MAY 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 563

price, £1 1s. 10½d. to £2 3s. 9d.; and perpetual-lease rental, 10½d. to 1s. 9d. per acre.

Description of Land: This block is situated at and includes the southern end of the Puketoi Range and all the country in the great bend of the Tiraumea, at the back of Messrs. Napier’s, Saunders’s, and Burling’s estates; and in the northern part comprises generally good flats, table-lands, and high round-topped limestone hills; and in the southern and eastern parts, which are generally of papa and sandstone formation, high hills with easy or steep faces and small flats. The forest on the limestone formation is generally very light, comprising rata, rimu, hinau, scattered totara with tawhero on the higher lands, and an undergrowth consisting of rangiora, konini, mahoe, kaiwhiria, karamu, &c. On the southern and south-eastern part of the block the bush is generally fairly heavy, comprising rata, rimu, hinau, scattered totara, and on the flats kihikatea. There are also in this part some clearings and patches of manuka and high mixed bush extending back to Mr. Burling’s property. The limestone area is generally well watered by streams and excellent springs; the other part of the block is fairly well watered by the Tiraumea and its branches. The soil on the limestone formation is generally of excellent quality, being apparently similar in character to the famous Rangitumau and Maungaraki Hills; that on the papa and sandstone varies from inferior clay to good loamy soil. The access to the southern part of the block is from the railway-station at Eketahuna via the Alfredton–Tiraumea dray-road, eighteen miles to Mount Saunders; the northern and western parts can be reached from Pahiatua by the Tiraumea Road and surveyed lines, the distance being about fourteen miles, half the distance being over formed roads. The general elevation of the country ranges from 400ft. to about 2,000ft. on the Puketois. The climate is mild, the rainfall plentiful and well distributed throughout the year; the land is well situated, and as a considerable area is covered with rich deep soil the block is well adapted for pastoral pursuits.

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

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

Trustees appointed for the Maintenance of the Wrey’s Bush 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 of the public cemetery specified in the second column of the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

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

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

Trustee appointed for the Arapohue 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

HENRY THORNTON SMITH

to be a Trustee, in the place of Duncan McGregor, to provide for the maintenance and care of the Arapohue Cem-

tery, in conjunction with the other persons appointed by warrant under the hand of His Excellency the Governor on the sixth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twelfth day of May, 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

GAVIN McINTYRE PARK,

being a person holding the office of Postmaster under “The Post Office Act, 1881,” at Taupo, 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 Wellington, in the colony aforesaid, this twelfth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety.

ONSLOW,
Governor.

Levée in honour of the Queen’s Birthday.

Government House,
Wellington, 15th May, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that, in order not to interfere with the enjoyment of the usual holiday, he will hold a Levée at Government House, on Friday, the 23rd day of May, at 5 p.m., in honour of Her Majesty’s Birthday.

Gentlemen attending the Levée will wear uniform or morning dress, and are requested to bring with them two visiting-cards, with their names legibly inscribed thereon; one card to be left at the entrance-hall, and the other to be given to the Aide-de-Camp.

Gentlemen having cards for the private entrée are requested to be at Government House not later than 4.45 p.m.

By command of His Excellency.

RIVERSDALE WALROND,
Private Secretary.

Holiday on Monday, the 26th May, in honour of Her Majesty’s Birthday.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 15th May, 1890.

THE Government Offices in New Zealand will be closed on Monday, the 26th instant, in honour of Her Majesty’s Birthday.

W. R. RUSSELL.

Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 28th April, 1890.

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

W. R. RUSSELL.

Rangers under Animals Protection Acts appointed, Wellington.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 12th May, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JAMES PEARCE,
CHARLES SEAGER, and
RICHARD THOMPSON