AUG. 4.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 989

the fourteenth day of April, one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-one.
As witness the hand of his Excellency the
Governor, this second day of August,
one thousand eight hundred and eighty-
one.

THOMAS DICK.

Exchange of Land in the Provincial District of
Canterbury.

ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.

WHEREAS by the one hundred and forty-eighth
section of "The Land Act, 1877," power is
given to the Governor to exchange any land set apart
as a reserve for other land of equal value as he may
think fit, and to make a Crown grant thereof ac-
cordingly:

Now, therefore, I, Arthur Hamilton Gordon, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise
of the powers and authorities vested in me by the said
Act, do hereby declare that the land mentioned in
the first column of the Schedule hereto shall be ex-
changed for the land mentioned in the second column
of the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

| Description and Purpose
of Reserve
Intended to be Exchanged. | Description of Land to be Obtained
in Exchange therefor. |
|---|---|
| Section No. 1742 (in
red), 181 acres, more or
less, in the Upper Christ-
church District, Provin-
cial District of Canter-
bury. For Provincial
Government purposes. Of
which it is intended to
exchange 105 acres 1 rood
24 perches, more or less.
Bounded North-east-
ward by the Coal Tram-
way Reserve; South-west-
ward by Sections Nos.
23450 and 25493; North-
westward by Section No.
19711; and South-east-
ward by a road-line. | All those three several parcels of
land in the Hawkins Survey District,
Provincial District of Canterbury,
containing together 105 acres 1 rood
24 perches, more or less, and boun-
ded respectively as follows:—
35 acres 2 roods 23 perches, more
or less, being part of Section No.
26409. Bounded—Westward by the
road forming the western boundary
of that section; Northward and
Southward by the northern and
southern boundaries thereof; and
Eastward by a line parallel to the
western boundary, and 1315 links
distant therefrom.
33 acres 2 roods 27 perches, more
or less, being part of Section No.
26610. Bounded—Westward by the
road forming the western boundary
of that section; Northward by Sec-
tion No. 26425; Southward by Sec-
tion No. 27204; and Eastward by a
line parallel to the western boun-
dary, and 1315 links distant there-
from.
36 acres and 14 perches, more or
less, being part of Section No. 27204.
Bounded—Westward by the road
forming the western boundary of
that section; Northward and South-
ward by lines parallel to and 3 chains
distant from the northern and
southern boundaries thereof respec-
tively; and Eastward by a line
parallel to the western boundary,
and 1315 links distant therefrom. |

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this twenty-seventh day of July,
one thousand eight hundred and eighty-
one.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

Inspector of Weights and Measures, Hauraki
(Thames), appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 30th July, 1881.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

Sergeant THOMAS O'GRADY
to be an Inspector of Weights and Measures for the
Hauraki District, vice Sergeant E. Louis, resigned.
THOMAS DICK.

Ranger under "The Animals Protection Act, 1880,"
appointed, North Canterbury.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 30th July, 1881.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

RICHARD WOLSELEY COOKE
to be a Ranger under "The Animals Protection Act,
1880," for the District of North Canterbury.
THOMAS DICK.

Ranger under "The Animals Protection Act, 1880,"
appointed, Otago.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 2nd August, 1881.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

JOHN MUIR
to be a Ranger under "The Animals Protection Act,
1880," for the District of Otago.
THOMAS DICK.

Officer under "The Salmon and Trout Act, 1867,"
appointed, Otago.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 2nd August, 1881.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

JOHN MUIR,
under "The Salmon and Trout Act, 1867," to be an
Officer for the Management and Protection of Salmon
and Trout within the Provincial District of Otago.
THOMAS DICK.

Public Vaccinator appointed, New Plymouth.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 2nd August, 1881.

IT is hereby notified that, under the provisions of
"The Public Health Act, 1876," His Excellency
the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN MURRAY GIBBES, Esq., B.M.,
to be a Public Vaccinator for the District of New
Plymouth, to perform gratuitous vaccination in ac-
cordance with the provisions of the said Act and
any regulations made or to be made thereunder.
THOMAS DICK.

Commission of Inquiry respecting Quarantining of
Passengers per s.s. "City of New York."

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 4th August, 1881.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

ROBERT CLAPHAM BARSTOW, Esq., R.M.,
JAMES MCCOSH CLARK, Esq., Mayor of the
City of Auckland, and
CHARLES FIELD GOLDSBORO', Esq., M.D.,
to be a Commission for the purpose of inquiring into
and reporting upon the circumstances connected with
the detention in quarantine of the passengers by the
steamer "City of New York" during the month of
June last, the complaints made by the said pas-