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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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to selection in the same manner as those mentioned
in the Second Schedule, but so that the total area of
the additional lands to be set apart and selected shall
not exceed in value £29,805.

12. That so soon as the above additional lands
    have been acquired, they shall be assessed, and the
    Company may select the same subject to the condi-
    tions hereinbefore contained in respect of the lands
    mentioned in the Second Schedule.

It is further agreed,—

13. That the maximum rates to be charged for
    carriage of passengers and goods upon the railway
    shall not exceed the scale for the time being charged
    on the Wellington and Masterton Railway. The
    Company to have power to reduce the rates, and the
    Minister for Public Works to have power to require
    the Company to reduce or increase them.

14. The power of purchasing the railway conferred
    upon the Governor by "The Railways Construction
    and Land Act, 1881," to be exercised at any time after
    three years from the completion of the said railway.

15. It is provided that in case the contract, or any
    provision thereof, is avoided or modified by a resolu-
    tion of the General Assembly at the next ensuing
    session, the Company shall not have any claim for
    loss or damage; and property or interest acquired by
    the Company from the Queen or Governor shall, to
    the extent and manner specified in such resolution,
    revert to the Queen or Governor, as the nature of
    the case may require.

Nothing contained in the contract shall in any
way abridge, control, modify, or supersede any
power, remedy, or authority which "The Railways
Construction and Land Act, 1881," vests in the
Governor in Council, or the Governor, or the Minis-
ter for Public Works. The interpretation of the
word "Governor" to be the same as contained in
"The Interpretation Act, 1878."

The said contract is signed "Arthur H. Gordon,
Governor," with the advice of the Executive Council,
and sealed with the Seal of the Colony, and "J. E.
Nathan, John Plimmer, Directors," and sealed with
the seal of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway
Company (Limited).

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Appointing Classification Commissioners.

A. GORDON, Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities vested
in me by the seventy-fifth section of "The Land
Act, 1877," I, Arthur Hamilton Gordon, the Gover-
nor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

WALTER HENRY PEARSON, Esq.,
THOMAS DENNISTON, Esq., and
JOHN SPENCE, Esq.,

to be Commissioners for the purpose of classifying
Run No. 191A on the plan of the Chief Surveyor of
the Southland Land District, in the manner provided
by the said seventy-fifth section.

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

WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

Appointing Classification Commissioners.

A. GORDON, Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities vested
in me by the seventy-fifth section of "The Land
Act, 1877," I, Arthur Hamilton Gordon, the Governor
of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

WALTER HENRY PEARSON, Esq.,
JOHN SPENCE, Esq., and
ANDREW TOSHACK, Esq.,

to be Commissioners for the purpose of classifying
Run No. 143 on the plan of the Chief Surveyor of
the Southland Land District, in the manner provided
by the said seventy-fifth section.

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

WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

Appointing Classification Commissioners.

A. GORDON, Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities vested
in me by the seventy-fifth section of "The Land Act,
1877," I, Arthur Hamilton Gordon, the Governor of
the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

JAMES PILLANS MAITLAND, Esq.,
WILLIAM ARTHUR, Esq., and
HENRY CLARK, Esq.,

to be Commissioners for the purpose of classifying
Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, Block XI., and Sections
2 and 3, Block XII., Rankleburn District; also
Sections 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12, Block XII., Glenkenich
District, within the Land District of Otago, in the
manner provided by the seventy-fifth section.

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

WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

Public Vaccinator appointed, Dunstan District.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 20th May, 1882.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

EDWARD CHARLES FOOT, Esq., M.B.,
to be a Public Vaccinator, under "The Public
Health Act, 1876," for the Dunstan District.

THOMAS DICK.

Member of Dunedin Hospital Committee appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 22nd May, 1882.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

Captain ROBERT ANTHONY EDWARDS SCOTT, R.N.,
of North-East Valley, Dunedin, to be a Member of
the Committee of Management of the Dunedin Hos-
pital, vice A. C. Strode, Esq., resigned.

THOMAS DICK.

Arrangements for First Elections, &c., of Opotiki
Town District, County of Whakatane.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 23rd May, 1882.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

CHARLES DAYKIN LITCHFIELD

to be the Returning Officer to conduct the first
election of five Commissioners of the Opotiki Town
District, as constituted under "The Town Districts
Act, 1881;" also to appoint Thursday, the 22nd
June, 1882, to be the time, and the Town Hall,
Opotiki, to be the place, for holding such first elec-