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road reserve along the bank of the River Buller, 502, 503, and 540 links; and on the North-westward by Roebuck Street, 1000 and 1100 links: excepting and excluding Palmerston Street, which separates the said two Sections Nos. 1020 and 1021. For a botanical garden and recreation reserve.

CANTERBURY.

All that parcel of land in the Provincial District of Canterbury, containing by admeasurement 10 acres, more less, being Section No. 2655 (in red), situate in the Leeston Survey District. Bounded towards the North-east by a road-line, 1 chain wide, forming the south-west boundaries of Sections Nos. 14367 and 13984, 28 chains 50 links; towards the North-west by Section No. 3882, 515 links; towards the South-east by the road north-west of Section No. 20959, 560 links; and towards the South-west by the River Selwyn: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less; as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the District Survey Office, Christchurch. For a gravel-pit.

All that parcel of land in the Provincial District of Canterbury, containing by admeasurement 10 acres 2 roods, more or less, being Section No. 2653 (in red), situate in the Leeston Survey District. Bounded towards the North-east and North-west by Section No. 3049; towards the South-east by a road-line, 1624 links; and towards the South-west by a road-line, 18 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less; as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the District Survey Office, Christchurch. For a site for a pound.

All that parcel of land in the Provincial District of Canterbury, containing by admeasurement 35 acres 3 roods, more or less, being Section No. 2654 (in red), situate in the Leeston Survey District. Bounded towards the North by the road south of Section No. 3049, also by the continuation of the same towards the Selwyn Bridge; towards the South-west by the road north-east of Section No. 34368, 1625 links; towards the South generally by the River Selwyn; and towards the South-east by the Ellesmere and Lincoln Road, 375 links: be all the aforesaid linkages, more or less; as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the District Survey Office, Christchurch. For a gravel-pit.

All that parcel of land in the Provincial District of Canterbury, containing by admeasurement 3 acres, more or less, being Section No. 2649 (in red), situate in the Oxford Survey District. Bounded towards the North-west, North, and East by the road forming the southern boundary of Native Reserve No. 897 (in red); and towards the South by a line bearing 100° 16', drawn from a point on the southern side of the said road being 230 links south-east of the south-west corner of Native Reserve No. 897 (in red), 1464 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less; as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the District Survey Office, Christchurch. For a gravel-pit.

All that parcel of land in the Provincial District of Canterbury, containing by admeasurement 1 acre 1 rood, more or less, being Section No. 2650 (in red), situate in the Oxford Survey District. Bounded towards the North-east and North-west by the road forming the southern boundary of Native Reserve No. 897 (in red); and towards the South by a line bearing 108° 38' 30", drawn from a point on the southern side of the said road being 525 links south-east of the south-eastern corner of Section No. 2649 (in red), 900 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less; as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the District Survey Office, Christchurch. For a gravel-pit.

OTAGO.

All that parcel of land in the Provincial District of Otago, containing by admeasurement 1 rood 38 perches, more or less, situate in the Papakaio District, and being Section No. 129 of Block III. of said district. Bounded towards the North-west by Section No. 128 of same block, 261 links; towards the North-east by a road-line, 195 links; towards the South-east by Section No. 119 of same block, 255 links; and towards the South-west by said Section No. 119, 195 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less. For an addition to a school site.

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

JOS. A. TOLE,
(for the Minister of Lands.)

Fixing Shooting Season for Native and Imported Game, License Fee, &c., Southland District.

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 notify that hares may be taken or killed within the Southland District, consisting of so much of the County of Southland as lies to the westward of the Mataura River, together with the Counties of Fiord, Wallace, and Stewart Island, from the first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, both inclusive (subject nevertheless to the restrictions in the said Acts mentioned). And I do further notify that licenses to take or kill such game within the said district shall be issued on payment of the sum of thirty shillings each, and that licenses to sell such game shall be issued on payment of the sum of five pounds each; and the Chief Postmaster at Invercargill is hereby appointed to issue the said licenses. And I do further notify that native game (excepting tuis) may be taken or killed within the said district between the first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, both inclusive.

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 16th February, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned gentlemen to be the Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths, and also Vaccination Inspectors, for the districts respectively set opposite their names:—

Name. District.
ALEXANDER DRAIN .. .. Tuapeka Mouth.
HENRY JOHN ABEL .. .. Gabriels.
WILLIAM MACANDREW .. Waitahuna.
HENRY GEORGE CLIFFORD .. Popotuna.

These appointments to take effect from the 14th March.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Member of Honorary Medical Staff, Wellington Hospital, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 20th February, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

THOMAS CAHILL, Esq., M.D. and M.S. Univ. Irel.,

to be a Member of the Honorary Medical Staff of the Wellington Hospital, vice H. W. Diver, Esq., deceased. Appointment to date from the 1st February, 1885.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Public Vaccinator, Kaitangata District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 23rd February, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

DANIEL STALKER, Esq., M.B. and C.M. Edin.,

to be a Public Vaccinator, under “The Public Health Act, 1876,” for the Kaitangata District.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 24th February, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned gentlemen to be the Deputies of the Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts respectively set opposite their names:—

Name. District.
EDWIN GREATBATCH .. .. Tokatoka.
CHARLES ARCHER WELLS .. Waimate Plain.
EDWARD REVELL .. .. Kaiapoi.
CHARLES WILLIAM BROOKS .. Akaroa.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Justice of the Peace appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 20th February, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Major ARTHUR TUKE,

of Kawhia, to be a Justice of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand,

Jos. A. TOLE.