Dec. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1685

CANTERBURY.

All that piece or parcel of land in the Provincial District of Canterbury, containing by admeasurement 2 acres 1 rood, more or less, being Section No. 2732 (in red), situate in the Leeston Survey District. Bounded towards the North by a road-line, 750 links; towards the South-east by a road-line, 900 links; and towards the West by Section No. 3886, 570 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less; as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the District Survey Office, Christchurch. For a gravel-pit.

OTAGO.

All that piece or parcel of land in the Provincial District of Otago, containing by admeasurement 3 roods, more or less, situate in the Town of Palmerston South, and being Sections Nos. 5, 6, and 7 of Block XVII. of said town. Bounded towards the North by Stromness Street, 300 links; towards the East by Sections Nos. 8, 9, and 10 of same block, 250 links; towards the South by Sections Nos. 13, 14, and 15 of same block, 300 links; and towards the West by Sections Nos. 4 and 16 of same block, 250 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less. For a site for a drill-shed.

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

Jos. A. TOLE,
(For the Minister of Lands.)

Registrar of Electors, Waipawa District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 21st December, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

PETER SKERRETT, Esq.,

to be Registrar of Electors, under “The Registration of Electors Act, 1879,” for the District of Waipawa, vice H. Michaelsen, deceased.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Inspector of Weights and Measures, Akaroa District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 21st December, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Sergeant JOHN KEATING

to be an Inspector of Weights and Measures, under “The Weights and Measures Act, 1868,” and the Acts amending the same, for the District of Akaroa, vice Sergeant Brookes, deceased.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Returning Officer, Awatere Rabbit District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 22nd December, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ARTHUR HENRY PASSAU, Esq.,

to be the Returning Officer to hold the first elections of five Trustees of the Awatere Rabbit District, as constituted under “The Rabbit Nuisance Act 1882 Amendment Act, 1886.”

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Judge of the Native Land Court appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 22nd December, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HERBERT WILLIAM BRABANT, Esq.,

to be a Judge of the Native Land Court.

P. A. BUCKLEY,
(For the Native Minister.)

Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 16th December, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM FREDERICK BARNARD BROWN,
JOHN DUNCAN,
CHARLES JOHN HARRISON, J.P.,
JOHN FRAME MCBETH, J.P., and
ALEXANDER MCBETH

to be the Licensing Committee for the District of Forewa.

Jos. A. TOLE.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 20th December, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

RICHARD MOFFEY

to be a Member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Coleridge, vice J. Prestidge, resigned.

Jos. A. TOLE.

Clerks of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 17th December, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable JOHN RYAN

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Rangiaohia, and

T. W. MARSDEN

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Waitara, vice J. B. Lawson.

Jos. A. TOLE.

Members of Land Boards reappointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 20th December, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to reappoint the under-mentioned Members of Land Boards, namely:—

Auckland Land Board.

RICHARD JENNINGS STEVENSON PEARCE, Esq., as from the 3rd December, 1886.

Hawke’s Bay Land Board.

WILLIAM RUSSELL RUSSELL, Esq., as from the 20th December, 1886.

EDWARD ALEXANDER HAGGEN, Esq., as from the 22nd November, 1886.

Wellington Land Board.

WILLIAM ALFRED FITZHERBERT, Esq., as from the 20th December, 1886.

Jos. A. TOLE,
(For the Minister of Lands.)

Deputy Commissioner of Stamps, &c., appointed, Auckland.

Head Office, Stamp Department,
Wellington, 16th December, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

THEOPHILUS KISSLING, Esq.,

to be Deputy Commissioner of Stamps and Assistant Registrar of Joint-stock Companies at Auckland, during the absence of Thomas Hall, Esq., on leave; such appointment to date from the 8th instant.

JULIUS VOGEL.

Members of Boards under “The Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1885,” appointed.

Premier’s Office,
Wellington, 20th December, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of section 7 of “The Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1885,” been pleased to appoint the gentlemen hereinafter named to be Members of the Boards and for the counties and boroughs set before their names respectively:—

P. A. BUCKLEY,
(For the Premier.)