MAY 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 591

exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested
in me by “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” aforesaid, declare
my intention to define the specific purpose of the reserve
described in the first column of the said Schedule hereto to
be the purpose set opposite such description in the second
column of the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twenty-third day of April, one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-five.
J. BALLANCE,
Minister of Lands.

Inspectors of Weights and Measures, Counties of Horo-
whenua and Tuapeka, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 1st May, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point
Constable HENRY HYDE CARR
to be an Inspector of Weights and Measures, under “The
Weights and Measures Act, 1868,” for the County of Horo-
whenua; also to appoint
Constable PATRICK BOWMAN
to be an Inspector of Weights and Measures, under the said
Act, for the County of Tuapeka and the Boroughs of Rox-
burgh, Lawrence, and Tapanui.
P. A. BUCKLEY.

Polling-place, Waimea Electoral District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 1st May, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point
The SCHOOLHOUSE, BISHOPDALE,
to be a polling-place, under “The Regulation of Elections
Act, 1881,” for the Electoral District of Waimea.
P. A. BUCKLEY.

Deputy Registrars of Births, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 6th May, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point 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:—

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Arrangements for First Elections, &c., Borough of New-
market, County of Eden.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 5th May, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point
WILLIAM DINNISON
to be the Town Clerk of the Borough of Newmarket; also to
appoint
JOHN ANGUS
to be the Returning Officer to conduct the first elections of
Mayor, Councillors, and Auditors of the said borough; also
to appoint Saturday, the 6th June, 1885, for the election of
Mayor and of Auditors, and Saturday, the 13th June, 1885,
for the election of Councillors, of the said borough; also to
appoint Saturday, the 20th June, 1885, at noon, to be the
time, and the late Newmarket Road Board Office, New-
market, to be the place, for the first meeting of the Council
of the said borough.
P. A. BUCKLEY.

Alterations and Additions to Polling-places, Electoral Dis-
trict of Waimea.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 7th May, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point
The INSTITUTE, SPRING GROVE,
to be a polling-place, under “The Regulation of Elections
Act, 1881,” for the Electoral District of Waimea; and also
to appoint
The TEMPERANCE HALL, WAKEFIELD,
to be a polling-place for the said district, in lieu of the Insti-
tute, Wakefield, which is abolished,
P. A. BUCKLEY.

Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 2nd May, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point the under-mentioned persons to be the Licensing Committees for the districts set opposite their names
respectively:—

Jos. A. TOLE.

Clerk of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 2nd May, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point
THOMAS SEAMAN
to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of
Manukau.
Jos. A. TOLE.

Clerks of Resident Magistrates' Courts appointed.

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

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point
ANDREW DUNCAN THOMSON
to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate's Court at Halcombe; and
SERGEANT RICHARD LANGTRY
to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate's Court at Kawhia.
Jos. A. TOLE.

Election of Native Assessor.

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

NOTICE has been received at this office, under the hand
of the Returning Officer, that
HAKOPA TE KOTUKU
has been elected Native Assessor for the Native Licensing
District of Raglan.
C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Acting Under-Secretary.

Prison Officers appointed.

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 1st May, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make
the following appointments in the Prison Service of
the colony:—