Act"), I, William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, 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 enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection, after the lapse of a period of not less than 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 stated in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.—UNSURVEYED LANDS.—SECOND-CLASS RURAL LANDS.

EXTENSION of Block CLVIII., sea-beach north of Haast River, 600 acres, extending along sea-coast towards the north-east to the Waita River, and towards the south-west to the Haast River; price, 10s. per acre; light sandy soil; access by sea-beach and by Waita Junction Road.

Block CLXIX., 200 acres; price, 15s. per acre; west bank of Arawata River, at Jackson's Flat, Arawata Survey District, about seven miles from mouth of river; light sandy soil; access by dray-road to Forks, and thence by river-bed.

Block CLXX., 1,500 acres; price, 10s. per acre; between the Cascade River and the Old Man Creek; access by Cascade seaport; flat land, swampy in places but easily drained; good soil.

Block CLXXI., 400 acres; price, 10s. per acre; at Barn Bay, between the sea-coast and Barn River; access by sea-coast and by Barn River via Cascade River; flat land, sandy soil, scrub, and flax, slightly swampy.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-first day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety.

G. F. RICHARDSON,

Minister of Lands.

Trustees appointed for the Maintenance of the Hawkesbury Public Cemetery.

ONSLOW, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the sixth section of "The Cemeteries Act, 1882," I, William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the several persons whose names are specified in the first column of the Schedule hereto to be Trustees to provide for the maintenance and care of the public cemetery specified in the second column of the said Schedule, in lieu of the Trustees appointed by warrant dated the twenty-fourth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.

SCHEDULE.

Names of Trustees. Name of Public Cemetery, and Description of Land.

Joseph Bates. All that parcel of land in the Land District of Otago, situate in the Town of Hawkesbury, containing by admeasurement 10 acres, more or less, and marked "Cemetery Reserve" on the map of the said town. Bounded towards the north by Block IV., Hawkesbury Survey District, 1028 links; towards the east by Section No. 4, suburbs of Hawkesbury; towards the south by Section No. 2A, a road-line, and Section No. 2; and towards the west by Sections Nos. 2 and 1.

William McDougall

Michael McGarry.

Robert Pearson.

Archibald Grant

Reid.

James Steven.

Donald Sutherland.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this seventeenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety.

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

EDWIN GREATBATCH,

being a person holding the office of Postmaster under "The Post Office Act, 1881," at Ohaeawai, is authorised to take and receive statutory declarations under the two hundred and thirty-fourth section of "The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882."

As witness my hand, at Auckland, in the colony aforesaid, this twenty-first day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety.

ONSLOW.

Public Vaccinator, Hokitika District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,

Wellington, 21st February, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HERBERT MACANDREW, Esq., M.B., M.S., Univ. Edin., to be a Public Vaccinator, under "The Public Health Act, 1876," for the District of Hokitika.

G. F. RICHARDSON,

(In the absence of the Colonial Secretary.)

Judges of Assessment Courts appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,

Wellington, 21st February, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HERBERT WILLIAM BRABANT, Esq., R.M., to be Judge of the Assessment Court, under "The Rating Act, 1876," and the Acts amending the same, for the Boroughs of Wanganui, Marton, Feilding, and Foxton, and for the Town Districts of Halcombe and Lethbridge; and also to appoint

SAMUEL MEADE DALGLIESH, Esq., R.M., to be Judge of the Assessment Court, under the said Acts, for the Boroughs of Alexandra and Cromwell.

G. F. RICHARDSON,

(In the absence of the Colonial Secretary.)

Deputy Commissioner of Stamps appointed.

Head Office, Stamp Department,

Wellington, 26th February, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Mr. JAMES WILLIAM BROWN to be Deputy Commissioner of Stamps and Assistant Registrar of Joint-stock Companies at Wellington during the temporary absence of Mr. Charles Alfred St. George Hickson from the district on service.

G. F. RICHARDSON.

Trustees of Hokitika Savings Bank appointed and resigned.

The Treasury,

Wellington, 26th February, 1890.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to nominate

DUNCAN MACFARLANE, R.M., and GERHARD MUELLER, Chief Surveyor, to be Trustees of the Hokitika Savings Bank, and to accept Mr. John Manson's resignation of his office as a Trustee of the same bank.

H. A. ATKINSON.

Commissioner of Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE is hereby given that His Honour Mr. Justice Williams has this day appointed GEORGE ALLAN SOLLY, of Birkenhead, in the County of Cheshire, in England, Solicitor, to be and act as a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in England for the purpose of taking oaths, affidavits, and affirmations under and within the meaning of "The Commissioners of the Supreme Court Act, 1875."

Dated this 21st day of February, 1890.

COLIN McK. GORDON,

Registrar at Dunedin of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.

Licensing of Vehicles.—By-laws made by Taranaki County Council approved.

Colonial Secretary's Office,

Wellington, 17th February, 1890.

IT is hereby notified, in accordance with section 311 of "The Counties Act, 1886," that the by-laws for licensing vehicles made and confirmed by the Taranaki County Council on the 8th January, 1890, have this day been approved by His Excellency the Governor.

G. F. RICHARDSON,

(In the absence of the Colonial Secretary.)