Notice under "The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1883."

WHEREAS the estate and interest of Hami Wheraro, aboriginal native of New Zealand, in the land described in the Schedule hereto, is vested in Pera Wheraro, as trustee under the provisions of "The Maori Real Estate Management Act, 1867," and the several amendments thereof, subject to certain restrictions on the alienation of such land, and application has been made for the removal of such restrictions:

It is hereby notified that it is intended, immediately after the expiration of sixty days from the publication of this notice in the Gazette and in the Kahiti, to remove the said restrictions on the alienation of the said land in respect of the interest aforesaid, in order that the said land may be leased by the said trustee for a term of fourteen years from the 1st July, 1884.

Dated at Wellington, this 24th day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister for Native Affairs.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land situate at Te Aute, in the Provincial District of Hawke's Bay, containing by admeasurement 423 acres, more or less, and called or known by the name of Waikareao.

Notice to Mariners, No. 5 of 1885.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 26th February, 1885.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Marine Board, Port Adelaide, South Australia, is published for general information.

Jos. A. TOLE,
(for the Minister having charge of the Marine Department.)

GULF OF ST. VINCENT.—PORT ADELAIDE.

Removal of Hulk, Semaphore Anchorage.

Notice is hereby given that it is intended to at once remove the hulk "Fitzjames" (from which a fixed red light is exhibited at night) to a position 760 yards E. by N. northerly from the present site.

R. H. FERGUSON,
President, Marine Board.

Marine Board Offices,
Port Adelaide, 2nd February, 1885.

By-law for New Zealand Railways.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.

PRIVATE SIDING ACCESS.

By-law.

IN pursuance of the powers vested in me by section 144 of "The Public Works Act, 1882," I, Edward Richardson, Minister for Public Works, do hereby make the following by-law; such by-law to come into force forthwith:

A limited number of private sidings only can be granted at stations, and such sidings only will be granted as the Railway Department, after full consideration, finds can conveniently and safely be allowed.

Many persons, having hastily and rashly assumed that siding access can be obtained at any point on the railways or in any position adjacent to a station, have committed themselves to undertakings involving expense and responsibility, and have been disappointed in afterwards failing to obtain compliance with their applications.

All persons are warned that no siding access will be permitted without the formal consent of the Minister for Public Works, in writing, is first obtained, and that no considerations will be given to applicants upon the plea that they have incurred expense in anticipation of obtaining such consent.

Dated this 4th day of March, 1885.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
Minister for Public Works.

Alterations and Additions to the Scale of Fares and Charges in force on New Zealand Railways.

IN accordance with section 144 of "The Public Works Act, 1882," I, Edward Richardson, the Minister for Public Works, do hereby make the following alterations and additions to the scale of charges, to come into force forthwith:

Goods consigned for exhibit at the Industrial Exhibition, to be held at Wellington during August, 1885, will be carried free on the New Zealand Railways, provided that they shall be so carried at the sole risk of the consignors, and that each package shall be consigned to the Secretary of the Exhibition, and marked legibly "For exhibit at Wellington Industrial Exhibition," and that the loading and unloading shall be done at the expense of the consignors, and that in the event of such exhibits being sold the full railway charges shall be paid.

Exhibits returning may be conveyed free, provided no sale or exchange has been effected. A certificate to this effect must be produced, signed by the Secretary of the Exhibition, before the goods can be received for transit free of charge.

Dated this 5th day of March, 1885.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
Minister for Public Works.

County Elections, Clifton.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th February, 1885.

NOTICE has been received at this office, under the hand of the Returning Officers for the ridings of the County of Clifton, that the following persons were elected Members of the Council of the County of Clifton for the ridings set opposite their names:

Names. Ridings.
HUGH IRVINE .. .. .. Mokau.
GEORGE POTT .. .. .. Mokau.
ARTHUR JOHN WISE .. .. .. Mokau.
LEVI SARTEN .. .. .. Tikorangi.
JOHN OLD .. .. .. Tikorangi.
THOMAS ELLIOT .. .. .. Tikorangi.

G. S. COOPER,
Under-Secretary.

Special Order made by Wallace County Council.—County Roads proclaimed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 2nd March, 1885.

THE following special order, made by the Wallace County Council, is published for general information.

G. S. COOPER,
Under-Secretary.

SPECIAL ORDER.

THE Wallace County Council hereby declares the roads described in the Schedule hereto to be county roads.

Schedule.

1. The road commencing at county road north-west of Section 23, Block IX., Jacob's River Hundred, and extending north-west of said Section 23; thence westerly north of Section 21 of said block; thence southerly west of Sections 21, 20, and 19 of said block; thence westerly north of Block IV. of said hundred to Section 11, Block V., of said hundred; thence westerly north of Sections 11, 27, 28, 29, 30 of said Block V. to north-west corner of said Block V.

2. The road commencing at eastern boundary of Section 48, Oreti Hundred, and extending in a westerly direction through Section 48, north of Sections 135, 133, 132, 131, 130, through Sections 79 and 4, all of Oreti Hundred, to two-chain road; thence south-west through said Section 4 to county road at junction of Bayswater and Gladfield Roads.

Dated this 16th day of January, 1885, at the Wallace Council Chambers, Riverton.

By order.

JAS. FULLARTON,
County Clerk and Treasurer.

Money Order and Savings Bank Office opened.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 27th February, 1885.

IT is hereby notified for general information that a Money Order and Savings Bank Office will be opened at KIRWEE (Chief Office, Christchurch) on the 2nd proximo.

THOMAS ROSE,
(for the Secretary.)

Officiating Ministers for 1885.—Notice No. 6.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 28th February, 1885.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, passed in the forty-fourth year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, and intituled "The Marriage Act, 1880," the following names of Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information: