898
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 43

Notice of Intention to change the Purpose of a Portion of a Reserve.

ONSLOW, Governor.

WHEREAS by “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” it is, amongst other things, enacted that the Governor may declare his intention to make, change, exchange, or alter the dedication of any public reserve now or hereafter vested in Her Majesty or the Governor for any of the purposes named in Class II. of the Schedule to the said Act, whether the same be granted or not; and, in the case of any reserves made under the authority of section two hundred and twenty-seven of “The Land Act, 1885,” if it shall, in the opinion of the Governor, be expedient to change the purpose of such reserves or any part thereof from the purpose or presumed purpose for which it was set apart to any other purpose, or if it shall, in the opinion of the Governor, be expedient to exchange any of the land comprised in such reserve for other land of equal value, to be dedicated to one or more purposes named in the said Class II., the Governor may, by notice in the Gazette, declare his intention to make such change, exchange, or dedication, as the case may be, and in such notice declare the manner and terms in which the same is intended to be so made:

Now, therefore, I, William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” aforesaid, declare my intention to change the specific purpose of a portion of the reserve described in the first column of the Schedule hereto, the area of which is described in the second column of the said Schedule, to the specific purpose set opposite such description in the third column of the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

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

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

Clerk of Court appointed.

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

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable HENRY HYDE CARR

to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate’s Court at Dargaville, and Clerk of the Licensing Committees for the Districts of Aratapu, Dargaville, and Okahu, from the 29th July, 1890, vice Constable N. McLeod,

W. R. RUSSELL.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 5th August, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOSEPH BATTY

to be a Member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Mount Hutt, vice J. Jackson.

W. R. RUSSELL.

Clerk of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 5th August, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable BARTHOLOMEW SHEEHAN

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Waitoa, vice Sergeant W. Emerson, transferred.

W. R. RUSSELL.

Visiting Justice appointed.

Department of Justice (Prisons Branch),
Wellington, 2nd August, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

THOMAS PERKINS, Esq., J.P.,

to be a Visiting Justice of the Prison at Invercargill.

W. R. RUSSELL.

Trustee of the Invercargill Racecourse appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 6th August, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased, in pursuance of “The Invercargill Racecourse Reserve Management Ordinance, 1873,” and “The Abolition of Provinces Act, 1875,” to appoint

WILLIAM HORATIO HALL, Esq.,

to be a Trustee, in the place of L. Hume, Esq., who has left the colony.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

Volunteer Officers promoted and transferred.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 8th August, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the promotion and transfer of the undermentioned officers:—

Peninsula Naval Artillery Volunteers.
Lieutenant Frank Oakden to be Lieutenant Commanding. Date of promotion, 14th April, 1890.

Hastings Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Arnold Charles Lewis, Unattached Active List, New Zealand Volunteers, to be Lieutenant. Date of appointment, 18th July, 1890.

W. R. RUSSELL.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

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

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

JOSEPH STOCK, Esq.,

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

W. R. RUSSELL.

Member of Westport Harbour Board removed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 4th August, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by section 4 of “The Westport Harbour Board Act, 1884,” to remove

FRANK BIRD

from his position as a Member of the Westport Harbour Board.

THOS. FERGUS,
(For the Minister having charge of the Marine Department.)