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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 91

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

GLASGOW, 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, David, Earl of Glasgow, 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 the portion of the reserve described in the second column of the Schedule hereto from that named in the first column of the said Schedule to that named in the third column of the said Schedule respectively.

SCHEDULE.

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

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Extending Time for Election of Mayors of Boroughs in the Provincial District of Otago and in the City of Wellington.

GLASGOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this fourteenth day of November, 1892.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR P. A. BUCKLEY PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the sixth section of “The Municipal Corporations Act Amendment Act, 1887,” it is, inter alia, provided that within the period of twenty-one days before or after the day appointed for the holding of any election the Governor in Council may extend the time allowed for the holding of such election: And whereas by “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886,” it is provided that the elections of Mayors of boroughs shall be held on the last Wednesday in the month of November in each year, and it is expedient that the date appointed for the holding of such election should be extended as hereinafter provided:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority contained in the firstly hereinbefore in part recited Act, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby extend the time for holding the election of each Mayor for each city and borough situated within the Provincial District of Otago, and for the election of the Mayor for the Borough of the City of Wellington, to Thursday, the first day of December proximo.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 7th November, 1892.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

THOMAS WARD

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 14th November, 1892.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JAMES HOWARD SHEATH

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 11th November, 1892.

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 respectively opposite their names, viz.:

Name. District.
JOHN TERRY Lyell.
ALBERT EDWARD ASHCROFT Hunter ville.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Acting-Consul for Germany at Auckland recognised.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 11th November, 1892.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that he has been instructed by Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies to recognise the appointment of

CHARLES SEEGNER

as Acting German Consul at Auckland, in the absence of the Consul, on leave.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Acting-Consul for Germany at Christchurch recognised.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 11th November, 1892.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that he has been instructed by Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies to recognise the appointment of

HENRY GEORGE SIMMS

as Acting German Consul at Christchurch, in succession to W. H. Simms, deceased.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Trustees of Napier Savings Bank appointed.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 11th November, 1892.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to nominate the under-mentioned gentlemen to be Trustees of the Napier Savings Bank:

FREDERICK WANKLYN WILLIAMS, Esq.,
CHARLES EDWARDS, Esq., and
WALTER TABUTEAU, Esq.

J. BALLANCE.