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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 24

on the seventh day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty.

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

EDWD. T. CONOLLY,
(for the Minister of Lands.)

Notice of Intention to change the Purpose of a Reserve.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

WHEREAS by “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” it is, amongst other things, enacted that the Governor may declare his intention to make, change, exchange, or alter the dedication of any public reserve now or hereafter vested in Her Majesty or the Governor for any of the purposes named in Class II. of the Schedule to the said Act, whether the same be granted or not; and, in the case of any reserves made under the authority of section one hundred and forty-four of “The Land Act, 1877,” if it shall, in the opinion of the Governor, be expedient to change the purpose of such reserves or any part thereof from the purpose or presumed purpose for which it was set apart to any other purpose, or if it shall, in the opinion of the Governor, be expedient to exchange any of the land comprised in such reserve for other land of equal value, to be dedicated to one or more purposes named in the said Class II., the Governor may, by notice in the Gazette, declare his intention to make such change, exchange, or dedication, as the case may be, and in such notice declare the manner and terms in which the same is intended to be so made:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” aforesaid, declare my intention to change the specific purpose of the reserve described in the first column of the Schedule hereto to the specific purpose set opposite such description in the second column of the said Schedule;

SCHEDULE.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eleventh day of February, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

Season for Shooting Native Game, Wanganui.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and “The Animals Protection Act Amendment Act, 1881,” I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby declare that native game (excepting tuis) may be taken or killed within the Wanganui District, consisting of the Counties of Wanganui and Rangitikei, from the first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, both inclusive.

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

THOMAS DICK.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 23rd February, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN MCKENZIE HENRY

to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Palmerston.

THOMAS DICK.

Judge of Assessment Court, under Rating Acts, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 25th February, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HENRY MCCULLOCH, Esq., R.M.,

to be the Judge of the Assessment Court for the Town Districts of Gore, Gordon, Mataura, and Wyndham, County of Southland, under “The Rating Act, 1876,” and the Acts amending the same.

THOMAS DICK.

Rangers appointed under “Animals Protection Act, 1880” (Canterbury).

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 25th February, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

FRANK CROFT and
GEORGE STARKISS

to be Rangers under “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” for the District of Canterbury.

THOMAS DICK.

Public Vaccinators, Tapanui and Hokitika Districts, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 25th February, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

SHADRACH EDWARD ROBERT JONES, Esq., M.R.C.S.E.,

to be a Public Vaccinator, under “The Public Health Act, 1876,” for the Tapanui District; also to appoint

THOMAS RADFORD KING, Esq., M.D.,

to be a Public Vaccinator, under the said Act, for the Hokitika District.

THOMAS DICK.

Acting Sheep and Cattle Inspector appointed for the Port of Wellington—Notice No. 157.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 27th February, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

RICHARD EVATT

to be an Acting Inspector of Sheep, under “The Sheep Act, 1878,” and an Acting Inspector of Cattle, under “The Diseased Cattle Act, 1881,” for the Port of Wellington.

THOMAS DICK.

Trustees of Patumahoe Hall, County of Manukau, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 25th February, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM THOMAS WRIGHT, Esq., J.P.,
HENRY E. R. LUXMORE WILY, Esq.,
DAVID FULLERTON, Esq., and
JAMES BODEN, Esq.,

to be Trustees of the Patumahoe Hall, under “The Patumahoe Hall Site Act, 1878,” vice D. H. Lusk, J. Melsopp, and H. W. Hill, resigned, and C. Kavanagh, deceased.

THOMAS DICK.

Justices of the Peace appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 27th February, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned gentlemen to be Justices of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand :—