July 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 793

Justice, in the name and on behalf of His Excellency the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint
the local authority specified in the first column of the
Schedule hereto to have the control and management of
the public cemetery specified in the second column of the
said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

Local Authority. | Name of Public Cemetery, and Description
| of Land.

The Ohinemuri | OHINEMURI.
County Council. | All that parcel of land in the Pro-
| vincial District of Auckland, containing
| by admeasurement 3 acres 1 rood 25
| perches, more or less, situate in the
| Ohinemuri Survey District, being part
| of Pukerimu No. 1 (No. 4317A), Block
| XIII., of said survey district. Bounded
| towards the north by Huruhuru No. 2
| (No. 3587A), 318·5 links; towards the
| west by a portion of Pukerimu No. 1
| (No. 4317A), 900·2 links; towards the
| south by the Paeroa-Waitekauri Road,
| 467·9 links; and on the east by a portion
| of Pukerimu No. 1 (No. 4317A), 836 links.

As witness the hand of His Excellency Sir James
Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, as such
Deputy as aforesaid, this twenty-first day of July,
one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight.
G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

Notice of Intention to change the Purpose of a Reserve at
Queenstown, Otago.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

WHEREAS by “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” it is,
amongst other things, enacted that the Governor
may declare his intention to make, change, exchange, or
alter the dedication of any public reserve now or hereafter
vested in Her Majesty or the Governor for any of the pur-
poses named in Class II. of the Schedule to the said Act,
whether the same be granted or not; and, in the case of any
reserves made under the authority of section two hundred
and twenty-seven of “The Land Act, 1885,” if it shall, in the
opinion of the Governor, be expedient to change the purpose
of such reserves or any part thereof from the purpose or pre-
sumed purpose for which it was set apart to any other pur-
pose, or if it shall, in the opinion of the Governor, be expe-
dient to exchange any of the land comprised in such reserve
for other land of equal value, to be dedicated to one or more
purposes named in the said Class II., the Governor may, by
notice in the Gazette, declare his intention to make such
change, exchange, or dedication, as the case may be, and in
such notice declare the manner and terms in which the same
is intended to be so made:
Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby, in
exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested
in me by “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” aforesaid, declare
my intention to change the specific purpose of the reserve
described in the first column of the Schedule hereto to the
specific purpose set opposite such description in the second
column of the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

Description and Purpose of Reserve. | Intended Purpose.

All that parcel of land in the Provin- | As a site for a
cial District of Otago, containing by ad- | police-station.
measurement 14 perches, more or less,
being part of Section No. 2, Block XXXI.,
Town of Queenstown. Bounded on the
north-east by Stanley Street, 85 links;
on the south-east by part of said Section
No. 2, 120 links; on the south-west by
other part of Section No. 2, 67 links;
and on the north-west by part of Section
No. 5, 118 links: reserved as a site for
a drill-shed for the Queenstown Volun-
teers.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this fourteenth day of July, one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-eight.
G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

Inspector of Weights and Measures appointed, Akaroa.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 17th July, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been
pleased to appoint
Sergeant EDWARD WILSON
to be an Inspector of Weights and Measures, under “The
Weights and Measures Act, 1868,” for the District of Akaroa,
vice Sergeant Keating, transferred.
T. W. HISLOP.

Returning Officer and Day of Election for Mayor of Petone
appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 20th July, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been
pleased to appoint
FREDERICK WILLIAM LEONARD KIRK
to be the Returning Officer of the Borough of Petone; and
also to appoint Tuesday, the 31st July, 1888, as the day for
holding the election of Mayor of the said borough. Appoint-
ment to date from the 14th July, 1888.
T. W. HISLOP.

Returning Officers and Day of Election for Councillors of
Borough of Petone appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th July, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been
pleased to appoint
FREDERICK WILLIAM LEONARD KIRK
to be the Returning Officer to conduct the first election of
Councillors for the North-east Ward of the Borough of
Petone; also to appoint
WILLIAM BENNETT
to be the Returning Officer for the said elections for the
South Ward of the said borough; and also to appoint
FREDERICK JAMES FRANCE
to be the Returning Officer for the said elections for the
South Ward of the said borough.
Also to appoint Saturday, the 18th August, 1888, to be the
day for holding such first elections of Councillors for the
aforesaid wards of the said Borough of Petone.
T. W. HISLOP.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 25th July, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been
pleased to appoint
ENOS STEVENSON
to be a Member of the Licensing Committee for the District
of Takapuna, vice J. Knox, resigned.
THOS. FERGUS.

Clerk of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 25th July, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been
pleased to appoint
ROBERT MACKAY PEMBERTON
to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of
Waipara, vice William Knight.
THOS. FERGUS.

Volunteer Officer promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th July, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Deputy-Governor has been pleased
to approve of the under-mentioned promotion:—
Naseby Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant John Theodore Brooke Hickson to be Captain.
Date of commission, 26th June, 1888.
THOS. FERGUS.