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the North by the road forming the north boundary of Section No. 20597; and on the North-west by Improvement Pre-emption Runs G and H, on Run formerly No. 8, Class III., now No. 299, Class II.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Notice of Intention to change the Purpose of a Reserve.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

WHEREAS by “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” it is, amongst other things, enacted that the Governor may declare his intention to make, change, exchange, or alter the dedication of any public reserve now or hereafter vested in Her Majesty or the Governor for any of the purposes named in Class II. of the Schedule to the said Act, whether the same be granted or not; and, in the case of any reserves made under the authority of section one hundred and forty-four of “The Land Act, 1877,” if it shall, in the opinion of the Governor, be expedient to change the purpose of such reserves or any part thereof from the purpose or presumed purpose for which it was set apart to any other purpose, or if it shall, in the opinion of the Governor, be expedient to exchange any of the land comprised in such reserve for other land of equal value, to be dedicated to one or more purposes named in the said Class II., the Governor may, by notice in the Gazette, declare his intention to make such change, exchange, or dedication, as the case may be, and in such notice declare the manner and terms in which the same is intended to be so made:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” aforesaid, declare my intention to change the specific purpose of the reserve described in the first column of the Schedule hereto to the specific purpose set opposite such description in the second column of the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

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

J. BALLANCE,
Minister of Lands.

Health Officer, Gisborne, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 15th April, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

FRANCIS WILLIAM INNES, Esq., M.B., M.S.,
to be a Health Officer, under section 105 of “The Public Health Act, 1876,” for the Port of Gisborne, vice Dr. H. Pollen, absent on leave.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Additional Public Vaccinator, Turanga District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 15th April, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

FRANCIS WILLIAM INNES, Esq., M.B., M.S.,
to be an additional Public Vaccinator, under “The Public Health Act, 1876,” for the District of Turanga.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Additional Polling-place, Tauranga Electoral District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Mr. DEEBLE’S HOUSE, KAUAERANGA,
to be a polling-place, under “The Regulation of Elections Act, 1881,” for the Electoral District of Tauranga.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

District Judges appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 14th April, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

GEORGE BOUTFLOWER DAVY, Esq.,
Barrister, to be District Judge for the District of Wairarapa; and

CHARLES EDWARD RAWSON, Esq.,
Barrister, to be District Judge for the District of Wanganui; both vice Edward Hardcastle, Esq., retired.

Jos. A. TOLE.

Crown Solicitor and Crown Prosecutor resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 16th April, 1885.

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

THOMAS WILLIAM HISLOP, Esq.,
of Oamaru, of his appointments as a Crown Solicitor for the Judicial District of Otago and Southland, and as Crown Prosecutor for the District Court District of Timaru and Oamaru.

Jos. A. TOLE.

Assayer of Gold appointed.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 13th April, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

CHRISTOPHER O’BRIEN
to be an Assayer of Gold, under “The Customs Laws Consolidation Act, 1882.”

P. A. BUCKLEY,
(for the Commissioner of Trade and Customs.)

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 8th April, 1885.

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

Nelson Naval Artillery Volunteers.
Robert Watson to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 25th March, 1885.

H Battery of Artillery.
Alfred John Leggatt to be Captain. Date of commission, 25th March, 1885.

J. BALLANCE.

Designation of Volunteer Corps altered.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th April, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to alter the designation of No. 1 Company Dunedin Highland Volunteers to

The Dunedin Highland Rifle Volunteers.

Jos. A. TOLE,
(for the Defence Minister.)