.
No. 4 Ward—Mr. Eli Strawbridge.
No. 5 Ward—Mr. Robert Welch.
No. 6 Ward—Mr. William Booth, jun.
No. 7 Ward—Mr. William Corpe.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Wardens elected for Masterton Highway District.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 17th April, 1878.

NOTICE has been received at this office, under the
hand of Mr. R. Wilsone, the Returning Officer,
that the under-mentioned persons have been elected
Wardens for the Wards of Masterton Highway
District placed opposite their respective names :—

No. 1 Ward—Mr. CHARLES MINCHIN.
No. 2 Ward—Mr. JOSEPH BENNETT.
No. 3 Ward—Mr. THOMAS E. CHAMBERLAIN.
No. 4 Ward—Mr. NORMAN BEETHAM.
No. 5 Ward—Mr. WALTER CLERK BUCHANAN.
No. 6 Ward—Mr. F. G. MOORE.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Certificated Accountant in Bankruptcy appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 11th April, 1878.

IT is hereby notified that Mr. District Judge
Harvey has appointed
HENRY JOHN COPE, Esq.,
of Arrowtown, to be a Certificated Accountant in
Bankruptcy under "The Debtors and Creditors Act,
1876."

J. BALLANCE,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

Receivers of Land Revenue resigned and appointed.

Treasury,
Wellington, 15th April, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the under-mentioned gentlemen to be
Receivers of Land Revenue, to act within the Land
Districts set opposite their names, as from the 1st
instant:--

Thomas Hill, Esq. ... ... Auckland.
John Barleyman, Esq. ... ... Taranaki.
Edward William Pasley, Esq.... ... Marlborough.
Henry Scott McKellar, Esq. ... ... Wellington.
Joseph Molière Tabuteau, Esq. ... Hawke's Bay.
James Hackworth, Esq. ... ... Otago.
Vice—
E. L. Green, Esq. ... ... Auckland.
W. Watkins, Esq. ... ... Taranaki.
J. T. Robinson, Esq. ... ... Marlborough.
William Holmes, Esq. ... ... Wellington.
J. T. Tylee, Esq. ... ... Hawke's Bay.
H. Livingston, Esq. ... ... Otago.
—who have ceased to act.

J. BALLANCE,
Acting Colonial Treasurer.

Authority to Frank.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 16th April, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
authorize
THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR GOLD FIELDS
to frank, free from the prepayment of postage,
letters and parcels posted on the public service.

J. BALLANCE,
(for the Postmaster-General.)

Authority to Frank.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 16th April, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
authorize
THE INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF SCHOOLS
to frank and receive, free from the prepayment of
postage, letters and parcels posted on the public
service.

J. BALLANCE,
(for the Postmaster-General.)

Officers in Public Works Department promoted.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 12th April, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the following promotions in the Public
Works Department:—

Edward Cecil Hullett, Clerk. Promoted from
Extra Clerk.