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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 59

5. No prospecting will be allowed upon Native land without a prospecting license authorising the person therein named, with the consent of the owner of the land, to prospect, in accordance with the provisions of sections one hundred and thirty-five to one hundred and thirty-seven of “The Mining Act, 1886,” inclusive.

No reward shall be paid for any discovery that may be made upon Native land without the consent of the Native owners and the approval of the Minister of Mines.

Appointments in Live Stock Branch.—Notice No. 263.

The Minister’s Office, Live Stock Branch,
Wellington, 29th October, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the following appointments under “The Sheep Act, 1878,” and the Acts amending the same. These appointments supersede all previous appointments under the said Acts:—

To be Inspectors and Sub-Inspectors of Sheep.

Bayly, Benjamin Peddie .. .. .. Auckland.
Clifton, Edmund .. .. .. Wellington.
Douglass, Alfred .. .. .. Dunedin.
Foster, Reginald .. .. .. Christchurch.
Pasley, Robert Charles .. .. .. Napier.
Richardson, Thomas George .. .. .. Blenheim.

To be Sub-Inspectors of Sheep.

Anderson, Charles .. .. .. Invercargill.
Blundell, Arthur Kennedy .. .. .. Foxhill.
Campbell, Hector McNeil.. .. .. Nelson.
Cooke, Grattan Sherwood (vice Matthew \ Mawer, dispensed with 31st May, 1888, and \ Albert Elliott, dispensed with 31st August, \ 1888) \ Whangarei.
Corbett, Richard .. .. .. Queenstown.
Dowden, Edwin Atchley .. .. .. Dunedin.
Drummond, John .. .. .. Masterton.
Fitzroy, Cecil Augustus .. .. .. Hastings.
Fullarton, Blair .. .. .. Balclutha.
Hately, William .. .. .. Auckland.
Holderness, Robert Fitzroy .. .. .. Amberley.
Hull, Richard .. .. .. Palmerston S.
Knyvett, William Hancock (vice Arthur \ Henry Passau, dispensed with 31st May, \ 1888) \ Blenheim.
Mackay, Thomas Tudor Williams .. .. Christchurch.
McClean, John Francis .. .. .. Wellington.
Miller, William .. .. .. Oamaru.
Miles, Thomas John .. .. .. Lawrence.
Monro, Alexander .. .. .. Wanganui.
Moore, John .. .. .. Kaikoura.
Munro, Donald .. .. .. Waimata.
Oldham, Henry .. .. .. Hamilton.
Orbell, Edward .. .. .. Lumsden.
Quartley, Sydney Reade .. .. .. Waiau.
Rees, William Gilbert .. .. .. Greymouth.
Scaife, Willis Ashton (vice Frederick E. Hick- Outram. son, dispensed with 29th February, 1888)
Scott, James Morling (vice Charles Shaw, re- Clyde. signed 31st May, 1888)
Simpson, Robert Kirkpatrick .. .. Marton.
Sutton, William Aretas Parry .. .. Timaru.
Thomson, Campbell .. .. .. Gisborne.
Thomson, Henry Sinclair .. .. .. Omarama.
Wachsmann, Ashton (vice Angus A. Mac- Gore. donald, dispensed with 29th February, 1888)

Also the following appointments under “The Diseased Cattle Act, 1881:”—

ALFRED DOUGLASS and JOHN MCKELLAR to be Deputy Cattle Inspectors for the Cattle District of Southland, and in and for all cattle districts in the colony, from the 1st August, 1888.

Also the following appointments under “The Brands and Branding Act, 1880:”—

RICHARD CORBETT to be a Registrar of Brands for the Dunstan Branding District, comprising the Dunstan Subdivision of the Otago Sheep District, as constituted under “The Sheep Act, 1878,” from the 1st July, 1888.

ALEXANDER MONRO to be a Registrar of Brands for the New Plymouth Branding District, comprising the Counties of Clifton and Taranaki, from the 1st July, 1888.

REGINALD FOSTER to be a Registrar of Brands for the Christchurch Branding District, comprising the Christchurch and Ashburton Subdivisions of the Canterbury Sheep District, from the 16th April, 1888.

WILLIAM ARETAS PARRY SUTTON to be a Registrar of Brands for the South Canterbury Branding District, comprising the Timaru Subdivision of the Canterbury Sheep District, from the 16th April, 1888.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

Orders for Payment of Public Moneys to Agents to be stamped.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 15th October, 1888.

THE Colonial Treasurer directs it to be notified for general information that orders for the payment of moneys to agents by cheque or otherwise are subject to a stamp duty of one penny under the provisions of “The Stamp Act, 1882;” and all public officers concerned in the payment of public moneys are hereby enjoined, on presentation of such orders and before payment, to see that they are duly stamped as required by law, unless where specially exempt.

JAMES C. GAVIN,
Secretary to the Treasury.

Property-tax.—“Property Assessment Act, 1885,” and its Amendments.

Wellington, 9th October, 1888.

IN accordance with the above Acts, public notice is hereby given that the thirtieth day of November next is the time, and my office, Government Buildings, Wellington, is the place, at which all persons in the colony are required to furnish statements of all real and personal property belonging to them in accordance with the said Acts.

J. SPERREY,
Property-tax Commissioner.

N.B.—Forms of statement will be delivered by Assessors as far as practicable, but, as the duty of procuring such forms is cast upon the public, no person is excused from neglecting to provide himself therewith. All persons, whether liable to taxation or not, are required to furnish statements.

Forms may be obtained from the Local Assessor, or at any Money Order Post Office.

Officiating Ministers for 1888.—Notice No. 28.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 31st October, 1888.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, passed in the forty-fourth year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, and intituled “The Marriage Act, 1880,” the following name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information:—

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.
The Reverend John Hendrie.

Wm. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

Money Order and Savings Bank Office opened.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 25th October, 1888.

IT is hereby notified for general information that a money order and savings bank office will be opened at

DENNISTON (Chief Office, Westport),

from the 16th proximo.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Notice of Hearing of Applications for Patents.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 26th October, 1888.

NO. 3329.—JOSEPH SOLER, of Wanganui, New Zealand, Wine Manufacturer, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for the cure of codlin moth on fruit-trees.

No. 3330.—JOHN TAYLOR, of Feilding, New Zealand, Blacksmith, and ALFRED JOHN MOUNTFORT, of the same place, Surveyor, have deposited at this office a specification of an invention for an iron or other metal wedge and key for securing and removing axe-handles, to be called “The Model Axe-wedge and Key.”

No. 3331.—JOSHUA THOMAS JOHNS, of Seymour Street, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for simplifying and cheapening trade packages for jam and other semi-fluid substances, to be called “Johns’s Patent Jam-packet.”

No. 3332.—JOSHUA THOMAS JOHNS, of Seymour Street, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for the improvement of jam- or other preserve-tins or packages, to prevent injury arising from contact of the contents with any deleterious substances that may pertain to the materials of which the