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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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Assistant-Surveyor appointed.

General Survey Office,
Wellington, 8th February, 1882.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to appoint
ALBERT EDWARD ASHCROFT, Esq.,
to be an Assistant-Surveyor in the Survey Depart-
ment of New Zealand. The appointment dates from
the 4th February, 1882.
WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

Cadet appointed.

General Survey Office,
Wellington, 9th February, 1882.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
WILLIAM MCCURDIE
to be a Cadet in the Survey Department of New
Zealand. The appointment to date from the 26th
January, 1882.
WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

Despatches: Assenting to Acts, 1881.—Relative to
Bills of Health issued at Foreign Ports, &c.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 14th February, 1882.
THE following despatches, received from Her
Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the
Colonies, is published for general information.
THOMAS DICK.

(No. 59.)
Downing Street, 16th December, 1881.
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 Sir James Prendergast's Despatch No.
59, of the 1st of October, viz. :-
No. 1. "An Act to apply a Sum of Money out of the Public
Account to the Service of the Year ending the Thirty-
first day of March, One thousand eight hundred and
eighty-two;"
No. 2. "An Act to apply a Sum of Money out of the Public
Account to the Service of the Year ending the Thirty-
first day of March, One thousand eight hundred and
eighty-two;"
No. 3. "An Act to apply a Sum of Money out of the Public
Account to the Service of the Year ending the Thirty-
first day of March, One thousand eight hundred and
eighty-two;"
No. 4. "An Act to consolidate and amend the Law for pre-
venting the Introduction or Spread of Infectious
Diseases among Cattle and other Animals, and for
restricting the Importation of Cattle and other Animals
in certain cases;"
No. 5. "An Act to amend 'The Hawke's Bay and Marlborough
Rivers Act, 1868;""
No. 6. "An Act better to provide for the Abatement of the
Rabbit Nuisance;"
No. 7. "An Act to consolidate the Law regulating the Postal
Service;"
No. 8. "An Act to consolidate the Law relating to the Pro-
tection and Recovery of Crown Property and the
Enforcement of Claims against the Crown;"
No. 9. "An Act to legalize the Adoption of Children;"
No. 10. "An Act for the Suppression of Gaming and Betting
Houses, and for the more effectual Abolition of
Lotteries;" .
No. 11. "An Act to amend 'The Prisons Act, 1873;""
No. 12. "An Act to make Provision for the Regulation and
Conduct of Elections of Members of the House of
Representatives;"

No. 13. "An Act for the Prevention of Corrupt Practices at
Elections of Members of the House of Repre-
sentatives;"
No. 14. "An Act to make further Provision for the Repre-
sentation of the People of New Zealand in Parlia-
ment;"
No. 15. "An Act to consolidate the Law regulating the Vesting
and the Administration of the Public Reserves in the
Colony;"
No. 16. "An Act to extend the Jurisdiction of the Native
Land Court in the Estate of Deceased Natives;"
No. 17. "An Act to prevent Improvident Dealings and Frauds
upon the Alienation of Land by Natives;"
No. 18. "An Act to supply certain Omissions in Acts relating
to Native Land;"
No. 19. "An Act in Supplement of 'The West Coast Settlement
(North Island) Act, 1880,' to provide for the Adminis-
tration of Reserves made for Natives within the
Confiscated Territory;"
No. 20. "An Act to provide for the Settlement of the Thermal-
Springs Districts of the Colony;"
No. 21. "An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws regulating
the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors;"
No. 22. "An Act to amend 'The Patents Act, 1870;""
No. 23. "An Act to consolidate the Law relating to the
Employment of Females and Others in Work-rooms
and Factories;"
No. 24. "An Act consolidating the Law for the Regulation of
the Volunteer Force;"
No. 25. "An Act to amend 'The Dentists Act, 1880;""
No. 26. "An Act to consolidate the Law relating to the
Management of the Public Domains;"
No. 27. "An Act relating to the Drainage of Lands by Private
Owners;"
No. 28. "An Act to regulate the Erection and Maintenance of
Dividing Fences;"
No. 29. "An Act to amend the Law relating to the Practice
and Procedure of the Supreme Court of New Zealand;"
No. 30. "An Act to amend 'The Public Health Act, 1876;""
No. 31. "An Act to amend 'The Neglected and Criminal
Children Act, 1867,' and the Acts amending the
same;"
No. 32. "An Act to amend 'The Dog Registration Act, 1880;""
No. 33. "An Act to amend 'The Sheep Act, 1878;""
No. 34. "An Act to amend 'The Animals Protection Act,
1880;""
No. 35. "An Act to establish Local Boards of Administration;"
No. 36. "An Act to authorize the Construction of certain Rail-
ways;"
No. 37. "An Act to provide for the Construction of Railways
by Joint-Stock Companies, and to authorize Grants of
Crown Lands to be made to such Companies;"
No. 38. "An Act to amend 'The Property Assessment Act,
1879;""
No. 39. "An Act to impose a Property-Tax;"
No. 40. "An Act to alter the Duties of Customs and Excise;"
No. 41. "An Act to enforce and collect the Duties on the
Estates of Deceased Persons;"
No. 42. "An Act to amend 'The Stamp Act, 1875;""
No. 43. "An Act to amend 'The Public Revenues Act, 1878;""
No. 44. "An Act to amend 'The New Zealand Consolidated
Stock Act, 1877;"
No. 45. "An Act to appropriate certain Sums of Money for the
Purpose of Immigration and Public Works;"
No. 46. "An Act to apply a Sum of Money out of the Con-
solidated Fund and other Moneys to the Service of
the Year ending the Thirty-first day of March, One
thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, and to
appropriate the Supplies granted in this present
Session."

LOCAL ACTS.

No. 1. "An Act to amend 'The Taranaki County Council
Loan Act, 1878;""
No. 2. "An Act to authorize the Sale of the Queen's Wharf
and Bonded Store at the City of Wellington to the
Harbour Board;"
No. 3. "An Act to authorize the Conveyance of a certain Parcel
of Land described in the Schedule hereto in trust for
the Port Chalmers Volunteers, and to make Provision
for the Control and Management of the said Land;"
No. 4. "An Act to appropriate a certain Portion of the Town
Belt of Port Chalmers to and for the Purposes of a
Public Cemetery;"
No. 5. "An Act to amend 'The Timaru Mechanics' Institute
Act, 1877;""
No. 6. "An Act to change the Trusts of certain Lands within
the City of Auckland, and vest certain other Land in
the Corporation of the City of Auckland;"