Nov. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1635

Prison Officers appointed.

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 24th November, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ALFRED CONDLIFFE,
T. F. DONOVAN,
EDWARD WALSH, and
SAMPSON GILLESPIE

to be Assistant Warders in the Prison Service of the colony, Sampson Gillespie to have seniority, as from the 1st October ultimo.

Jos. A. TOLE.

Volunteer Officer promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 24th November, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the under-mentioned promotion:—

Greytown Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Alexander Low Webster to be Captain. Date of commission, 26th August, 1884.

J. BALLANCE.

Volunteer Officer promoted and transferred to Unattached List.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 24th November, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the transfer of the under-mentioned officer to the unattached list, with the rank of Major, from the 9th September, 1884:—

Captain Ernest Frederick Diehl, of the Otepopo Rifle Volunteers.

J. BALLANCE.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 24th November, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commissions held by the under-mentioned officers:—

J Battery of Artillery.

Lieutenant Thomas U’Ren. Date of resignation, 25th September, 1884.

Christchurch Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant John Paterson Newman. Date of resignation, 3rd November, 1884.

J. BALLANCE.

International Inventions Exhibition, 1885.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 17th November, 1884.

IT is hereby notified for general information that an International Exhibition of Inventions and of Musical Instruments will be held in the Exhibition Buildings, Royal Horticultural Gardens, South Kensington, London, in May, 1885.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 24th November, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under “The Aliens Act, 1880,” in favour of the under-mentioned persons:—

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Native School Site at Te Ahuahu.

Education Department,
Wellington, 25th November, 1884.

THE following report of the person appointed by His Excellency the Governor, under the provisions of “The Native Schools Sites Act, 1880,” to ascertain the title of certain Natives to land at Te Ahuahu, in the Bay of Islands District, appropriated by them for the site of a school, having been adopted by His Excellency the Governor, is published in accordance with the said Act.

ROBERT STOUT.

REPORT UNDER “THE NATIVE SCHOOLS SITES ACT, 1880.”

His Excellency the Governor having been pleased, in pursuance of “The Native Schools Sites Act, 1880,” to appoint me to ascertain the title of certain Natives to land at Te Ahuahu, appropriated by them for the site of a school, I have the honour to report that, after having given notice by advertisement published in the Northern Luminary (copies of which paper I sent to Natives residing in the vicinity), I visited Waimate on the 3rd instant, and after due inquiry am satisfied as to the ownership of the land, and the willingness of the Native owners to appropriate the same for the site of a school in accordance with the requirements of “The Native Schools Sites Act, 1880.”

Description of Land above referred to.

All that piece or parcel of land, being portion of the Piri-kotaha Block, situated in Block XII., Omapere Survey District, and containing by admeasurement 2 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the West, North, and East by lines, 622, 337, and 546 links respectively; and towards the South-east by the Kawakawa-Waimate Road-line, 166·5 and 181 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less.

Given under my hand, at Russell, this fifth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.

J. H. GREENWAY.

Public Libraries.

Education Department,
Wellington, 10th November, 1884.

NOTICE is hereby given that the sum of £4,000 has been voted by Parliament for distribution to public libraries.

The distribution will take place on the 8th February, 1885, and no claim will be considered that shall not have been sent in in due form and received by the Secretary for Education, Wellington, on or before the 31st January, 1885.

Every public library maintained by rates will be entitled to share in the distribution according to its income from rates; and every public library maintained by subscriptions and voluntary contributions will be entitled to share according to its income from subscriptions and voluntary contributions: Provided in either case that the income for the year has not been less than £2; and that admission to the library, if within a borough, is open to the public free of charge: The net proceeds of lectures, concerts, or other entertainments on