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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Appointing Assessment Courts under "The Land-
Tax Act, 1878"

HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and autho-
rity vested in me by the thirty-third section of
"The Land-Tax Act, 1878," I, Sir Hercules George
Robert Robinson, the Governor of the Colony of
New Zealand, do hereby appoint the Assessment
Courts named in the first column of the Schedule
hereto to be Courts for the purposes of the said Act,
in addition to those published in the New Zealand
Gazette of the 12th June ultimo.

As witness the hand of his Excellency the
Governor, this eighth day of July, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-
nine.

G. GREY.

SCHEDULE.

LAND-TAX DISTRICT OF CANTERBURY.

Member of Executive Council resigned.

Executive Council Chambers,
Wellington, 4th July, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of
The Honorable JOHN BALLANCE
as Member of the Executive Council of New Zealand,
as from the 1st July instant.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Resignation of Colonial Treasurer and Minister of
Education accepted.

Private Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 4th July, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by
The Honorable JOHN BALLANCE
of his offices as Colonial Treasurer and Minister of
Education, as from 1st July instant.

CHARLES M. MEYSEY THOMPSON,
Private Secretary.

Member of Executive Council appointed.

Executive Council Chamber,
Wellington, 5th July, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
The Honorable WILLIAM GISBORNE
to be a Member of the Executive Council of New
Zealand; and His Excellency directs it to be notified
that that gentleman has taken the necessary oaths.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Minister of Lands and Mines, and Minister of
Immigration, appointed.

Private Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 5th July, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
The Honorable WILLIAM GISBORNE
to be Minister of Lands and Mines, and Minister of
Immigration.

CHARLES M. MEYSEY THOMPSON,
Private Secretary.

Colonial Treasurer appointed.

Private Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 10th July, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
The Honorable Sir GEORGE GREY, K.C.B.,
to be Colonial Treasurer.

CHARLES M. MEYSEY THOMPSON,
Private Secretary.

Despatch from the Secretary of State.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 10th July, 1879.

THE following despatch from Her Majesty's
Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies is
published for general information.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Downing Street,
28th February, 1879.

(No. 8.)
SIR,-I have the honor to inform you that Her
Majesty will not be advised to exercise her power
of disallowance with respect to the following Acts of
the Legislature of New Zealand, transcripts of which
accompanied the Marquis of Normanby's Despatch
No. 55, of the 2nd December last:---

No. 1. "An Act to amend 'The Native Land Act,
1873;"'

No. 2. "An Act to apply a Sum of Money out of the
Public Account to the Service of the Year ending
the Thirtieth day of June, One thousand eight
hundred and seventy-nine;"

No. 3. "An Act to apply a Sum of Money out of the
Public Account to the Service of the Year ending
the Thirtieth day of June, One thousand eight
hundred and seventy-nine;"

No. 4. "An Act to amend 'The Mercantile Law Amend-
ment Act, 1860;"'

No. 5. "An Act for compiling a New Edition of the
Enactments in force in New Zealand of a Public
and General Nature;"

No. 6. "An Act in Supplement of 'The Sale of Food and
Drugs Act, 1877;"'

No. 7. "An Act for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani-
mals;"

No. 8. "An Act for the Regulation and Management of
Trades Unions in New Zealand;"

No. 9. "An Act to apply a Sum of Money out of the
Public Account to the Service of the Year ending
the Thirtieth day of June, One thousand eight
hundred and seventy-nine;"

No. 10. "An Act for the Punishment of Fraudulent
Debtors, and for other Purposes;"

No. 11. "An Act to authorize the Trustees of Savings
Banks to pay over to certain Institutions Profits
made by such Banks, and to provide for the In-
vestment of such Profits;"

No. 12. "An Act to explain and amend certain Provisions
of the Acts in force relating to the Civil Service
of the Colony;"

No. 13. "An Act to apply a Sum of Money out of the
Public Account to the Service of the Year ending
the Thirtieth day of June, One thousand eight
hundred and seventy-nine;"