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-case be liable to pay, by way of compensation to the owner
or otherwise, a greater sum than two pounds sterling in
respect of any one parcel.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Removal of Restrictions on Alienation of Native Land.

ONSLow, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this third day
of June, 1890.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS application has been made to the Governor
in Council by Hakopa Manuirangi, the Native
owner of the land described in the second column of the
Schedule hereto, praying that the restrictions on the alien-
ation of such land contained in the Crown grant, bearing
date the twenty-third day of May, one thousand eight hun-
dred and eighty-five, 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 Crown grant on the alien-
ation of the said lands are hereby removed.

SCHEDULE.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Ranger under Animals Protection Acts appointed, Opotiki.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 30th May, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

GEORGE WARRINGTON

to be a Ranger under “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same, for the District of Opotiki.

W. R. RUSSELL.

Clerk of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 3rd June, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM PATTISON JAMES

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Onslow.

W. R. RUSSELL.

Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 2nd June, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned persons to be the Licensing Committees for the districts set opposite their names respectively:—

W. R. RUSSELL.

Sheriff appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 31st May, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HARRY EYRE KENNY, Esq.,

to be Sheriff for the District of Westland North, vice F. Bird, Esq.

W. R. RUSSELL.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 31st May, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN L. ALLAN

to be a Member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Oamaru, vice John Lemon, deceased.

W. R. RUSSELL.

Deputy Sheriff appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 4th June, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

GEORGE JOHN ALEXANDER JOHNSTONE

to be Deputy Sheriff for the District of Poverty Bay.

W. R. RUSSELL.

Clerk of Resident Magistrate’s Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 4th June, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable CHARLES COOPER

to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate’s Court at Pahiatua.

W. R. RUSSELL.

Police Gaoler appointed and Matron dispensed with, Oamaru.

Department of Justice (Prisons Branch),
Wellington, 30th May, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Acting-Sergeant JOHN DWYER

to be Police Gaoler at Oamaru, vice J. S. Macdonald, transferred; and to dispense with the services of Mrs. Macdonald as Matron.

W. R. RUSSELL.

Medical Superintendent of Wellington and Porirua Lunatic Asylums appointed.

Charitable Aid Department,
Wellington, 3rd June, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ANDREW ROWAND, Esq., M.B., M.S.,

to be the Medical Superintendent under “The Lunatics Act, 1882,” of the Lunatic Asylums at Wellington and Porirua. Appointment to date from the 30th May, 1890.

T. W. HISLOP.