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situated to the south of Pahiatua, across the Makakahi Bridge, and extend for nearly two miles along the main coach-road on either side. At their nearest point they are about four and a half miles from Pahiatua. As a rule they extend from the Makakahi to the Mangatainoka Rivers, and on the south-west they are bounded by the Tutaekara Road, already felled and cleared; these sections are all quite level, and well watered by frontages on to the Makakahi or Mangatainoka Rivers. They are, however, liable to be flooded. The soil is generally excellent. The forest is mixed and not heavy, and the underscrub is not dense except in patches. The trees consist mostly of tawa, with rimu, kahikatea, rata, &c.; there are a few totara trees also along the rivers. The scrub comprises supplejacks, pungas, houhou, whiwhi, &c., with patches of manuka in places.

Sections 104 to 109, Block XIV., Mangahao, form an irregular-shaped piece of land lying between the surveyed line of the proposed Eketahuna-Woodville Railway on the west and the Mangatainoka River on the east. The main coach-road runs about 20 chains to the eastward of this river, and is connected with the block by two cross road-lines, which join the main road about eight miles from Pahiatua and seven miles from Eketahuna. The block is intersected by a through road between the central road and the main road, and also by another road running parallel with the proposed railway, and about midway between the river and the proposed railway.

Bushfelling by the adjacent settlers is already in progress on the eastern and western boundaries; the forest is mixed and not heavy; the trees consist mainly of tawa, rimu, matai, rata, hinau, with totara along the river; the scrub is usually light, and comprises supplejacks, pungas, houhou, makomako, horopito, mahoe, konini, whiwhi, &c. The soil is generally of good quality.

All the land in Block XIV., Mangahao, which is not on the terrace shown on plans is more or less subject to floods. Section 108 is entirely, and Section 109 mostly, on the terrace, while Sections 104, 105, and 110 are sufficiently on the terrace to afford ample space for safe building and for keeping stock during floods.

With the exception of Section 108, on which there is no surface water, the whole block is well watered.

All the sections above described are valuable by reason of their good quality and accessibility, none of them being more than two miles from the main road, and many of them fronting on it. The only drawback is the liability of the country to floods by the Mangatainoka and Makakahi Rivers, as indicated upon the plans. All the sections can be very easily visited in a day from Pahiatua. Mr. G. T. Murray, Government Surveyor, will arrange to show intending selectors over the sections. Additional information and particulars can be obtained on application at this office.

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

W. R. RUSSELL,
(For the Minister of Lands.)

Returning Officer appointed for Clyde and Waikaremoana Native Licensing Districts.

ONSLow, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the provisions of “The Licensing Act, 1881,” and “The Licensing Act Amendment Act, 1882,” I, the Right Honourable William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

JAMES BOOTH, Esq.,

to be Returning Officer for the Native Licensing Districts of Clyde and Waikaremoana, vice George Augustus Preece, Esq., resigned.

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

T. W. HISLOP,
(For the Native Minister.)

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 16th December, 1889.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JAMES HOWARD SHEATH

to be Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Tauranga.

T. W. HISLOP,
(In the absence of the Colonial Secretary.)

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 23rd December, 1889.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

OLE ERICKSEN

to be Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Norsewood, vice John F. Olsen, resigned.

W. R. RUSSELL.

Official Assignee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 31st December, 1889.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM ARNOLD THOMAS, Esq.,

to be Official Assignee for the District of Canterbury, on and from the 1st January, 1890, vice E. C. Latter, Esq., resigned.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
(For the Minister of Justice.)

Auditor under Bankruptcy Act appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 31st December, 1889.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

The CONTROLLER AND AUDITOR-GENERAL

to audit the books of account of the Official Assignees under the Bankruptcy Act, vice the Assistant-Controller and Auditor, from the 1st January, 1890.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
(For the Minister of Justice.)

Police Gaoler appointed.

Department of Justice (Prisons Branch),
Wellington, 16th December, 1889.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable WILLIAM FOLLEY

to be Police Gaoler at Greymouth, vice Sergeant Hanlan, resigned.

W. R. RUSSELL.

Member of Land Board reappointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 31st December, 1889.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to re-appoint

WILLIAM POLLOCK MOAT, Esq.,

to be a Member of the Land Board for the Auckland District, as from the 2nd January, 1890.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

Crown Lands Ranger appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 31st December, 1889.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

GEORGE MCKENZIE, Esq.,

to be a Ranger of Crown Lands for the Land Districts of Otago and Canterbury. Date of appointment, 1st January, 1890.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 31st December, 1889.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation by

AARON AYERS, Esq.,

of Christchurch, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the colony.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
(For the Minister of Justice.)

Clerk resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 30th December, 1889.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation by

SAMUEL MARSDEN BAKER