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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 90

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT—continued.

These sections are in the Waimarino Farm-homestead Association Block, and are practically level, with good soil covered with heavy mixed forest. They are situated from within two to three miles of the Township of Raetihi, and distant from seventeen to eighteen miles from Pipiriki on the Wanganui River.

Wang'nui | Ngamatea .. | 70 | XVI. | 143 0 0 | 1 7 6 | 196 12 6 | 1 1·5 | 4 18 4 | 1 1·2 | 3 18 8 |
" | " .. | 71 | " | 189 0 0 | 1 10 0 | 283 10 0 | 1 6 | 7 1 9 | 1 2·4 | 5 13 5 |

These sections are situated in the Maungakaretu Block, and have frontages to Hale’s Road, and slope towards the Wangaehu River. The access is by Fordell, from which there is a dray road to Mangamahu for seventeen miles, and from thence by Hale’s Road for fifteen miles and a half, which has been formed for dray-traffic most of the way, the balance being a horse-road only. The general character of the sections is undulating, with good slopes, well watered, and covered with the usual mixed forest.

As witness the hand of Sir James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, as such Deputy as aforesaid, this tenth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three.

P. A. BUCKLEY,
For the Minister of Lands.

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

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 16th November, 1893.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to appoint

THOMAS MCWILLIAM

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Returning Officer appointed, City of Christchurch District.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 20th November, 1893.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

RICHMOND BEETHAM, Esq.,

to be Returning Officer, under “The Electoral Act, 1893,” for the Electoral District of City of Christchurch, vice Alexander Lean, deceased.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Clerks of Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 15th November, 1893.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to appoint

Constable DOUGLASS GORDON

to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate’s Court at Russell, vice Constable Alexander McGilp, transferred; and

Constable ALEXANDER McGILP

to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate’s Court at Hokianga, and Clerk of the Licensing Committees for the Districts of Waima and Waihou, on and from the 7th November, 1893, vice Constable Charles Hogg, deceased.

P. A. BUCKLEY,
For the Minister of Justice.

Member of Picton Hospital and Charitable Aid Board re-appointed.

Lunacy and Charitable Department,
Wellington, 21st November, 1893.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in terms of “The Sounds County Hospital Representation Act, 1887,” been pleased to reappoint

DONALD McCORMICK, Esq.,

to represent the Sounds County on the Picton Hospital and Charitable Aid Board.

P. A. BUCKLEY,
For the Minister in charge of the Lunacy and Charitable Department.

Volunteer Officer promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 15th November, 1893.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to approve of the under-mentioned appointment:—

Christ’s College Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant William Alexander Day to be Captain. Date of commission, 26th October, 1893.

P. A. BUCKLEY,
For Defence Minister.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 14th November, 1893.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under “The Aliens Act, 1880,” in favour of the under-mentioned persons:—

P. A. BUCKLEY.