APRIL 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 631

Hen-Pheasants not to be shot within the County
of Tauranga.

ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.

WHEREAS by a warrant made under “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” dated the twenty-ninth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the thirtieth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, it was notified that pheasants and Californian and Australian quail might be taken or killed within the Auckland District: And whereas it is expedient that cock-pheasants and Californian and Australian quail, but not hen-pheasants, should be taken or killed within the County of Tauranga:

Now, therefore, I, Arthur Hamilton Gordon, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers vested in me by the said “Animals Protection Act, 1880,” do hereby notify that cock-pheasants only and Californian and Australian quail may be taken or killed in the said County of Tauranga under the conditions set forth in the above-recited warrant.

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

THOMAS DICK.

Alteration in Amount of Fee for Shooting Imported Game, Hawke’s Bay.

ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.

WHEREAS by a warrant under “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” dated the twenty-ninth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the thirtieth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, it was notified that licenses to take or kill game in the Hawke’s Bay District should be issued on payment of the sum of fifty shillings each: And whereas it is expedient to alter the amount to be paid for such licenses:

Now, therefore, I, Arthur Hamilton Gordon, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers vested in me by the said “Animals Protection Act, 1880,” do hereby notify that licenses to take or kill game in the Hawke’s Bay District, during the period mentioned in the above-recited warrant, shall be issued on payment of the sum of thirty shillings each.

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

THOMAS DICK.

Judges of Assessment Courts under “The Rating Act, 1876,” appointed for Town Districts.

ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of all powers and authorities vested in me by “The Rating Act, 1876,” I, Arthur Hamilton Gordon, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the persons named in the Schedule hereto to be Judges of the Assessment Courts for the districts placed opposite their respective names.

SCHEDULE.

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

THOMAS DICK.

President of the Executive Council appointed.

Executive Council Chambers,
Wellington, 21st April, 1882.

HIS Excellency the Governor is pleased to authorize

The Honorable FREDERICK WHITAKER
to summon the Executive Council, and to preside during the absence of His Excellency the Governor from Wellington.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Minister in Charge of Marine Department appointed.

Government Offices,
Wellington, 21st April, 1882.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

The Honorable HARRY ALBERT ATKINSON
to be the Minister having charge of the Marine Department and of the administration of “The Shipping and Seamen’s Act, 1877.”

FRED. WHITAKER.

Inspectors of Weights and Measures appointed, Counties of Wairarapa East and West, and Borough of Palmerston.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 21st April, 1882.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Sergeant JOHN PRICE
to be an Inspector of Weights and Measures for the Counties of Wairarapa East and Wairarapa West, vice Sergeant McArdle; and also to appoint

Constable JOHN GILLESPIE
to be an Inspector of Weights and Measures for the Borough of Palmerston, in the County of Manawatu.

THOMAS DICK.

Ranger under “Animals Protection Act, 1880,” appointed (Auckland).

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 21st April, 1882.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

THOMAS A. BROWN,
of Otahuhu, to be a Ranger under “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” within the Auckland District.

THOMAS DICK.