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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 29

Removal of Restrictions on Alienation of Native Land.

ONSLOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-first day of May, 1890.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS application has been made to the Governor in Council by Taari Warahi, Mohi Parai, and Te Awhe Parai, comprising a majority in number of the Native owners of the land described in the second column of the Schedule hereto, praying that the restrictions on the alienation of such land contained in the partition order of the Native Land Court, bearing date the twelfth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine, described in the first column of the said Schedule, may be removed: And whereas inquiry has been duly made by the Native Land Court, and the said Court has reported that the provisions of the law in that behalf have been complied with: And whereas it appears expedient to grant such application:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Right Honourable William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by “The Native Land Act, 1888,” and acting with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby order and declare that all restrictions imposed by the said partition order on the alienation of the said lands are hereby removed.

SCHEDULE.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 21st May, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JAMES CROW

to be Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Black’s.

W. R. RUSSELL.

Resident Magistrate and Warden appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 24th May, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HARRY EYRE KENNY, Esq., J.P.,

to be a Resident Magistrate for the Districts of Nelson and Westland, with extended jurisdiction to £100; and to be a Warden for the Westland and Karamea Mining Districts.

W. R. RUSSELL.

Coroner appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 24th May, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HARRY EYRE KENNY, Esq., J.P.,

to be a Coroner within the Colony of New Zealand.

W. R. RUSSELL.

Clerks of Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 27th May, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable FLORENCE O’DONOVAN

to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate’s and Warden’s Courts, Receiver of Gold Revenue and Mining Registrar, at Ross, and Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Ross, from the 24th instant, vice Constable W. Williams, transferred; and

Constable NATHANIEL MILLER

to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate’s Court at Mosgiel, and Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Mosgiel, vice Constable D. Burnett, transferred.

W. R. RUSSELL.

Officers appointed under “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,” for Southland District.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 23rd May, 1890.

IT is hereby notified that, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by section 9 of “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,”

JAMES GARDNER, of Birchwood;
ABRAHAM MCKENZIE, of Oteramika; and
ALEXANDER MCQUEEN COUPLAND, of Kennington,

have been appointed Officers for the purposes of that Act for that portion of the Provincial District of Otago formerly known as the Province of Southland.

EDWIN MITCHELSON,
(For the Minister having charge of the Marine Department.)

Promotion in the Survey Department.

General Survey Office,
Wellington, 22nd May, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to promote

THOMAS LARWELL HUMPHRIES and
PETER ALBERT DALZIEL

to the grade of Assistant Surveyor in the Survey Department of New Zealand.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

Member of Charitable Aid Board appointed.

Charitable Aid Department,
Wellington, 24th May, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in terms of section 7 of “The Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1885,” been pleased to appoint

VINCENT C. RANSON

to represent the Manawatu County Council on the Wanganui and Patea United Charitable Aid Board.

T. W. HISLOP.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 28th May, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the under-mentioned appointments:—

Masterton Rifle Volunteers.
Charles Aylmer Pownall to be Captain. Date of commission, 9th April, 1890.

Sydenham Rifle Volunteers.
Francis Strachan Goldingham to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 9th April, 1890.

Canterbury Scottish Rifle Volunteers.
Daniel Macbean to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 9th April, 1890.

Canterbury Irish Rifle Volunteers.
Arthur Tostyn Drayton to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 9th April, 1890.

W. R. RUSSELL.

Commission of Volunteer Officer cancelled.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 28th May, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to cancel the commission held by

Captain JOHN STEVENS,
Rangitikei Cavalry Volunteers, for absence from the colony without leave.

W. R. RUSSELL.