Jan. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 5

SCHEDULE.

DESCRIPTION of Reserve 307 (in red), being a reserve for public gardens and recreation-ground in the Township of Arowhenua: 133 acres, in the Township of Arowhenua. Bounded on the North by High Street and by Reserve No. 277 (in red); on the West by the said reserve, and also by the reserve for railway; on the East by Taumatahahu Creek; and on the South by the bank of the River Tumuku.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Wardens’ Courts constituted.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House, at Wellington, this fifth day of January, 1887.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by “The Mining Act, 1886” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is enacted that the Governor, by Order in Council, from time to time may constitute for any mining district, or for any two or more districts or portions of districts, constituted under this Act, or for any part or parts of any such district, a Warden’s Court for the administration of justice therein, and may abolish any such Court: And whereas mining districts have been constituted under the said Act, and it is expedient to constitute Wardens’ Courts for such districts:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the said Act, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby constitute, as from the first day of January instant, for each of the mining districts named in the Schedule hereto, a Warden’s Court for the administration of justice therein.

SCHEDULE.

Hauraki.
Wairau and Pelorus.
Queen Charlotte Sound.
Karamaea.
Westland.
Otago.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Aide-de-camp appointed.

Private Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 5th January, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Lieutenant the Hon. JOHN WILLIAM FORTESCUE,
Royal North Devon Hussars, to be His Excellency’s Aide-de-camp, vice Captain Spencer M. Medley, R.N., resigned. Appointment to date from the 1st January, 1887.

By order.
JOHN JERVOIS,
Private Secretary.

Extra Aide-de-camp appointed.

Private Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 5th January, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Captain SPENCER MANSEL MEDLEY, R.N.,
to be His Excellency’s Extra Aide-de-camp.

By order.
JOHN JERVOIS,
Private Secretary.

Consular Agent for Italy at Auckland recognized.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 24th December, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that, in accordance with instructions from Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, he has recognized the appointment of

PATRICK COMISKEY, Esq.,
as Consular Agent for Italy at Auckland.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Superintendent Collectors of Agricultural Statistics appointed.

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

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned gentlemen to be Superintendent Collectors of Agricultural Statistics for the collection of February, 1887, under “The Census Act, 1877,” and to define that the district for which each shall act shall be that portion of the colony comprised by the counties or parts of counties specified opposite his name, including the boroughs within their defined boundaries:—

Superintendent Collectors. Districts (Counties, with interior Boroughs).

James H. Greenway .. {Mongonui, Whangaroa, Hokianga, Bay of Islands, Whangarei, and Hobson.

John King .. {Rodney, Otamatea, Waitemata, Eden, Manukau, Coromandel, Thames, Ohinemuri, and Piako.

Herbert W. Brabant .. {Tauranga, Rotorua, Whakatane, and East and West Taupo.

John Thomson .. {Waikato, Waipa, Raglan, and Kawhia.

J. H. M. Good .. Taranaki and Clifton.

Garland W. Woon .. {Hawera, Patea, Waitotara, and Wanganui.

F. M. Deighton .. {Rangitikei, Manawatu, Oroua, and Horowhenua.

Edwin Woon .. Cook.

George Augustus Preece {Wairoa, Hawke’s Bay, Patangata, and Waipawa.

Henry Bunny .. Wairarapa North and South.

Edward J. von Dadelszen Hutt.

John J. W. White .. {Sounds, Marlborough, and Kai-koura.

Charles H. W. Bowen {Waimea, Collingwood, and part of Amuri north of Clarence River.

William S. Munday .. Buller and Inangahua.

Gerhard Mueller .. Grey and Westland.

Walter G. Walker .. {Ashley, Akaroa, Selwyn, Ashburton, Cheviot, and part of Amuri south of Clarence River.

Charles E. Cooper .. {Geraldine, Mackenzie, and Waimate.

Andrew Thompson .. {Waitaki, Waihemo, and part of Waikouaiti north of Waitati Stream.

Richmond Keele .. Vincent, Maniototo, and Lake.

Richard Bowden Martin {Peninsula, Taieri, and part of Waikouaiti south of Waitati Stream.

Peter Farrell .. Bruce, Tuapeka, and Clutha.

William Russell .. {Southland, Wallace, Fiord, and Stewart Island.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Returning Officer for First Elections, Hawke’s Bay Rabbit District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 6th January, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ROBERT CHARLES PASLEY, Esq.,
to be the Returning Officer to hold the first elections of five Trustees of the Hawke’s Bay Rabbit District, as constituted under “The Rabbit Nuisance Act 1882 Amendment Act, 1886.”

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Inspector of Weights and Measures, Selwyn County, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 5th January, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable JOHN KENNEDY
to be an Inspector of Weights and Measures, under “The Weights and Measures Act, 1868,” and the Acts amending the same, for the County of Selwyn and the Boroughs of Christchurch, Lyttelton, St. Albans, and Sydenham, vice Constable Bennetts, resigned.

P. A. BUCKLEY.