APRIL 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 429

Approving and appointing Bonding Warehouse for Manufacturing of Perfumery, &c.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the powers in me for this purpose vested by “The Customs Laws Consolidation Act, 1882,” I, the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, do hereby approve and appoint the under-mentioned premises to be a warehouse or place of security for the manufacture therein of perfumery and other articles in which spirit is a necessary ingredient:—

Port of Dunedin.

A brick building, roofed with iron, in George Street, on part Section 68, Block XX., City of Dunedin, being part of the premises of James Neil, Herbalist, to be known as

NEIL’S PERFUMERY BOND.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this twenty-third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six.

JULIUS VOGEL,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.
Commissioner’s Order No. 240.]

Award of New Zealand Cross.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 31st March, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to award the decorative distinction instituted by Order in Council dated the 10th March, 1869, to the under-mentioned members of the Colonial Forces, whose claims to the same have been submitted to His Excellency on account of acts of bravery performed by them respectively, as stated against their names.

J. BALLANCE.

LIEUT.-COLONEL THOMAS MCDONNELL, New Zealand Militia: In October, 1863, Sub-Inspector T. McDonnell, Colonial Defence Force, volunteered to accompany the late Major Von Tempsky to reconnoitre the enemy’s position and works at Paparatu, fourteen miles distant from General Cameron’s advanced post at Whangamarino, which was surrounded by rebel Native outlying parties and scouts. The only track known was in the hands of the enemy, and constantly used by them in moving from their stronghold at Meremere to Paparatu. This undertaking was successfully carried out by Major Von Tempsky and Sub-Inspector McDonnell, who ran extreme danger from scouting parties of the Natives, and having had to conceal themselves in a swamp close to Paparatu during part of the night and the whole of the next day. This service at the time elicited the highest praise in general orders from Lieut.-General Cameron, commanding the forces, who subsequently recommended Lieut.-Colonel McDonnell, the surviving officer, to the Colonial Government for the distinction of the New Zealand Cross, in recognition of his gallantry on that occasion. During the campaign of 1866, on the west coast of the North Island, Major McDonnell was serving with the Imperial troops in command of a Native corps, and distinguished himself by frequent acts of bravery, more especially at the capture of the Putahi Pa, when, though severely wounded in the foot, he insisted on leading his men till the close of the engagement. The late General Chute has on more than one occasion pressed the claims of Lieut.-Colonel McDonnell upon the Colonial Government for the distinction of the New Zealand Cross.

Captain GILBERT MAIR, New Zealand Militia: In February, 1870, after Te Kooti had succeeded in escaping from the pursuing column under Lieut.-Colonel McDonnell at Patetere, and engaged and repulsed that under Lieut.-Colonel Fraser, from Tauranga he turned to his right, to regain the protection of the Urewera Mountains by the way of the friendly settlement of Rotorua, which he purposed destroying on his march. Captain Mair was at Rotorua, with no troops except a handful of Arawa Natives, when one Baker, a deserter from Her Majesty’s navy, who had been residing among the Maoris, brought him intelligence of Te Kooti’s intentions. Captain Mair thereupon made every possible preparation, creating a fictitious appearance of force by employing the old men and women to show themselves to represent troops. Te Kooti, finding the settlement apparently so strong, turned towards Kaitiriria, and made off towards the Rangitaiki River. Captain Mair thereupon boldly assumed the offensive with such young men as he could get, and pursued Te Kooti’s force, inflicting heavy loss, closing with the rear-guard, and not retiring till after dark, when he was almost alone, and had driven the enemy down to Fort Galatea, on the Rangitaiki River, which was, unfortunately, unoccupied by troops. During this spirited engagement, which lasted many hours, Captain Mair, by personal example and devoted gallantry, inspired his men to come to hand-to-hand conflict with To Kooti’s rear-guard, himself killing the notorious Peka McLean, and driving the rest before him in disorder.

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

IN accordance with section 144 of “The Public Works Act, 1882,” I, Edward Richardson, Minister for Public Works, do hereby make the following alteration and addition to the scale of charges, to come into force on and after the 29th day of March, 1886.

PART IV.—LOCAL RATES.

HURUNUI-BLUFF SECTION.

Class K.—Timber.

Timber from saw-mills in Southland consigned to Timaru will be charged 9d. per 100 feet less than the classified rates. As witness my hand, this 26th day of March, 1886.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
Minister for Public Works.

Notice to Owners of Native Land under “The Crown and Native Lands Rating Act, 1882.”

“TE Ture Reiti i nga Whenua o te Karauna me nga Whenua Maori, 1882,” me te Ture Whakatikatika i taua Ture.

Ki te tangata nana, ki nga tangata ranei na ratou nga whenua kua whakahuatia i roto i nga rooru whakaatu i nga utu o nga whenua Maori, kua tukua atu nei ki nga poari takiwa e mau nei nga ingoa i roto i te Kupu Apiti ki tenei, i raro i nga tikanga o nga Ture kua whakahuatia i runga ake nei me era atu Ture katoa e pa ana e whai tikanga ana.

NOTEMEA kua tukua mai he tono ki ahau Te Minita Whakahaere i nga Moni o Niu Tireni, e mau nei toku ingoa i raro iho nei, e nga poari takiwa e tetahi tangata ranei mo te taha ki a ratou, i raro i nga tikanga o “Te Ture Reiti i nga Whenua o te Karauna me nga Whenua Maori, 1882,” kia utua nga reiti e meingatia ana kia utua i runga i nga tikanga o aua rooru:

He panuitanga tenei ki a koutou ki ia tangata ki ia tangata o koutou, kia mohio ai koutou kua takoto nga rooru o nga whenua Maori ki nga tari o aua poari takiwa ko aua rooru he mea tuhi ki te reo Maori, a e whakaatu ana hoki i nga utu o nga whenua Maori kua whakahuatia i runga i aua rooru.

Na he tono tenei ki a koutou ki ia tangata ki ia tangata hoki o koutou nga tangata na ratou aua whenua kia utua e koutou aua reiti a te 3 o nga ra o Aperira, 1886, i mua mai ranei o taua ra, me utu e koutou aua moni reiti i te tari o te poari o te takiwa i takoto ai aua whenua, tena te whakaaturanga kei te Kupu Apiti.

KUPU APITI.

He mea tuhi nei toku ingoa i tenei te 31 o nga ra o Maehe, 1886.

JULIUS VOGEL,
Minita Whakahaere i nga Moni o te Koroni.

[TRANSLATION.]

“THE Crown and Native Lands Rating Act, 1882,” and the Amendment thereof.

To each and every the owner or owners of land described in the substituted valuation rolls of Native lands supplied to the local bodies, the names of which are set forth in the Schedule hereunder, under the provisions of the above Acts and all other Acts affecting the same or relating thereto.

WHEREAS demand having been made to me, the under-signed Colonial Treasurer of the Colony of New Zealand, in accordance with the provisions of “The Crown and Native Lands Rating Act, 1882,” by or on behalf of the said local bodies, for payment of the rates appearing to be payable under or by virtue of the said rolls :