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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 47

Notice of Intention to change the Purpose of a Portion 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 a portion of the reserve described in the first column of the Schedule hereto, the area of which is described in the second column of the said Schedule, to the specific purpose set opposite such description in the third column of the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

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

J. BALLANCE,
Minister of Lands.

Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 4th August, 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 to be Vaccination Inspectors, for the districts respectively set opposite their names:—

Name. . . . . . District.
BRABAZON DISNEY O’HALLORAN . . . . Kawakawa.
ANDREW CRAIG . . . . Waipukurau.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 4th August, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ROBERT CHARLES BLACK

to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Greytown.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Justice of the Peace under “The Otago Municipal Corporations Empowering Act, 1865,” appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 30th July, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JAMES McARTHUR, Esq.,

Mayor of Winton, to be a Justice of the Peace under “The Otago Municipal Corporations Empowering Act, 1865.”

Jos. A. TOLE.

Prison Officers appointed.

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 4th August, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the persons hereafter named to be Assistant Warders in the Prison Service of the colony:—

ARTHUR P. CROOK, JAMES GARVEN, and JOHN COYLE, from the 5th June ultimo.

JOHN KELLY, JAMES McCORMACK, and PATRICK WALSH, from the 7th July ultimo.

Jos. A. TOLE.

Appointment of Assessors under “The Property Assessment Act, 1879,” and its Amendments.

Property-Tax Office,
Wellington, 5th August, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the following gentlemen to be Assessors under “The Property Assessment Act, 1879,” and its amendments:—

Within the Auckland Property Assessment District.
Forbes Gordon and Henry Mace, both of Kihikihi.

Within the Wellington Property Assessment District.
Henry Kember, of Wellington.

JULIUS VOGEL,
Colonial Treasurer.

Armed Constabulary Officer promoted.

Constabulary Office,
Wellington, 5th August, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to promote

Hospital-Sergeant DUNCAN CAMPBELL,

of the New Zealand Armed Constabulary, to the rank of Acting Assistant Surgeon, from the 1st instant.

J. BALLANCE.

Members of Examination Board, Taranaki District, appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 27th July, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned officers to be Members of the Board for Examination of Militia and Volunteer Officers in the Taranaki District:—

Honorary Colonel ROBERT TRIMBLE, Lancashire Artillery Volunteers.

Lieut.-Colonel CHARLES STAFF, New Zealand Militia.

Captain JOHN ELLIS, Taranaki Rifle Volunteers.

J. BALLANCE.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 27th July, 1885.

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

Wanganui Naval Artillery Volunteers.
James Murray to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 23rd July, 1885.

Canterbury Engineer Volunteers.
The Rev. Canon William Bedell Stanford to be Honorary Chaplain. Date of commission, 20th July, 1885.

Palmerston North Rifle Volunteers.
Edward Johnston to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 23rd July, 1885.

J. BALLANCE.