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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Land Classification Commissioners appointed.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

IN N exercise and pursuance of the power power and authorities
vested in me by the the ninth section of "The Land Acts
Amendment Act, 1888," I, William Francis Drummond
Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do
hereby appoint

GEORGE WATKIN WILLIAMS, Esquire, Chief Surveyor of
the Land District of Hawke's Bay;
RECHAB HARDING, Esquire; and
CHARLES HALL, Esquire,

Commissioners to classify and report to me upon the rural
land in the Land District of Hawke's Bay, known as runs
numbers eleven and thirteen, as provided by section nine of
"The Land Acts Amendment Act, 1888," aforesaid.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this thirtieth day of January, one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-nine.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

Appointment of Consul for Belgium at Auckland pro-
visionally recognised.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th January, 1889.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified
that he has been instructed by Her Majesty's Prin-
cipal Secretary of State for the Colonies to recognise pro-
visionally the appointment of

ARTHUR MOSEY, Esq.,
as Consul for Belgium at Auckland.

T. W. HISLOP.

Judge of Assessment Court for Hokitika, Kumara, and Ross
appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 28th January, 1889.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

JACKSON KEDDELL, Esq., R.M.,

to be Judge of the Assessment Court for the Boroughs of
Hokitika, Kumara, and Ross, under "The Rating Act, 1876,"
and the Acts amending the same.

T. W. HISLOP.

Public Vaccinator, Helensville District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 28th January, 1889.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

SAMUEL JAMES DENTON, Esq., M.D. New York,

to be a Public Vaccinator, under "The Public Health Act,
1876," for the District of Helensville.

T. W. HISLOP.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 29th January, 1889.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

JOHN BASIL GUDGEON

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths, and
also to be Vaccination Inspector, for the District of Picton,
vice J. G. Ballard.

T. W. HISLOP.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 25th January, 1889.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

JOHN RICHARD KIDD

to be a Member of the Licensing Committee for the District
of Toitois, vice W. Gregory, deceased.

THOS. FERGUS.

Secretary for Lands and Mines appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 30th January, 1889.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

STEPHENSON PERCY SMITH, Esq.,

to be Secretary for Lands and Mines. Date of appointment,
28th January, 1889.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

Member of Land Board reappointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 30th January, 1889.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to re-
appoint

ARTHUR SHUCKBURGH COLLINS, Esq.,

to be a Member of the Land Board for the Marlborough
Land District, as from the 1st January, 1889.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

Trustees for the Wyndham Show-ground Reserve appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 30th January, 1889.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

JAMES CUSHINE, Esq., and
ALEXANDER BEANGE, Esq.,

to be Members of the Wyndham Show-ground Trust, in the
place of J. Milne and the late J. A. R. Menzies.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

Crown Lands Ranger appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 30th January, 1889.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

Mr. G. R. CAMPBELL

to be a Ranger of Crown Lands for the Land District of
Auckland, from the 24th January, 1889.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

Assistant Surveyor-General promoted.

General Survey Office,
Wellington, 30th January, 1889.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to pro-
mote

STEPHENSON PERCY SMITH, Esq.,

Assistant Surveyor-General, to be Surveyor-General in the
Survey Department of New Zealand, the promotion dating
from the 28th January, 1889, vice James McKerrow.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

Trustees of Drill-shed appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 24th January, 1889.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point the under-mentioned original Trustees to be
Trustees of the Wanganui Drill-shed, under "The Volunteer
Drill-sheds and Lands Act, 1888:"-

CHARLES STAPP, Lieutenant-Colonel, New Zealand Militia,
Commanding Wanganui Volunteer District.
GEORGE HUTCHISON, Captain, New Zealand Volunteers.

THOS. FERGUS.

Additional Trustees of Drill-shed appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 24th January, 1889.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point the under-mentioned gentlemen to be additional
Trustees of the Wanganui Drill-shed, under "The Volunteer
Drill-sheds and Lands Act, 1888:"-

WILLIAM HENRY CLAPHAM, Captain, Wanganui Naval
Artillery Volunteers.
CHARLES HOLMES BORLASE, Captain, Wanganui Rifle
Volunteers.
JAMES THAIN, Quartermaster, New Zealand Volunteers.

THOS. FERGUS.

Volunteer Corps amalgamated.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 30th January, 1889.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
prove the amalgamation of the Ponsonby and
Devonport Naval Artillery Volunteers, under the designation
of the

Ponsonby Naval Artillery Volunteers.

THOS. FERGUS.