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(subject, nevertheless, to the restrictions in the said Acts mentioned); and I do further notify that licenses to take or kill such game within the said district shall be issued on the payment of the sum of twenty shillings each, and that licenses to sell such game shall be issued on payment of five pounds each; and the Chief Postmaster at Wellington, and the Postmasters at Masterton, Carterton, Greytown, and Featherston are hereby appointed to issue the said licenses.

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Fixing Shooting Season for Deer, License-fee, &c., Nelson District.

ONSLow, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and “The Animals Protection Act Amendment Act, 1881,” I, William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby notify that deer (bucks or stags only) may be taken or killed within the Nelson District, comprising the Counties of Waimea, Buller, and Collingwood, from the twenty-first day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, to the thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, both inclusive (subject nevertheless to the restrictions in the said Acts mentioned); and I do further notify that licenses to take or kill such game within the said district shall be issued on payment of the sum of twenty shillings each, and that licenses to sell such game shall be issued on payment of five pounds each; and the Chief Postmaster at Nelson and the Postmaster at Westport are hereby appointed to issue the said licenses.

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Land Classification Commissioners appointed.

ONSLow, Governor.

IN exercise and pursuance of the power and authorities vested in me by the ninth section of “The Land Acts Amendment Act, 1888,” I, William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

THOMAS HUMPHRIES, Esquire, Chief Surveyor and Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Land District of Auckland,

RICHARD JOHN GILL, Esquire, and

EDWARD LAKE, Esquire,

Commissioners to classify and report to me upon the rural land in the Land District of Auckland known as the Kai-ngaroa Plains, as provided by section nine of “The Land Acts Amendment Act, 1888,” aforesaid.

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

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Deputy-Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 9th February, 1891.

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

Name. District.
THOMAS GILCHRIST .. .. .. Hyde.
MARTIN BERNARD FORD .. .. .. Wainui.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Judge of Assessment Courts appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 9th February, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN NUGENT WOOD, 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 Alexandra, Cromwell, Arrowtown, Queenstown, and Roxburgh.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Ranger under Animals Protection Acts, Southland, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 9th February, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JAMES F. COLLINS

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Clerk of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 3rd February, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable WILLIAM BULFORD

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committees for the Districts of Whangape and Pirongia.

W. P. REEVES.

Clerks of Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 9th February, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Sergeant WILLIAM HENRY SCOTT

to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate’s Court at Oxford, and

Constable THOMAS NESTOR

to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate’s Court at Amberley, vice M. Lynskey, from the 16th instant.

W. P. REEVES.

Visiting Justice appointed.

Department of Justice (Prisons Branch),
Wellington, 7th February, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HUGH GOURLEY, Esq., J.P.,

to be a Visiting Justice of the Prison at Dunedin.

W. P. REEVES.

Surgeon to Lyttelton Prison appointed.

Department of Justice (Prisons Branch),
Wellington, 7th February, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

THOMAS WYLD PAIRMAN, Esq., L.R.C.P. and L.R.C.S. Edin.,

to be Surgeon of the Prison at Lyttelton, for a period of two years, with effect from the 9th February, 1891, vice W. FitzHenry, Esq., resigned.

W. P. REEVES.

Member of New Plymouth Harbour Board appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 7th February, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased, in pursuance of the provisions of “The Harbours Act, 1878,” and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, to appoint

EDWARD METCALF SMITH, Esq., M.H.R.,

to be a Member of the New Plymouth Harbour Board.

JOHN McKENZIE,
For the Minister having charge of the Marine Department.

Members of Harbour Boards appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 9th February, 1891.

IT is hereby notified that, in pursuance of all the powers enabling him in that behalf, His Excellency the Governor has this day been pleased to appoint

JAMES BUTCHER and

ALFRED EDWARD TYRRELL DEVORE

to be Members of the Auckland Harbour Board;

JOHN JOYCE, M.H.R.,

to be a Member of the Lyttelton Harbour Board; and