Sept. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1007

the Nuhaka Pa, situated on the main road from Wairoa to
Mahia. It is thirty miles distant from Gisborne, and about
thirteen miles from the shipping-place at Mahia. It is,
generally speaking, undulating hilly country, covered with
mixed timber, consisting of rimu, rata, &c. The soil is light,
but fairly good.

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

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Land in the Marlborough Land District open for
Sale or Selection.

ONSLOW, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon me by the third section of "The Land
Act Amendment Act, 1887" (hereinafter termed "the said
Act"), I, William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of
the Colony of New Zealand, having received the report of
the Surveyor-General in this behalf, as in the said section is
provided, do hereby declare that the rural land enumerated
in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection,
after the lapse of a period of not less than forty-five days
from the date of the first public notification hereof, in the
manner and upon the conditions mentioned in the said Act,
and at the price per acre stated in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.
Marlborough Land District.

| Section. | Block. | Area. | Cash Price | Deferred- | Perpetual- |
| | | | per Acre. | payment | lease Rent |
| | | | | Price per | per Acre. |
| | | | | Acre. | |
| | | | | | |
| .. | Part of | 800 0 0 | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. |
| | I. | | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 0 6 |

Unsurveyed Second-class Land.
Souds County.—Linkwater Survey District.

Steep hills covered with mixed bush, birch (Fagus fusca)
predominating; medium soil.

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

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 7th September, 1891.

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

Name. District.
JOHN ALEXANDER ALGIE .. .. Kaitangata.
WILLIAM McHUTCHESON .. .. Balclutha.
JOHN DUFTY BURNARD .. .. Hyde.
WILLIAM ALFRED BARTON .. .. Gisborne.
JOHN HAWTIN WHEELER .. .. Ahaura.
FREDERICK HENRY IBBETSON .. .. Grey.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 7th September, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

JAMES HOWARD SHEATH

to be Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and
Deaths for the District of Tauranga.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Arrangements for First Elections, &c., Borough of Karori,
County of Hutt.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 7th September, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

ROBERT CALDWELL

to be Town Clerk of the Borough of Karori, as constituted
under "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886," and also
Returning Officer for the purpose of conducting the first
election of Mayor and six Councillors of the said borough;
also to appoint Wednesday, the 30th September, 1891, to be
the day for holding the said first election of Mayor, and
Thursday, the 1st October, 1891, to be the day for holding
the said first election of six Councillors; also to appoint
Friday, the 2nd October, 1891, at half-past seven in the
evening, to be time, and the old Schoolhouse, Karori, to be
the place, at which the first meeting of the Borough Council
of Karori shall be held.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Clerk of Resident Magistrate's and Warden's Courts, &c.,
appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 4th September, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

Constable JOHN WATT

to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate's and Warden's
Courts, Receiver of Gold Revenue, and Mining Registrar, at
Ahaura, and Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the Dis-
trict of Ahaura, vice F. H. Ibbetson, transferred.

W. P. REEVES.

Person appointed to grant Licenses.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 7th September, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

FREDERICK JOHN WILLIAM GASCOYNE, Esq., R.M.,
to be the person to grant licenses within the Special Licens-
ing District of Chatham Islands, vice S. Deighton, Esq.

W. P. REEVES.

Appointment of Officer under "The Fisheries Conservation
Act, 1884," for Wellington District.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 5th September, 1891.

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

FRANK CARLE MATTHEWS

has been appointed an Officer for the purposes of that Act
within the Counties of Hutt, Horowhenua, Wairarapa North,
Wairarapa South, Pahiatua, Oruua, and Manawatu, and
within all the town districts and boroughs situated within
the said counties.

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

Militia Officer reinstated.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 9th September, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve
of the reinstatement of

WILLIAM GEORGE PRING O'CALLAGHAN, Esq.,
(late Royal Navy), to the Unattached List, New Zealand
Militia, as Lieutenant, his name having been erased from
that list in error. Date of commission, 16th August, 1863.

R. J. SEDDON.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 9th September, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept
the resignation of the commissions held by the
under-mentioned officers:—

Kaitangata Rifle Volunteers.
Captain John Owens. Date of resignation, 21st August, 1891.

Rangiora Rifle Volunteers.
Captain John Fulton. Date of resignation, 20th August,
1891.

Napier Naval Artillery Volunteers.
Lieutenant Charles Heslin. Date of resignation, 12th
August, 1891.

R. J. SEDDON,