SEPT. 12.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
965

Description of Land, Opunake and Kaupokonui Survey
Districts: This land lies about seven miles eastward of Opu-
nake, from which it is accessible by the Eltham Road.
Blocks V. and VI., Kaupokonui, adjoin the forest reserve
around Mount Egmont. Country level and well watered,
soil very light.

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

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

Postmaster appointed to take and receive Statutory
Declarations.

PURSUANT to the authority conferred upon me by the
eighth section of "The Justices of the Peace Act
Amendment Act, 1888," I, William Hillier, Earl of Onslow,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby
notify and declare that

THOMAS KITCHING,
of Aratapu, in the said colony, a person holding the office of
Postmaster under "The Post Office Act, 1881," at Aratapu
aforesaid, is authorised to take and receive statutory declara-
tions under the two hundred and thirty-fourth section of
"The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882."

As witness my hand, at Wellington, in the colony
aforesaid, this seventh day of September, one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine.

ONSLOW.

Inspector of Weights and Measures, Waikato, appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 30th August, 1889.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point Constable WILLIAM MURRAY
to be an Inspector of Weights and Measures, under "The
Weights and Measures Act, 1868," for the Counties of Waipa,
Waikato, Piako, and Raglan, and for the Boroughs of Hamil-
ton and Cambridge, vice Sergeant McGrath, transferred.

T. W. HISLOP.

Clerk of Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 11th September, 1889.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point Constable DOUGLASS GORDON
to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate's Court at Waipu.

THOS. FERGUS.

Trustee for Havelock Commonage appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 11th September, 1889.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased, in pur-
suance of section 4 of "The Havelock Commonage
Act, 1877" (Local), to appoint

JOHN COWAN, Esq.,
to be a Trustee, vice Christie Ward, Esq., resigned.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

Deputy Registrar of Deeds appointed.

Head Office, Stamp Department,
Wellington, 10th September, 1889.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point REGINALD BAYLEY, Esq.,
to be Deputy Registrar of Deeds at New Plymouth. Such
appointment to take effect from this date.

H. A. ATKINSON.

Member of Gisborne Harbour Board appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 9th September, 1889.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased, in pur-
suance of the provisions of section 40 of "The
Harbours Act, 1878," and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, to appoint

ALEXANDER CREIGHTON ARTHUR
to be a Member of the Gisborne Harbour Board, in place of
Edward Murphy, resigned.

THOS. FERGUS,
(For the Minister having charge of the Marine
Department.)

Commissioner of Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE. -JOSEPH SAMUEL RUBINSTEIN, of 5, Raymond
Buildings, Gray's Inn, London, W.C., a Solicitor of
the Supreme Court of Judicature of England, has been ap-
pointed this day, by His Honour the Chief Justice, a Com-
missioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in England,
under the second section of "The Commissioners of the
Supreme Court Act, 1875," for the purpose of taking all
such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in the said section
mentioned.

Dated this 24th day of August, 1889.

D. G. A. COOPER,
Registrar.

Commissioner of Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE. -JOSEPH SAMUEL RUBINSTEIN, of 5, Raymond
Buildings, Gray's Inn, London, W.C., a Solicitor of
the Supreme Court of Judicature of England, has been ap-
pointed this day, by His Honour the Chief Justice, a Com-
missioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in England,
under the fourth section of "The Commissioners of the
Supreme Court Act, 1875," for the purpose of taking all such
acknowledgments of married women as in the said section
mentioned.

Dated this 24th day of August, 1889.

D. G. A. COOPER,
Registrar.

Commissioner of Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE. -JOSEPH THOMPSON, of Vicberg's Chambers,
Pitt Street, Sydney, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court
of New South Wales, has been appointed this day, by His
Honour the Chief Justice, a Commissioner of the Supreme
Court of New Zealand in the Colony of New South Wales,
under the second section of "The Commissioners of the
Supreme Court Act, 1875," for the purpose of taking all such
oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in the said section
mentioned.

Dated this 24th day of August, 1889.

D. G. A. COOPER,
Registrar.

Officer in the Torpedo Corps and New Zealand Militia
resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th September, 1889.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept
the resignation of the commissions held by

ARTHUR VEN LODDER
as Lieutenant in the New Zealand Militia, and Lieutenant
in the New Zealand Torpedo Corps.

THOS. FERGUS.

Imperial Institute. - School of Modern Oriental Studies.

Education Department,
Wellington, 6th September, 1889.

BY direction of His Excellency the Governor the follow-
ing letter and enclosure are published for general
information.

THOS. FERGUS,
(For the Minister of Education.)

1, Adam Street, Adelphi, London, W.C.,
5th July, 1889.

SIR,-I have the honour, by direction of His Royal Highness
the President, to call your attention to a School of Modern
Oriental Studies which has been established by the Imperial
Institute, in union with University College and King's Col-
lege, London, and to request that your Excellency will have
the goodness to use your influence in bringing it under the
notice of those who are likely to have cause to proceed from
your colony to England with the intention of pursuing
studies of the nature included within the scope of this
school.-I have, &c.,

F. A. ABEL,
Organizing Secretary.

His Excellency the Governor of New Zealand,
Wellington.

SCHOOL FOR MODERN ORIENTAL STUDIES, established by the
Imperial Institute of the United Kingdom, the Colonies,
and India, in union with University College and King's
College, London.

THE commercial and official classes in the United King-
dom, whose pursuits entail either temporary residence in,
or visits to, oriental countries, and communion or corre-
spondence with the natives of those countries, have long