Jan. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 125

Native Land taken for Portion of Awapurua Bridge Contract, on Wellington-Napier Railway.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twentieth day of November, 1883.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in him by “The Public Works Act, 1882,” and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby order that the Government work known as the Wellington-Napier Railway shall and may be constructed on or through the parcel of land more particularly described in the Schedule hereto, and delineated in the plan marked P.W.D. 10863, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, in the said colony.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land containing by admeasurement 10 acres 1 rood 20 perches, more or less, situate in the Provincial District of Wellington, being portion of the Mangatainoka Block No. 1b, in the Makuri Survey District, commencing at a point on the bank of the Manawatu River. Bounded as follows: North-easterly by said river, 360 links; South-easterly by a line, 1126 links; Easterly by a line, 428 links; South-easterly by a line, 257 links; South-westerly by a line, 445 and 50 links respectively; South-easterly by a line, 1600 links; South-westerly by a line, 300 links; North-westerly by a line to commencing point, 3043 links: as the same is delineated upon the plan marked P.W.D. 10863, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Deputy of the Registrar-General appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 18th January, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

EDWARD JOHN VON DADELSZEN

to be the Deputy of the Registrar-General for the Colony of New Zealand. Appointment to take effect from the 14th instant.

THOMAS DICK.

Member of Land Board reappointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 18th January, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to reappoint

OSWALD CURTIS, Esq.,

to be a Member of the Land Board for the Land District of Nelson, as from the 18th October, 1883.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

Crown Lands Ranger appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 18th January, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Mr. JOHN DRUMMOND

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

WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 19th January, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

SAMUEL DELABERE BARKER, Esq., J.P.,

to be a Member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Temuka, vice A. W. Ensor, resigned.

EDWD. T. CONOLLY.

Accountant appointed.

Government Insurance Department,
Wellington, 18th January, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOSEPHUS HARGREAVES RICHARDSON, Esq.,

to be Accountant in the Government Insurance Department, as from the 1st July, 1883.

D. M. LUCKIE,
Commissioner.

Resignation accepted.

Government Insurance Department,
Wellington, 18th January, 1884.

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

HUGH SCOTT HEPBURN LYALL, Esq.,

of his appointment as Secretary in the Government Insurance Department, as from the 31st December last.

D. M. LUCKIE,
Commissioner.

Native Interpreters licensed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 19th January, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to license

JOSEPH KELLS, of Cambridge;
HARRY VERCOE, of Maketu; and
WILLIAM SPENCE KING, of Waimate,

to act as Interpreters under “The Native Land Court Act 1880.”

JOHN BRYCE.

Appointment of Interpreter cancelled.

Native Office,
Wellington, 19th January, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to cancel the appointment held by

WILLIAM FREDERICK HALE,

of Tologa Bay, as a Licensed Interpreter.

JOHN BRYCE.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 21st January, 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:—

THOMAS DICK.

Approving and appointing a Bonding Warehouse.

CUSTOMS.—Alterations having been effected in the buildings known as W. S. Grahame’s warehouses in the Port of Auckland, appointed respectively on the 12th January, 1859, and the 22nd January, 1863, of such a nature as to constitute them one warehouse, I, the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, in exercise of the powers in me for this purpose vested by “The Customs Laws Consolidation Act, 1882,” do hereby revoke the said appointments, and do now approve and appoint the warehouse as now altered and described below to be a warehouse for the reception of goods under bond, namely,—

Port of Auckland.

A building constructed partly of brick and partly of stone, with slate roof, situate in Fort Street, on part of Allotment 8, Section 3, to be known as

GRAHAME’S BOND.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this eighteenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.

H. A. ATKINSON,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.

Commissioner’s Order No. 194.]