JUNE 23.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 803

SCHEDULE.
NATIVE lands lying between Waitangi Block and
Hoteo River, Kaipara District, Provincial District of
Auckland.
JOHN HALL,
Acting Minister for Public Works.

Local Board of Health for Port of Auckland
appointed.

Office of the Central Board of Health,
Wellington, 21st June, 1881.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and autho-
rities vested in it by the fourteenth section of
"The Public Health Act, 1876," the Central Board
of Health has appointed

JAMES MCCOSH CLARK, Esq.,
the Mayor of the City of Auckland;

FREDERICK ERNEST COMPTON, Esq.,
the Chairman of the Auckland Harbour Board; and

ISAAC JAMES BURGESS, Esq.,
Harbourmaster of the Port of Auckland, to be a
Local Board of Health for the Port of Auckland;
and has defined the limits within which such Local
Board shall have jurisdiction to be the Port of Auck-
land, as defined in a Proclamation dated the 24th
June, 1872, and published in the New Zealand
Gazette, 1872, page 619, including the Island of
Motu The. To take effect from the 20th June, 1881.

THOMAS DICK,
President of the Central Board of Health.

Promotion in the Surveyor-General's Department.

General Survey Office,
Wellington, 16th June, 1881.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
promote

JOHN LOWTHER D'ARCY D'ARCY-IRVINE
to be an Assistant-Surveyor in the Survey Depart-
ment of New Zealand; promotion dating from the
15th June, 1881.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

Promotion and Appointment of Volunteer Officers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 22nd June, 1881.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned promotion and ap-
pointments :-

Southland Hussars.
Captain Frederick William Burwell to be Major.
George Thomas Stockwell to be Honorary Surgeon.
George Alfred Lewis to be Honorary Assistant-
Surgeon.
Date of commissions, 6th June, 1881.

K Battery of Artillery.
Joseph George Dorney Ward to be Second Lieu-
tenant. Date of commission, 23rd May, 1881.

Clutha Rifle Volunteers.
Stephen Parmenter to be Captain. Date of commis-
sion, 10th May, 1881.

WM. ROLLESTON.

Resignation of Volunteer Officers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 22nd June, 1881.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commissions held
by the under-mentioned officers :-

Southland Hussars.
Honorary Assistant-Surgeon William Cotterell.
Date of resignation, 10th May, 1881.

Auckland Grammar School Artillery Cadet
Volunteers.
Captain Farquhar Macrae. Date of resignation, 6th
June, 1881.

WM. ROLLESTON.

Resignation of Cemetery Trustee.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 22nd June, 1881.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of

ROBERT ALLAN, Esq.,
as a Trustee of the Merton (Otago) Cemetery.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

Land Claims Commissioner resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 10th June, 1881.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by

Major CHARLES HEAPHY, V.C.,
of his appointment as Commissioner under "The
Land Claims Settlement Act, 1856," "The Land
Claims Settlement Extension Act, 1858," and "The
Land Claims Act, 1878."

THOMAS DICK.

Trustees for Oware Rabbit District, County of
Southland, elected.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 20th June, 1881.
NOTICE has been received at this office, under the
hand of the Returning Officer, Mr. A. Murray,
that

ANDREW NOBLE,
JAMES MILNE,
JOHN MCKAY,
JOHN RAE, and
DONALD STALKER
have been duly elected Trustees for the Oware
Rabbit District.

THOMAS DICK.

Poverty Bay Acclimatisation Society registered.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 22nd June, 1881.
IT is hereby notified that a copy of the rules of
the
POVERTY BAY ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY,
duly signed, have been deposited in this office, and
the said Society is therefore deemed to be a registered
Acclimatisation Society under "The Animals Pro-
tection Act, 1880."

G. S. COOPER,
Under-Secretary.

Assumption of Duties of Commissioner of Native
Reserves, New Zealand, by Mr. A. Mackay.

Native Office,
Wellington, 20th June, 1881.
IT is hereby notified for general information that
Alexander Mackay, Esq, Commissioner of Native
Reserves, has assumed the duties of Commissioner of