1876
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 89

of Land Purchase Commissioners constituted under "The
Land for Settlements Act, 1894," and the said Amendment
Act.

Given under my hand, this fourth day of December,
• one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.
JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Member of the Board of Land Purchase Commissioners
appointed (Westland Land District).

NOTICE is hereby given that, in exercise of the power
conferred in this behalf by section 3 of "The Land
for Settlements Amendment Act, 1895," I, John McKenzie,
the Minister of Lands, have this day appointed
ANDREW MATHESON,
of Greymouth (being a member of the Land Board of the
Westland Land District), to be a member of the Board of
Land Purchase Commissioners constituted under "The
Land for Settlements Act, 1894," and the said Amendment
Act.

Given under my hand, this fourth day of December,
one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.
JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Member of the Board of Land Purchase Commissioners
appointed (Canterbury Land District).

NOTICE is hereby given that, in exercise of the power
conferred in this behalf by section 3 of "The Land
for Settlements Amendment Act, 1895," I, John McKenzie,
the Minister of Lands, have this day appointed
ALEXANDER CAMPBELL PRINGLE,
of Claremont, Timaru (being a member of the Land Board of
the Canterbury Land District), to be a member of the
Board of Land Purchase Commissioners constituted under
"The Land for Settlements Act, 1894," and the said Amend-
ment Act.

Given under my hand, this fourth day of December,
one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.
JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Member of the Board of Land Purchase Commissioners
appointed (Otago Land District).

NOTICE is hereby given that, in exercise of the power
conferred in this behalf by section 3 of "The Land
for Settlements Amendment Act, 1895," I, John McKenzie,
the Minister of Lands, have this day appointed
JOHN DUNCAN,
of Corner Bush, Merton (being a member of the Land Board
of the Otago Land District), to be a member of the Board of
Land Purchase Commissioners constituted under "The Land
for Settlements Act, 1894," and the said Amendment Act.

Given under my hand, this fourth day of December,
one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.
JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Member of the Board of Land Purchase Commissioners
appointed (Southland Land District).

NOTICE is hereby given that, in exercise of the power
conferred in this behalf by section 3 of "The Land
for Settlements Amendment Act, 1895," I, John McKenzie,
the Minister of Lands, have this day appointed
ANDREW KINROSS,
of Myross Bush (being a member of the Land Board of the
Southland Land District), to be a member of the Board of
Land Purchase Commissioners constituted under "The
Land for Settlements Act, 1894," and the said Amendment
Act.

Given under my hand, this fourth day of December,
one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.
JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Veterinary Surgeon, &c., appointed.—Notice No. 431.

Department of Agriculture (Live-stock Branch),
Wellington, 3rd December, 1895.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point
ARCHIBALD PARK, M.R.C.V.S.,
to be a Veterinary Surgeon to the Government of New Zea-
land (temporary appointment only) in terms of "The Civil

Service Reform Act 1886 Amendment Act, 1887," and In-
spector of Stock under "The Stock Act, 1893." To date
from the 22nd November, 1895.
JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister for Agriculture.

Member of Picton Hospital and Charitable Aid Board
reappointed.

Lunacy and Charitable Department,
Wellington, 29th November, 1895.

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.
W. P. REEVES.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 27th November, 1895.

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.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Stratford County Council.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 29th November, 1895.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the
Stratford County Council, is published in accordance
with the provisions of "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886."
P. A. BUCKLEY.

STRATFORD COUNTY COUNCIL.

RESULT of poll taken on the 22nd November, 1895, upon the
proposal to borrow £100, under "The Government Loans to
Local Bodies Act, 1886," to bridge and form Brewer Street,
in the Town of Strathmore, from the East Road to the
boundary of the Eltham Special Settlement:—
Number of ratepayers on special roll, 19; number of votes
exercisable, 19: Number of ratepayers voting in favour of
the proposal, 12; number of votes recorded in favour of the
proposal, 12; number of ratepayers voting against the pro-
posal, nil.
I declare the above proposal to be carried.
Wm. MONKHOUSE,
Chairman.

Dated at Stratford, 27th November, 1895.

Denouncing the Treaty between Great Britain and Chile.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 4th December, 1895.

THE following circular despatch, received from Her
Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies, is pub-
lished for general information.
J. G. WARD,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.

(Circular.)
Downing Street, 1st October, 1895.
SIR,—I have the honour to state, for the information of your
Government, that the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
has received from the Chilean Minister at this Court a note,
dated the 3rd September, 1895, denouncing the treaty of
friendship, commerce, and navigation signed between Great
Britain and Chile on the 4th October, 1854.
This notice of denunciation has been accepted, and the
provisions of the treaty—except those relating to peace and
friendship between the two countries and their subjects and
citizens, which continue obligatory for both parties—will
cease and determine on the 3rd September, 1896.
I have, &c.,
J. CHAMBERLAIN.
The Officer administering the Government
of New Zealand.