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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 13

Trustee for Timaru Racecourse appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 2nd March, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of section 6 of “The Timaru Racecourse Reserve Act, 1883,” been pleased to appoint

DONALD MCLEAN, Esq.,

to be a Member of the Board of Trustees constituted under that Act, in the place of Thomas Hall.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister of Lands.

Cadet, Survey Department, appointed.

General Survey Office,
Wellington, 28th February, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

OLIVER GOLDSMITH

to be a Cadet in the Survey Department of New Zealand; the appointment dating from the 1st January, 1886.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister of Lands.

Assessor appointed under “The Native Land Court Act, 1886.”

Native Office,
Wellington, 2nd March, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

URUPENI PUHARA,

of Napier, to be an Assessor under “The Native Land Court Act, 1886.”

J. BALLANCE.

Assessors appointed under the Resident Magistrates Acts.

Native Office,
Wellington, 2nd March, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HAPETA WHAKAMAIRU, for Wairarapa District,
RANIERA WHARERAU, for Bay of Islands District,
NGAKURU TE RANGIKAIWHIRIA, for Taupo District,
WINIATA TE KAKAHI, for Whanganui District, and
ENOKA TE WANO, for Wellington District,

to be Assessors for the purpose of the Resident Magistrates Acts.

J. BALLANCE.

Interpreter licensed under “The Native Land Court Act, 1886.”

Native Office,
Wellington, 2nd March, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to license

Mr. THOMAS GEORGE POUTAWERA,

of Wellington, to act as an Interpreter under “The Native Land Court Act, 1886.”

J. BALLANCE.

Appointment in New Zealand Militia.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 1st March, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the under-mentioned appointment in the

New Zealand Militia.

John Whitney to be Captain. Date of commission, 5th February, 1887.

J. BALLANCE.

Volunteer Officers appointed and promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 1st March, 1887.

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

West Coast (North Island) Battalion Rifle Volunteers.

Charles Holmes Borlase to be Captain and Quartermaster. Date of commission, 16th February, 1887.

Canterbury Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Frederick Henry Cotton to be Captain. Date of commission, 27th January, 1887.

Auckland Royal Dragoons.

Arthur Challinor Purchas to be Honorary Surgeon.

Reverend Edward Hale Gulliver to be Honorary Chaplain.

Date of commissions, 19th January, 1887.

Hobson Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Cornelius Little to be Captain. Date of commission, 8th February, 1887.

Wellington Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant James Tait to be Captain. Date of commission, 4th February, 1887.

Geraldine Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Robert Henry Pearpoint to be Captain. Date of commission, 1st February, 1887.

J. BALLANCE.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 1st March, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commissions held by the under-mentioned officers:—

Westport Naval Artillery Volunteers.

Captain John Barrowman. Date of resignation, 28th January, 1887.

Waiuku Cavalry Volunteers.

Honorary Chaplain Reverend Colin Cockayne C. Firth. Date of resignation, 15th January, 1887.

Canterbury Irish Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Joshua Farrell. Date of resignation, 27th January, 1887.

J. BALLANCE.

Appointment and Resignation of Member of the Board for Examination of Militia and Volunteer Officers, Wanganui District.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 1st March, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Major JOHN PATTEN WATT,

West Coast Battalion Rifle Volunteers, to be a Member of the Board for the Examination of Militia and Volunteer Officers in the Wanganui District, vice Major John William Lockett, New Zealand Militia, whose resignation as Member of the Board has been accepted.

J. BALLANCE.

Officer Commanding Lake District resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 1st March, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of

Major STEPHEN NOBLE BROWN

as Officer Commanding Lake District, and has approved of his being placed upon the retired list of the New Zealand Volunteer Force, with the same rank.

J. BALLANCE.

Proclamation prohibiting Importation of New Zealand Sheep into New South Wales.—Notice No. 223.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 24th February, 1887.

THE following Proclamation, made by the Governor of New South Wales, is published for general information.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

NEW SOUTH WALES, ) PROCLAMATION by His Excellency the TO WIT. ) Right Honourable CHARLES ROBERT, BARON CARRINGTON, a Member of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of New South Wales and its Dependencies.

(L.S.)
CARRINGTON,
Governor.

WHEREAS by section ten of “The Imported Stock Act of 1871,” the Governor is empowered, by Proclamation in the Government Gazette, to restrict or absolutely prohibit for any specified time the importation or introduction of any stock, fodder, or fittings from any other colony or country in which there is reason to believe any infectious or contagious disease in stock exists: And whereas by a Proclamation under the hand of His Excellency the Governor, published in the Sup-