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lines, 688·7 and 159·2 links respectively; thence south-easterly along the south-western boundary-line of Porangahau No. 2 Block; and thence westerly along the northern side of the present road, 210 and 663·8 links respectively.

As the above-described areas are delineated on a plan marked No. 677 (in red), deposited in the District Land and Survey Office, Napier.

Date of Governor’s warrant, 1st March, 1890.

All that area in the Hawke’s Bay Land District, situated in Block XI., Porangahau Survey District, containing by admeasurement 3 acres 2 roods 13 perches, more or less, being a road, generally 100 links wide, traversing the Porangahau No. 2 Block, commencing at a peg on the north-eastern boundary-line of Whawhakanga Block south 32009 links and west 29303 links from Trig. Station A; and bounded generally towards the west, south-west, and north-west by lines, 75·5, 504·5, 351·7, 865·8, 426·8, 320·2, 260·7, 398·4, 839·9, and 3190 links, to the Porangahau River; towards the north-east by that river; and towards the south-east, north-east, and east generally by the present road, and by lines 204, 399·4, 503·8, 862·8, 333·5, and 402·9 links; and again by the said road to the Whawhakanga Block; and towards the south-west by that block: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less; as the same is delineated on the plan marked No. 677 (in red), deposited in the District Land and Survey Office, Napier.

Date of Governor’s warrant, 1st March, 1890.

Dated this twenty-second day of June, 1892.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Notice of the Laying-off of a Road through Porangahau No. 1 Block, Hawke’s Bay Land District.

NOTICE is hereby given, by direction of His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, under the authority of “The Native Land Court Act, 1886,” and its amendments, that the road described in the Schedule hereto was, on the 27th day of December, 1890, duly taken and laid off through the land specified in the said Schedule, under the authority of the Governor of the said colony, by a warrant of the date mentioned therein.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Hawke’s Bay Land District, situate in Block III., Tautane Survey District, containing by admeasurement 22 acres 2 roods 10 perches, more or less, being a road, generally 1 chain wide, the centre line of which commences at a peg (marked lxx. on plan hereafter mentioned) distant north 4342 links and west 8042 links from Trig. Station C, and continues in a south-easterly direction generally traversing the Porangahau No. 1 Block to a peg (marked xxxi. on plan hereafter mentioned) distant south 9857 links and east 139 links from the said Trig. Station C; the length of centre line of the said road between the said pegs being 23513 links, more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked 724 (in red), deposited in the District Land and Survey Office, Napier.

Date of Governor’s warrant, 4th July, 1890.

Dated this twenty-second day of June, 1892.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Member of Domain Board resigned.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 23rd June, 1892.

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

JOHN BURGESS, Esq.,

as a Member of the Patutahi (Town) Domain Board.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Cemetery Trustee resigned.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 23rd June, 1892.

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

JOHN BURGESS, Esq.,

as a Trustee for the Patutahi Cemetery.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Despatch.—Constabulary Officers allowed to wear their Uniform at Levées.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 24th June, 1892.

THE following despatch, received from Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published for general information.

R. J. SEDDON.

(Circular.) Downing Street, 19th April, 1892.

SIR,—My attention having been called to a suggestion that officers of Constabulary Forces in the colonies should be allowed to wear their constabulary uniform at levées, I have the honour to inform you that, following the precedent of a similar privilege accorded by long-standing custom to the Royal Irish Constabulary, I have decided that this privilege may be generally allowed.

I have, &c.,

KNUTSFORD.

The Officer Administering the Government of New Zealand.

Regulations as to the Entry, Pay, &c., of Colonial Men and Boys in H.M. Navy.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 28th June, 1892.

THE undermentioned regulations as to the entry, pay, position, and prospects of colonial men and boys in Her Majesty’s navy, received from the Admiralty, are republished for general information.

R. J. SEDDON.

Admiralty, October, 1891.

PAY, POSITION, AND PROSPECTS OF SEAMEN AND BOYS OF AUSTRALIAN, NEW ZEALAND, AND TASMANIAN BIRTH, ENTERED IN THE ROYAL NAVY.

1. MEN can be entered by order of the Commander-in-Chief on the Australian station to fill vacancies as ordinary seamen or A.B.s in Her Majesty’s ships employed on that station. They must be between the ages of eighteen and twenty-eight, of very good character, able to read and write, physically fit for continuous service, and up to the following standard of measurement, viz., height, 5ft. 4in.; chest, 32in.; and they must have a fair knowledge of the ordinary duties of the rating in which they are entered.

2. These men will be entered as non-continuous service men for six months’ trial, and will then, if found suitable, be allowed to join the Royal navy as continuous service men, and will be paid and count time as such from date of original entry.

3. Information as to the necessary forms to be filled up, &c., can be obtained by reference to the Commander-in-Chief.

4. The first continuous service engagement is for twelve years.

5. Men so entered will be sent to England by first convenient opportunity for training in gunnery, &c., after which the Admiralty will endeavour to allow a fair proportion of their time to be served on the Australian station, should the interests of the service admit.

6. Boys must be from fifteen to sixteen years of age, of good character, able to read and write, and have the written consent of parents or guardian.

7. Boys must come up to the standard of height and chest measurement, and undergo a medical and educational examination.

The standard is altered from time to time. At present it is,—

Age. Height (without shoes). Round Chest.
15 to 15½ 5ft. 0½in. 30½in.
15½ to 16 5ft. 1½in. 31in.

Information as regards the standard in force, the necessary forms to be filled up, and other points, can be obtained by reference to the Commander-in-Chief of Her Majesty’s ships on the Australian station.

8. Boys who are accepted for entry will be sent to England by convenient opportunity, and, after undergoing the necessary training, they will be dealt with in regard to service on the Australian station as in paragraph 5 relating to men.

ON BOARD THE TRAINING-SHIP.

When entered in a training-ship, a boy is credited with £6 on account of expense of clothing and bedding: this more than covers the cost of kit supplied on entry. Kit on entry comprises, amongst other articles of clothing (and bedding) —2 serge frocks, 2 serge trousers, 1 serge jumper, 2 duck working jumpers, 2 duck working trousers, 2 blue jerseys, 2 check shirts, 2 night-shirts, 2 flannels, 2 flannel drawers, 1 cap and ribbons, 1 black-silk handkerchief. Other articles are gradually added to the kit supplied on entry.