Dec. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1349

Rural Lands in the Southland Land District open for Sale
or Selection.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon me by the third section of "The Land
Act Amendment Act, 1887" (hereinafter termed "the said
Act"), I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor
of the Colony of New Zealand, having received the report
of the Surveyor-General in this behalf, as in the said section
is provided, do hereby declare that the rural lands enume-
rated in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selec-
tion, after the lapse of a period of forty-five days from the
date of the first public notification hereof, in the manner
and upon the conditions mentioned in the said Act, and at
the price per acre respectively set opposite such land in the
said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.
TARINGATURA.
A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d.
227 } .. 277 1 31 1 0 0 293 17 0
230 }
HOKONUI.
551 .. 191 0 32 1 10 0 462 9 0
WAIRIO.
125 .. 230 0 0 1 5 0 152 16 0
182 .. 237 0 0 1 5 0 152 0 0
WENDONSIDE.
3 I. 312 3 13 1 5 0 131 12 6
9 " 319 0 0 1 0 0 631 0 0
6 II. 320 0 0 1 5 0 486 18 0
WENDON.
16 VII. 320 0 0 1 0 0 318 19 0
8 VIII. 316 1 32 1 5 0 266 18 0
8 X. 319 3 39 1 15 0 160 12 0
JACOB'S RIVER.
44 XIV. 127 0 12 1 5 0 129 10 0
LONGWOOD.
10 I. 105 2 0 1 0 0 91 0 0

SECOND-CLASS LAND.
TARINGATURA.
280 .. 320 0 0 0 12 6 |
281 .. 311 2 27 0 12 6 |
HOKONUI.
492 .. 200 0 0 0 15 0 93 5 0
667 .. 211 1 0 0 12 6 25 10 0
WAIRIO.
98 .. 319 1 0 0 17 6 296 17 0
INVERCARGILL HUNDRED.
25 } XII. 148 0 0 0 12 6 67 5 0
26 }
OTARA.
15 IV. 187 2 4 0 17 6 |
CENTRE HILL.
7 IV. 234 1 17 0 17 6 |

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this fourth day of December, one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-eight.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

Ranger under Animals Protection Acts, Nelson, appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 28th November, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

GEORGE HOLLAND, Jun.,
to be a Ranger under "The Animals Protection Act, 1880;"
and the Acts amending the same, for the Nelson District.

T. W. HISLOP.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 4th December, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

CHARLES AUGUSTUS TIPPING
to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths, and
to be Vaccination Inspector, for the District of Campbell-
town, vice James Crow.

T. W. HISLOP.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 4th December, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point the under-mentioned gentlemen to be the
Deputies of the Registrars of Marriages and of Births and
Deaths for the districts respectively set opposite their names,
viz.:

Name. District.
WILLIAM BAILEY .. .. Foxton.
JAMES WALTON .. .. Te Awamutu.
T. W. HISLOP.

Member of Picton Hospital and Charitable Aid Board
reappointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 4th December, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to re-
appoint

DONALD McCORMICK
to represent the Sounds County on the Picton Hospital and
Charitable Aid Board, as provided by "The Sounds County
Hospital Representation Act, 1887."

T. W. HISLOP.

Notification of Resignation of Seat in the House of Repre-
sentatives for Electoral District of Lincoln.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 6th December, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor, in compliance with the
provisions of the sixty-first and sixty-third sections
of "The Regulation of Elections Act, 1881," directs it to
be notified that

ARTHUR PYNE O'CALLAGHAN, Esq.,
has resigned his seat in the House of Representatives for the
Electoral District of Lincoln, and that his letter of resigna-
tion was received by His Excellency, in the absence from the
colony of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, on
the 5th day of December, 1888, and that the said seat is
vacant by reason of such resignation.

T. W. HISLOP.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 29th November, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

JOHN ROBERT SEBLEY
to be a Member of the Licensing Committee for the District
of Danavirke, vice D. McKay.

THOS. FERGUS.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th December, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
prove of the under-mentioned appointment:—

Brunnerton Rifle Volunteers.
George William Yorke to be Honorary Surgeon. Date of
commission, 5th November, 1888.

THOS. FERGUS.

Volunteer Corps disbanded.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th December, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
prove of the disbandment of the

Dargaville Rifle Volunteers. Date of disbandment,
29th November, 1888.

The under-mentioned gentleman, therefore, ceases to be
an officer in the Volunteer Force, in accordance with the
provisions of "The Defence Act, 1866:"—

Captain Joseph McMullen Dargaville.

THOS. FERGUS.