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block, 1146·6 links ; towards the North-east by a road-line,
880 links ; towards the South-east by a road-line, 1150 links ;
and towards the South-west by main road, 880 links : be all
the aforesaid linkages more or less. For a school site.

SOUTHLAND.

All that piece or parcel of land in the Southland Land
District, containing by admeasurement 1 acre, more or less,
being Sections Nos. 4, 5, 16, and 17 of Block II., Township
of Hirstfield. Bounded towards the North-west by Sections
Nos. 18 and 3 of said block, 500 links ; towards the North-
east by Stafford Street, 200 links ; towards the South-east by
Sections Nos. 6 and 15 of said block, 500 links ; and towards
the South-west by Surrey Street, 200 links. For police
purposes.

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

P. A. BUCKLEY,
(For the Minister of Lands.)

Registrar of Electors, Cheviot, appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 11th February, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

WILLIAM ANTHONY BEAN, Esq.,

to be the Registrar of Electors, under "The Registration of
Electors Act, 1879," for the Electoral District of Cheviot.
This appointment to take effect on and from the 1st proximo.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Inspector of Weights and Measures, Hauraki District,
County of Thames, appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 13th February, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

Constable ALFRED STANTON

to be an Inspector of Weights and Measures for the District
of Hauraki, vice Sergeant McGrath, resigned.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Public Vaccinators, Wairoa, Ross, and Waikari Districts,
appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 13th February, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

HENRY HOWARD, Esq., L.R.C.S. Irel., and L.R.C.P.
Edin.,

to be a Public Vaccinator, under "The Public Health Act,
1876," for the District of Wairoa; also to appoint

JOHN McLEOD, Esq., M.D.,

to be a Public Vaccinator, under the said Act, for the District
of Ross; and to appoint

JOHN MACKENZIE GORDON, Esq., M.B., Mast. Surg.,
Univ. Edin.,
to be a Public Vaccinator, under the said Act, for the District
of Waikari.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Census Enumerator and Superintendent Collector appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 15th February, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

ARTHUR THOMAS BOTHAMLEY

to be Census Enumerator and Superintendent Collector of
Agricultural Statistics for the Census and Collection of 1886,
under "The Census Act, 1877," for the County of Hutt,
vice Leonard Stowe, resigned.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Public Vaccinator, Opotiki District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 15th February, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

ALEXANDER REID, Esq., L.R.C.P. Lond., and M.R.C.S.
Edin.,
to be a Public Vaccinator, under "The Public Health Act,
1876," for the District of Opotiki.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Registrars of Brands appointed.—Notice No. 193.

Colonial Secretary's Office (Stock Branch),
Wellington, 17th February, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make
the following appointments under "The Brands and
Branding Act, 1880 :"—

FRANCIS CHARLES LEWIS to be a Registrar of Brands for
the Auckland Branding District, comprising the Auckland
Subdivision of the Auckland Sheep District, as constituted
under "The Sheep Act, 1878 ;" and also to be Chief Regis-
trar of Brands for Auckland, Marsden, Bay of Islands,
Waikato, and Bay of Plenty Branding Districts ; from the
6th January, 1886.

ROBERT CHARLES PASLEY to be a Registrar of Brands for
the Napier Branding District, comprising the Napier Sub-
division of the Napier Sheep District, as constituted under
"The Sheep Act, 1878 ;" and also to be Chief Registrar of
Brands for the Napier Branding District and the Cook
Branding District ; from the 9th January, 1886.

ALEXANDER MONRO to be a Registrar of Brands for the
Wanganui Branding District, comprising the Wanganui
Sheep District, as constituted under "The Sheep Act, 1878," from the 4th January, 1886.

THOMAS GEORGE RICHARDSON to be a Registrar of Brands
for the Wellington Branding District, comprising the Wel-
ington Subdivision of the Wellington Sheep District, as
constituted under "The Sheep Act, 1878;" and also to be
Chief Registrar of Brands for Wellington, New Plymouth,
Wanganui, Rangitikei, and Wairarapa Branding Districts ;
from the 1st January, 1886.

ARTHUR HENRY PASSAU to be a Registrar of Brands for
the Blenheim Branding District, comprising the Blenheim
and Awatere Subdivisions of the Marlborough Sheep District,
as constituted under "The Sheep Act, 1878," from the 1st
January, 1886.

RICHARD HULL to be a Registrar of Brands for the Picton
Branding District, comprising the Picton Subdivision of the
Marlborough Sheep District, as constituted under "The
Sheep Act, 1878," from the 1st March, 1886.

WILLIAM HANCOCK KNYVETT to be a Registrar of Brands
for the Buller Branding District, comprising the Grey and
Buller Subdivision of the Nelson Sheep District, as con-
stituted under "The Sheep Act, 1878;" and also for the
Westland Branding District, comprising the Westland Sub-
division of the Canterbury Sheep District ; from the 28th
July, 1885.

WILLIAM GILBERT REES to be a Registrar of Brands for
the South Canterbury Branding District, comprising the
Southern Subdivision of the Canterbury Sheep District, as
constituted under "The Sheep Act, 1878," from the 1st July,
1883.

PHILIP BAKER BOULTON to be a Registrar of Brands for
the Christchurch Branding District, comprising the Christ-
church Subdivision of the Canterbury Sheep District, as
constituted under "The Sheep Act, 1878;" and also to be
Chief Registrar of Brands for the Westland, North Canter-
bury, Christchurch, and South Canterbury Branding Dis-
tricts ; from the 20th April, 1885.

ROBERT HILTON JOHNSON to be a Registrar of Brands for
the Dunedin Branding District, comprising the Dunedin and
Port Chalmers Subdivisions of the Otago Sheep District, as
constituted under "The Sheep Act, 1878;" and also to be
Chief Registrar of Brands for the Dunedin, Oamaru, Dunstan,
Tapanui, and Southland Branding Districts ; from the 20th
April, 1885.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Clerk of Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 8th February, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

Sergeant FLORENCE O'DONOVAN

to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate's Court and Principal
Clerk of the Warden's Court at Havelock, from the 15th
instant, vice T. M. Lawlor, transferred.

Jos. A. TOLE.

Member of Land Board appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 5th February, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

JOHN KERR, Esq.,

to be a Member of the Land Board for the Land District of
Nelson, from the 5th February, 1886.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister of Lands,