Rural Land in the Canterbury Land District withdrawn from Sale or Selection.

GLASGOW, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon me by the sixth section of "The Land Act, 1892," I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby declare that from and after the day of the date hereof the notification issued on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, opening land for sale or selection under the provisions of Part III. of "The Land Act, 1892," shall be and the same is hereby revoked in so far as it relates to the sections of land mentioned in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—MACKENZIE COUNTY.

Section. Block. Survey District. Area.

36459 IV., VIII. Burke 1,205
I., V. Tengawai

36460 VIII. Burke 880
V. Tengawai

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.

JOHN McKENZIE,

Minister of Lands.

Revoking Warrant setting apart Land for Naval and Military Claims.

GLASGOW, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of all powers and authorities conferred upon me, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby declare that from and after the day of the date hereof the warrant or instrument executed by the then Governor of the said colony, bearing date the twenty-sixth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, setting apart land for naval and military claims, in so far as it relates to the block mentioned in the Schedule hereto, is hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land in the Taranaki Land District, containing by admeasurement 2,909 acres 1 rood 14 perches, more or less, situated in Block XVI., on the map of the Egmont Survey District. Bounded towards the north-west by the Surrey Road; towards the north-east by the Derby Road and by sections numbered 3, 2, and 1; towards the south by Block IV., Kaupokonui Survey District; and towards the west by the forest reserve, exclusive of section numbered 16.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.

JOHN McKENZIE,

Minister of Lands.

Trustee for the Herbert Cemetery appointed.

GLASGOW, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the sixth section of "The Cemeteries Act, 1882," I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

ALEXANDER ROBERTSON

to be a Trustee, in the place of William Craig, resigned, to provide for the maintenance and care of the Herbert Cemetery, in conjunction with the other persons appointed on the twenty-fifth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this fourteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.

JOHN McKENZIE,

Minister of Lands.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,

Wellington, 7th May, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ALBERT JOSEPH MULLER

to be Deputy of Percy Paget White, Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Temuka.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,

Wellington, 14th May, 1894.

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.

WALTER ERNEST BURKE Kaiapoi.
WILLIAM DANIEL JONES Brunner.
A. J. CADMAN,

For the Colonial Secretary.

Shorthand and Type Writer appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,

Wellington, 21st May, 1894.

IT is hereby notified that

JAMES GREY, Esq.,

has been appointed to be Shorthand and Type Writer to the Honourable the Premier. Appointment to date from the 1st May, 1894.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Cadet in Magistrate's Court appointed.

Department of Justice,

Wellington, 23rd May, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

EDWARD DARKER MOSELEY

to be a Cadet in the Magistrate's Court at Wellington, as from the 12th instant.

W. P. REEVES,

For Minister of Justice.

Member of Land Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,

Wellington, 21st May, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ROBERT READ GROOM

to be a member of the Land Board of the Land District of Hawke's Bay, as from the 19th May, 1894.

JOHN McKENZIE,

Minister of Lands.

Inspectors of Factories appointed.

Department of Labour,

Wellington, 17th May, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned persons Inspectors under "The Factories Act, 1891," and to assign to them the districts set opposite their names respectively:-

Name. District.

GRACE NEILL New Plymouth, Masterton, Napier.
JAMES SHANAGHAN Dunedin.

W. P. REEVES.

Despatch.-As to Title of "Honourable" being retained by Presidents and Speakers of Legislative Chambers.

Colonial Secretary's Office,

Wellington, 23rd May, 1894.

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.