THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 701

Notice under Section 12 of "The Public Revenues
Act, 1872."

Treasury,
Wellington, 14th May, 1878.

OFFICERS holding advances of Public Money are
hereby required to pay to the Public Account,
at the nearest branch of the Bank of New Zealand,
the total unexpended balances in their hands on or
before Saturday, the 29th day of June proximo, so
as to close absolutely all Advance Accounts on that
date, and forthwith to transmit the Bank Receipt for
such repayments to the Treasury at Wellington.

As respects disbursements which officers may re-
quire to make during the week following the close of
the financial year, requisitions for the amount re-
quired are to be made in such time as to enable them
to reach Wellington not later than the 22nd June,
so that the funds requisite may be placed at the
disposal of the officer on the 1st July.

G. S. WHITMORE,
Acting for the Colonial Treasurer.

C. T. Batkin, Esq., appointed a Trustee of Sinking
Fund under "Wellington Reclaimed Land Act,
1871," and "Wanganui Bridge and Wharf Act,
1872."

Treasury,
Wellington, 28th May, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased,
under the powers conferred upon him by "The
Abolition of Provinces Act, 1875," to appoint

CHARLES THOMAS BATKIN, Esq.,
to perform the functions of the Superintendent under
"The Wellington Reclaimed Land Act, 1871," and
"The Wanganui Bridge and Wharf Act, 1872."

J. BALLANCE,
Acting Colonial Treasurer.

School Commissioners appointed.

Education Department,
Wellington, 27th May, 1878.

PURSUANT to section eleven of "The Education
Reserves Act, 1877," His Excellency the Gover-
nor has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned
gentlemen to be School Commissioners for the respec-
tive provincial districts as follows, namely:-

For the Provincial District of Taranaki.
Harry Eyre Kenny, Esq.
Thomas King, Esq.
Charles Douglas Whitcombe, Esq.

For the Provincial District of Wellington.
James Coutts Crawford, Esq.
Joseph Godfrey Holdsworth, Esq.
Charles Plummer Powles, Esq.

For the Provincial District of Marlborough.
Cyrus Goulter, Esq.
Stephen Lunn Muller, Esq.
Alfred Rogers, Esq.

For the Provincial District of Nelson.
Lowther Broad, Esq.
Alfred Greenfield, Esq.
James Sclanders, Esq.

For the Provincial District of Westland.
The Hon. James Alexander Bonar.
Joseph Giles, Esq.
Matthew Price, Esq.

For the Provincial District of Canterbury.
Henry Porcher Lance, Esq.
John Marshman, Esq.
George Lilly Mellish, Esq.

For the Provincial District of Otago..
John Bathgate, Esq.
James Pillans Maitland, Esq.
The Hon. William Hunter Reynolds.

J. BALLANCE.

School Commissioners appointed by Education
Boards.

Education Department,
Wellington, 27th May, 1878.

PURSUANT to section eleven of "The Education
Reserves Act, 1877," the under-mentioned
gentlemen have been appointed by the Education
Boards respectively authorized in that behalf to be
School Commissioners for the several provincial dis-
tricts, as follows:-

Auckland.
John Logan Campbell, Esq.
Joseph May, Esq.

Taranaki.
Robert Parris, Esq.
Benjamin Wells, Esq.

Hawke's Bay.
John Davies Ormond, Esq.
Frederick Sutton, Esq.

Wellington.
The Hon. William Gisborne.
The Hon. William Fox.

Marlborough.
William Evans Dive, Esq.
Arthur Penrose Seymour, Esq.

Nelson.
John Wallis Barnicoat, Esq.
William Wastney, Esq.

Westland.
Edward Patten, Esq.
Henry Lee Robinson, Esq.

Canterbury.
Andrew Duncan, Esq.
The Rev. William Gillies.

Otago.
Donald Reid, Esq.
The Hon. James Alex. Robertson Menzies.

J. BALLANCE.

Change of Purpose of a Reserve at Hawera, in the
Provincial District of Taranaki.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 7th May, 1878.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Go-
vernor intends, under the provisions of the 148th
section of "The Land Act, 1877," to change the
specific purpose of the land described in the second
column of the Schedule hereto, for which the land
was heretofore set apart as a reserve, as specified in
the first column of the said Schedule, to the specific
purpose specified in the third column of the said
Schedule.