1786
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 119

over the lands specified in the Schedule hereto, and
for that purpose to exercise all such powers as by
the said Act may be exercised by a person legally
authorized in that behalf under the said Act.

SCHEDULE.
No. Block. Area.
3199 Waimata ... A. R. P.
5,600 0 0
3200 Ounuwhao ... 8,190 0 0

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this twenty-first day of De-
cember, one thousand eight hundred and
eighty.
WM. ROLLESTON.

Provided that in case any of the days so fixed as
aforesaid shall happen to be a holiday, then the
Court appointed for that day shall be holden on the
first day thereafter not being a holiday.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this twenty-ninth day of De-
cember, one thousand eight hundred and
eighty.
WM. ROLLESTON.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 29th December, 1880.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JOHN PHILIP VAUSE, Esq.,
to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and
of Births and Deaths for the District of Mongonui.
H. A. ATKINSON,
(in absence of the Colonial Secretary.)

Fixing Sittings of Nelson District Court.
ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.
IN pursuance and exercise of the power and
authority in this behalf enabling me, I, Arthur
Hamilton Gordon, the Governor of the Colony of
New Zealand, do hereby fix and appoint that sittings
of the Nelson District Court shall be held as follows,
in lieu of those previously fixed and appointed:-
In the Provincial Hall, Nelson, for criminal busi-
ness, on the first Monday in January, March, April,
July, September, October, and December in each
year.
In the Resident Magistrate's Courthouse, Nelson,
for civil business, on the first and third Monday in
January, March, April, June, July, September,
October, and December in each year.
In the Courthouse, Blenheim, for criminal and
civil business on the second Thursday in January,
April, July, and October.
Provided that in case any of the days so fixed as
aforesaid shall happen to be a holiday, then the
Court appointed for that day shall be holden on the
first day thereafter not being a holiday.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this twenty-ninth day of De-
cember, one thousand eight hundred and
eighty.
WM. ROLLESTON.

Assistant Law Officer appointed.
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 28th December, 1880.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
WILLIAM MILLER LEWIS, Esq.,
of Wellington, Barrister, to be Assistant Law Officer
to the Government of New Zealand.
WM. ROLLESTON.

District Judge appointed.
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 28th December, 1880.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
EDWARD HARDCASTLE, Esq.,
of Wanganui, Barrister, to be District Judge for the
District of Taranaki, from the 1st proximo, vice
E. Shaw, Esq., transferred.
WM. ROLLESTON.

Fixing Sittings of District Court of Westland.
ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.
IN pursuance and exercise of the power and
authority in this behalf enabling me, I Arthur
Hamilton Gordon, the Governor of the Colony of
New Zealand, do hereby fix and appoint that sittings
of the District Court of Westland shall be held as
follows, in lieu of those previously fixed and ap-
pointed :-
In the Supreme Courthouse at Hokitika, for
criminal and civil business, on the second Monday in
February, May, August, and November in every year.
In the Resident Magistrate's Courthouse at Grey-
mouth, for criminal and civil business, on the third
Monday in February, May, August, and November
in every year.
In the Resident Magistrate's Courthouse at Reef-
ton, for criminal and civil business, on the fourth
Monday in February, May, August, and November
in every year.
In the Resident Magistrate's Courthouse at West-
port, for criminal and civil business, on the first
Monday in February, May, August, and November
in every year.

Justice of the Peace appointed.
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 28th December, 1880.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
CHARLES EDWARD RAWSON, Esq.,
of New Plymouth, to be a Justice of the Peace for
the colony.
WM. ROLLESTON.

Resident Magistrate, &c., appointed.
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 28th December, 1880.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
CHARLES EDWARD RAWSON, Esq., J.P.,
to be a Resident Magistrate for the District of New
Plymouth, with jurisdiction to £100; Chairman of
the Licensing Courts for the Districts of Egmont,
Waiongona, Town of New Plymouth and Waitara,
and a Visiting Justice to the Prison at New Plymouth,
from the 1st proximo, vice E. Shaw, Esq., transferred.
WM. ROLLESTON.