JUNE 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 861

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

GLASGOW, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one hundred and thirty-sixth
section of "The Land Act, 1892," I, David, Earl of Glasgow, 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 lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on and after the twenty-sixth day
of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three; and also that the lands mentioned in the said Schedule may,
at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or be selected for occupation with right of purchase or on lease
in perpetuity, or, in respect of any lands containing or supposed to contain any metal, mineral, or valuable stone, be selected
on lease in perpetuity only; and I do hereby also fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased,
as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and
subject to the provisions of "The Land Act, 1892."

SCHEDULE.
MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.

UNSURVEYED SECOND-CLASS LAND.

All hill, fairly good soil in gullies; ridges and higher slopes very steep, with poor soil, covered with bush and scrub.
Fourteen miles from Havelock by water.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this first day of June, one thousand eight hundred
and ninety-three.
P. A. BUCKLEY,
For the Minister of Lands.

Resignations of Hon. J. E. Jenkinson and Hon. J. Rigg
as Members of the Legislative Council accepted.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 27th May, 1893.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified
that he has, in Her Majesty's name, accepted the
resignations by
The Honourable JOHN EDWARD JENKINSON and
The Honourable JOHN RIGG
of their seats in the Legislative Council of New Zealand.
P. A. BUCKLEY.

Members of Legislative Council appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 6th June, 1893.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in Her Majesty's
name, summoned
JOHN EDWARD JENKINSON, Esq., of Christchurch, and
JOHN RIGG, Esq., of Wellington,
to the Legislative Council of New Zealand, by writs of
summons under the Seal of the Colony.
P. A. BUCKLEY.

United States Consular Agent, Dunedin, appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 29th May, 1893.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified
that he has been instructed by Her Majesty's Princi-
pal Secretary of State for the Colonies to recognise the
appointment of
REYNOLDS DRIVER, Esq.,
as Consular Agent for the United States of America at
Dunedin.
P. A. BUCKLEY.

Officers under "The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884," for
Southland District appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 3rd June, 1893.

IT is hereby notified that, in pursuance and exercise of
the power and authority conferred by section 9 of "The
Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,"
ROBERT TAPPER, Junior, of Waiau;
WILLIAM SCOTT, of Garston;
ERNEST CLIFFORD BEER, of Mossburn; and
GEORGE GORTON, of Makarewa,
have been appointed officers for the purposes of that Act for
that portion of the Provincial District of Otago formerly
known as the Province of Southland.
P. A. BUCKLEY.

Rangers appointed under the Animals Protection Acts for
the District of Southland.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 5th June, 1893.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point
ROBERT TAPPER, Junior,
WILLIAM SCOTT,
ERNEST CLIFFORD BEER, and
GEORGE GORTON
to be Rangers, under "The Animals Protection Act, 1880," and the Acts amending the same, for the District of South-
land.
P. A. BUCKLEY.

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

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 6th June, 1893.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point
JOHN McLAREN
to be Deputy of Robert Boyne, Registrar of Marriages and of
Births and Deaths for the District of Manuherikia.
P. A. BUCKLEY.

Deputy-Registrar of Births and Deaths appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 6th June, 1893.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point
JOHN BAKER
to be Deputy of George Joseph Browne, Registrar of Births
and Deaths for the District of Onehunga.
P. A. BUCKLEY.

Clerk of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 2nd June, 1893.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point
Constable JOHN McNALLY
to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of
Stewart Island.
A. J. CADMAN.