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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 47

Rural Lands in the Otago Land District open for Selection
on Lease in Perpetuity.

GLASGOW, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon me by "The Land for Settlements Act,
1894," and 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 one
hundred and thirty-sixth section is provided, do hereby
declare that the rural lands enumerated in the Schedule
hereto shall be open for selection on and after the twenty-
first day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-
five, and that the said lands may be selected on lease in
perpetuity, subject to the provisions of "The Land Act,
1892"; and I do hereby declare that the rentals at which
the said lands shall be leased shall be those mentioned in the
said Schedule hereto opposite the description of such lands
respectively.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—WAITAKI COUNTY.—KUROW SURVEY
DISTRICT.—TAHAWAI SETTLEMENT.

Section. | Block. | Area. | Lease in Perpetuity: Rent, 5 per Cent.
| | | Rent per Acre. | Half-yearly Rent.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

1A | I. | A. R. P. | s. d. | £ s. d.
2A | " | 8 2 35 | 9 10·5 | 2 3 1
3A | " | 8 3 13 | 9 10·5 | 2 3 9
4A | " | 8 1 27 | 10 7·8 | 2 4 11
5A | " | 8 0 9 | 10 7·8 | 2 2 11
6A | " | 8 2 8 | 10 7·8 | 2 5 7
7A | " | 9 0 23 | 10 7·8 | 2 8 8
8A | " | 8 3 29 | 10 7·8 | 2 7 7
18 | " | 6 2 9 | 10 3·3 | 2 0 8
| | 1 1 16 | 5 0 |

Section 1A, open level ground, deep rich alluvial silt, broken
and shingly in the north-east corner. Section 2A, open level
ground, deep rich alluvial silt, broken and shingly in the
north corner. Sections 3A, 4A, 5A, 6A, and 7A, open level
ground, deep rich alluvial silt. Section 8A, open, mostly level
ground, deep rich alluvial silt.

The whole of these sections have a frontage to the main
road, Oamaru to Kurow, and are within one mile of Kurow
Railway-station, or from 10 to 40 chains from Hilles Siding.
There is no permanent water on any of these sections, but
the Kurow Stream and Waitaki River are close to all.
Water has been obtained in the immediate vicinity by sinking
to a depth of 18ft. to 25ft.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twenty-fifth day of June, one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-five.
JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Postmaster appointed to take and receive Statutory Declara-
tions.

PURSUANT to the authority conferred upon me by the
eighth section of "The Justices of the Peace Act
Amendment Act, 1888," I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Go-
vernor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby notify and
declare that

THOMAS BRATT HAWKINS,

being a person holding the office of Postmaster under "The
Post Office Act, 1881," at Waitapu, is authorised to take
and receive statutory declarations under the two hundred
and thirty-fourth section of "The Justices of the Peace Act,
1882."

As witness my hand, at Wellington, in the colony
aforesaid, this eighteenth day of June, one thou-
sand eight hundred and ninety-five.
GLASGOW, Governor.

Inspector of Abattoirs, &c., County of Mackenzie, ap-
pointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 25th June, 1895.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

Constable LUKE MULLANY

to be Inspector of Abattoirs and Slaughterhouses and of
Cattle intended for Slaughter, under "The Abattoirs and
Slaughterhouses Act, 1894," for the County of Mackenzie.
P. A. BUCKLEY.

Inspectors of Abattoirs, &c., County of Collingwood, ap-
pointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 25th June, 1895.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

Constable JOHN NASH and
Constable SAMUEL JOSEPH DEW

to be Inspectors of Abattoirs and Slaughterhouses and of
Cattle intended for Slaughter, under "The Abattoirs and
Slaughterhouses Act, 1894," for the County of Collingwood.
P. A. BUCKLEY.

Ranger under the Animals Protection Acts, Auckland,
appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 25th June, 1895.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

JOHN HENRY PEARSON

to be a Ranger, under "The Animals Protection Act, 1880,"
and the Acts amending the same, for the District of Auck-
land.
P. A. BUCKLEY.

Clerk of Magistrate's Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 17th June, 1895.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

Constable FRANK STANLEY PARKER

to be Clerk of the Magistrate's Court at Waimate, and also
to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of
Waitaki, from the 11th instant, vice Constable W. Watt,
transferred.
W. P. REEVES.

Appointments in Lands and Survey Department.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 13th June, 1895.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

FREDERICK JOHN MOUAT

to be a cadet draughtsman, and

ROBERT VINING PARKER

to be a cadet clerk, in the Department of Lands and Survey,
as from the 31st March, 1895.
JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Member of Canterbury Land Board reappointed.

Department of Lands and Survey.
Wellington, 24th June, 1895.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to re-
appoint

ALEXANDER CAMPBELL PRINGLE

to be a member of the Land Board of the Land District of
Canterbury, as from the 15th June, 1895.
JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Chief Dairy Expert appointed.—Notice No. 419.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 20th June, 1895.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make
the following appointment:—

JAMES BALLANTYNE MacEWAN

to be Chief Dairy Expert to the Government of New Zea-
land, in terms of "The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886." To
date from the 1st May, 1895.
JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Agriculture.

Additional Member Local Examination Board appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th June, 1895.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
prove of the appointment of

Major ALFRED ROGERS,

Unattached Active List, New Zealand Volunteers, as an
additional member of the Local Board for the Examination