May 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 803

And whereas no objection to the proposal so made has
been lodged, as provided by the said Act; and the Man-
chester Road Board, on the expiration of the period of two
months provided by the said Act, has made application to
the Governor for power to construct the work on the terms
mentioned in the notice aforesaid:

And whereas the Governor is of opinion that the work
should be done:

Now, therefore, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the
power and authority vested in me by the said Act, do hereby
authorise the Manchester Road Board to construct the said
work; and I do hereby declare that four-fifths of the cost
of constructing the said work shall be borne by the Man-
chester Road Board, and that one-fifth of such cost shall be
borne by the Feilding Borough Council.

SCHEDULE.

THAT bridge over the Mangaone Stream, on the Feilding-
Ashurst Road, opposite Section No. 13, in Block XV., Oroua
Survey District, the site of which bridge is delineated upon
the plan marked S.G. 23665, deposited in the Head Office of
the Lands and Survey Department, at Wellington, in the
Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this seventh day of May, one thousand eight hun-
dred and ninety-five.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Notice of Entry into Negotiations for Acquisition of Native Lands by Her Majesty.

GLASGOW, Governor.

IN pursuance of the provisions of "The Native Land Purchases Act, 1892" (hereinafter termed "the said Act"), it is
hereby notified that negotiations by Her Majesty the Queen for the purchase or acquirement of the blocks of Native
land which are more particularly described and mentioned in the Schedule hereto have been entered into prior to, or since,
the passing of the said Act, and are still subsisting; and notice is hereby further given that from and after the date of the
publication hereof it shall not be lawful for any person other than Her Majesty to purchase or acquire from the Native
owners any right, title, share, or interest in the lands above mentioned unless and until this notice shall have been formally
withdrawn under the provisions aforesaid.

SCHEDULE.

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

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 13th May, 1895.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

WILLIAM FINDLAY

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths, and
to be Vaccination Inspector, for the District of Takaka, vice
J. F. Fabian, transferred.

JOHN McKENZIE,
For Colonial Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 13th May, 1895.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point 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.
THOMAS HALE .. .. Te Awamutu.
WILLIAM GILLESPIE .. .. Masterton.

JOHN McKENZIE,
For Colonial Secretary.

Trustee of the Auckland Savings-bank appointed.

The Treasury, New Zealand,
Wellington, 11th May, 1895.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor has
been pleased to nominate

THOMAS THOMPSON, Esq.,

to the office of a Trustee of the Auckland Savings-bank.

R. J. SEDDON,
For Colonial Treasurer.

Members of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 13th May, 1895.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

MICHAEL SCOTT CAMPBELL and
JOSEPH HAYDON

to be members of the Licensing Committee for the District
of Riccarton, vice A. Boyle and J. Taylor.

W. P. REEVES.

Member of Land Board, Wellington, reappointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 7th May, 1895.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to re-
appoint

ALEXANDER WILSON HOGG

to be a member of the Land Board of the Land District of
Wellington, as from the 14th April, 1895.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Member of Land Board, Hawke's Bay, reappointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 9th May, 1895.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to re-
appoint

CHARLES HALL

to be a member of the Land Board of the Land District of
Hawke's Bay, as from the 14th April, 1895.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.