July 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 931

14707, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wel- lington, and thereon coloured green and red.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Altering Times of Meeting of the Land Board of the Land District of Hawke's Bay.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

WHEREAS by the first subsection of section forty-three of "The Land Act, 1885," it is provided that the Land Boards of the respective land districts shall sit at the land office in the principal town of the land district, at certain times to be determined by the Board and approved of by the Governor, and published in the New Zealand Gazette:

And whereas by a warrant under the hand of His Excel- lency the Governor, dated the twenty-eighth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the third day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, it was appointed that the Land Board of Hawke's Bay should sit on the third Wednesday in each month at half-past eleven o'clock a.m.:

And whereas the Land Board of Hawke's Bay did, on the eighteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, pass a resolution recommending that the time of sitting should be altered, and it is expedient to give effect to the said recommendation:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the power and authority vested in me in that behalf, do hereby fix and determine that the ordinary meetings of the Land Board of the Land District of Hawke's Bay shall be held on the third Wednesday in each month at half-past ten o'clock a.m., commencing on Wednesday, the twentieth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, instead of at half-past eleven o'clock a.m., as heretofore appointed.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eighth day of July, one thousand eight hun- dred and eighty-seven.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister of Lands.

Altering Times of Meeting of the Land Board of the Land District of Westland.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

WHEREAS by the first subsection of section forty-three of "The Land Act, 1885," it is provided that the Land Boards of the respective land districts shall sit at the land office in the principal town of the land district, at certain times to be determined by the Board and approved of by the Governor, and published in the New Zealand Gazette:

And whereas by a warrant under the hand of His Excel- lency the Governor, dated the fifteenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the seventeenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, it was appointed that the Land Board of Westland should sit on the first and third Wednesday in each month at two o'clock p.m.:

And whereas the Land Board of Westland did, on the fifteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, pass a resolution recommending that the time of sitting should be altered, and it is expedient to give effect to the said recommendation:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the power and authority vested in me in that behalf, do hereby fix and determine that the ordinary meetings of the Land Board of the Land District of Westland shall be held on the third Wednesday of every month at two o'clock p.m., commencing on Wednesday, the twentieth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, instead of the first and third Wednesday in each month, as heretofore ap- pointed.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eighth day of July, one thousand eight hun- dred and eighty-seven.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister of Lands.

Changing the Purpose of a Reserve at Westport.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

WHEREAS the provisions and the requirements of the fifth section of "The Public Reserves Act, 1881," have been duly complied with in respect of the land de- scribed in the first column of the Schedule hereto: And whereas notices in the Gazette have been duly published for four consecutive weeks, and laid before both Houses of the Assembly, as provided by the ninth section of the said Act: And whereas no resolution of either House of Assembly has been passed that such House does not concur in the inten- tion declared in any such notices:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the fifth section of the Act aforesaid, do hereby define the change of purpose of the land described in the first column of the Schedule hereto to be that named in the second column of the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

Description and Purpose of Reserve. | Purpose.
All that piece or parcel of land contain- | Site for a drill-
ing by admeasurement 22 perches, more | shed.
or less, situate in the Land District of |
Nelson, being portion of a reserve for pub- |
lic buildings, Town of Westport, and de- |
scribed as follows: Commencing at a |
point on the south side of Henley Street |
distant 165ft. in a westerly direction from |
its intersection with Russell Street, having |
a frontage to Henley Street of 60ft. by a |
depth of 100ft. Reserved as a site for |
public buildings or other purposes of the |
General Government. |

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eighth day of July, one thousand eight hun- dred and eighty-seven.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister of Lands.

Additional Public Vaccinator, Christchurch District, ap- pointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 8th July, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap- point

ADAM FREDERICK JOHN MICKLE, Esq., M.D., &c.,
to be an additional Public Vaccinator, under "The Public Health Act, 1876," for the District of Christchurch.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Additional Public Vaccinator, Christchurch District, ap- pointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 12th July, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap- point

JAMES COOKE, Esq., M.D. R. Univ. Irel.,
to be an additional Public Vaccinator, under "The Public Health Act, 1876," for the District of Christchurch.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Resident Magistrate appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 11th July, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap- point

MAJOR ARTHUR TUKE, J.P.,
to be a Resident Magistrate for the District of Taranaki, with extended jurisdiction to £100.

W. J. M. LARNACH,
In the absence of the Minister of Justice.