Jan. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 27

SCHEDULE.

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

J. BALLANCE,
Minister of Lands.

Defining the Purpose of a Reserve.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

WHEREAS by clause five of the “Public Reserves Act, 1881,” it is enacted that if there shall, in the opinion of the Governor, be any doubt or uncertainty as to the purpose for which such reserve was set apart, the Governor may, by notice gazetted, define such purpose or purposes as to either the whole or any part of such reserve:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby define the purpose of the lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto to be for a site for a pound and a gravel-pit.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Suburban North District, Provincial District of Nelson, containing 5 acres, more or less. Bounded on the North by a public road; on the East by part of Rural Section No. 3; on the South by waste lands of the Crown; and on the West by Section No. 57.

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

J. BALLANCE,
Minister of Lands.

Member of Executive Council appointed.

Executive Council Chamber,
Wellington, 5th January, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to administer the oaths of office to

The Honourable WILLIAM JAMES MUDIE LARNACH,
C.M.G.

He is sworn a Member of the Executive Council of New Zealand.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Member of Executive Council resigned.

Executive Council Chamber,
Wellington, 3rd January, 1885.

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

The Honourable WILLIAM HUNTER REYNOLDS, M.L.C.,
as a Member of the Executive Council of New Zealand.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Minister of Mines appointed.

Private Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 5th January, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

The Honourable WILLIAM JAMES MUDIE LARNACH,
C.M.G.,

to be Minister of Mines.

F. W. PENNEFATHER,
Private Secretary.

Minister in charge of Marine Department.

Government Buildings,
Wellington, 5th January, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

The Honourable WILLIAM JAMES MUDIE LARNACH,
C.M.G.,

to be the Minister having charge of the Marine Department.

ROBERT STOUT.

Coroners appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 5th January, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JAMES STEPHENSON CLENDON, Esq., R.M., of Whangarei,
OSWALD CURTIS, Esq., R.M., of Nelson,
JOHN SMYTH FLEMING, Esq., J.P., of Balclutha, and
SAMUEL JOHNSON, Esq., J.P., of Waipawa,

to be Coroners within the Colony of New Zealand.

ROBERT STOUT,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

Justices of the Peace under “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1876,” appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 6th January, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HART UDY, Jun., Esq., Mayor of Greytown,
LOUIS KEMNITZ, Esq., Mayor of Roslyn,
THOMAS WRIGLEY, Esq., Mayor of Tauranga, and
JAMES FARQUHARSON, Esq., Mayor of North-East Valley,

to be Justices of the Peace under “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1876.”

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 6th January, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

The Hon. WILLIAM CLIFFORD

to be a Member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Awatere, vice J. R. W. Cook, resigned.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

Member of Land Board appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 7th January, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ARTHUR SHUCKBURGH COLLINS, Esq.,

to be a Member of the Land Board for the Land District of Marlborough. Date of appointment, 1st January, 1885.

J. BALLANCE.

Assistant Warder appointed.

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 1st January, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

MICHAEL HAWKINS

to be an Assistant Warder in the Prison Service of the colony.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th January, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the services of

The Heretaunga (Hutt) Light Horse Cavalry Volunteers.
Date of acceptance, 1st January, 1885.

J. BALLANCE.

Coroners resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 5th January, 1885.

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

Thomas Bennett, Esq., L.R.C.S. Irel., of Johnsonville,
John Drysdale, Esq., M.D., of Port Chalmers,
Alexander Groves Duff, Esq., M.D., of Stoke, Nelson,
John David Frankish, Esq., M.D., of Christchurch,
Thomas Hitchings, Esq., M.R.C.S. Eng., of Napier,
Hugh McCaw, Esq., M.B., of Mosgiel,
Francis Alexander Monckton, Esq., M.R.C.S. Lond., of Kumara,