JUNE 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 915

Land Claims Commissioner, &c., appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 4th June, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

GEORGE BOUTFLOWER DAVY, Esq.,

to be a Commissioner for hearing and deciding claims to land by persons claiming title thereto from, through, or under the New Zealand Company; and also to be a Commissioner under “The Lost Land Orders Act, 1861,” to act within the Provincial District of Wellington.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

Crown Lands Ranger appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 4th June, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Mr. JOSEPH RAWLINGS FUSSELL

to be a Crown Lands Ranger for the Land District of Canterbury.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 4th June, 1884.

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

Southland Hussar Volunteers.

Thomas Bain Whitton to be Honorary Surgeon. Date of commission, 19th May, 1884.

Dunedin Cavalry Volunteers.

Millen Coughtrey to be Honorary Surgeon. Date of commission, 7th March, 1884.

Thames Naval Artillery.

Henry Martin Payne to be Honorary Surgeon. Date of commission, 24th April, 1884.

Wairoa Rifle Volunteers.

Edward George Leger Erson to be Honorary Surgeon. Date of commission, 8th February, 1884.

JOHN BRYCE.

Members of Medical Board appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 30th May, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JAMES FORRESTER MATTHEWS, M.R.C.S., and
EDWARD MENZIES, M.R.C.S.,

to be Members of the Medical Board, constituted the 12th November, 1866, under “The Military Pensions Act, 1866.”

JOHN BRYCE.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th June, 1884.

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

Southland Hussar Volunteers.

Lieutenant James Gardiner. Date of resignation, 29th April, 1884.

E Battery of Artillery.

Lieutenant Rowland Parker Hill. Date of resignation, 30th April, 1884.

Nelson City Rifle Volunteers.

Captain Charles Edward Bunny. Date of resignation, 22nd April, 1884.

Greytown Rifle Volunteers.

Captain John Tully. Date of resignation, 24th May, 1884.

JOHN BRYCE.

Resignation of Justice of the Peace accepted.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 4th June, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation by

JOHNSTON DOUGAL, Esq.,

of Maungatawhiri Valley, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the Colony.

EDWD. T. CONOLLY.

Abolishing and appointing Polling-places for the Ashburton Electoral District.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 30th May, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to abolish the Post Office, Methven, and the Road Board Office, Westerfield, as polling-places under “The Regulation of Elections Act, 1881,” for the Electoral District of Ashburton; and to appoint

The Road Board Office, Methven,
The Schoolhouse, Greenstreet, and
The Schoolhouse, Hinds,

to be polling-places, under the said Act, for the said Electoral District of Ashburton.

THOMAS DICK.

Notice to Owners of Native Land under “The Crown and Native Lands Rating Act, 1882.”

“TE Ture Reiti i nga Whenua o te Karauna me nga Whenua Maori, 1882,” me te Ture Whakatikatika i taua Ture.

Ki te tangata nana, ki nga tangata ranei na ratou nga whenua kua whakahuatia i roto i nga rooru whakatu i nga utu o nga whenua Maori, kua tukua atu nei ki nga poari takiwa e mau nei nga ingoa i roto i te Kupu Apiti ki tenei, i raro i nga tikanga o nga Ture kua whakahuatia i runga ake nei me era atu Ture katoa e pa ana e whai tikanga ana.

Notemea kua tukua mai he tono ki ahau Te Minita Whakahaere i nga Moni o Niu Tireni, e mau nei toku ingoa i raro iho nei, e nga poari takiwa e tetahi tangata ranei mo te taha ki a ratou, i raro i nga tikanga o “Te Ture Reiti i nga Whenua o te Karauna me nga Whenua Maori, 1882,” kia utua nga reiti e meingatia ana kia utua i runga i nga tikanga o aua rooru:

He panuitanga tenei ki a koutou ki ia tangata ki ia tangata o koutou, kia mohio ai koutou kua takoto nga rooru o nga whenua Maori ki nga tari o aua poari takiwa ko aua rooru he mea tuhi ki te reo Maori, a e whakaatu ana hoki i nga utu o nga whenua Maori kua whakahuatia i runga i aua rooru me nga reiti e tika ana kia utua i raro i nga tikanga o taua Ture.

Na he tono tenei ki a koutou ki ia tangata ki ia tangata hoki o koutou nga tangata na ratou aua whenua kia utua e koutou aua reiti a te 10 o ra o Hune, 1884, i mua mai ranei o taua ra, me utu e koutou aua moni reiti i te tari o te poari o te takiwa i takoto ai aua whenua, tena te whakaturanga kei te Kupu Apiti.

KUPU APITI.

Ka tuhia nei toku ingoa i tenei te 29 o nga ra o Mei, 1884.

H. A. ATKINSON.