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Changing the Name of Hawera (Forty-mile Bush).

(l.s.) GLASGOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS there are now existing two places in the Colony of New Zealand bearing the same name, that is to say, the Borough of Hawera in the County of Hawera, and the Settlement of Hawera in the Wairarapa North County, the last-named being the more recent in date of existence: And whereas, under the fourth section of “The Designation of Districts Act, 1894,” I lately required the County Council of the Wairarapa North County, being the local authority having jurisdiction in that behalf, to submit a new name for such settlement for my approval as mentioned in the said section: And whereas the said Council hath accordingly submitted to me the name of “Hamua” in lieu of the existing name of “Hawera”:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by sections two and four of “The Designation of Districts Act, 1894,” and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that the name of the Settlement of Hawera in the Wairarapa North County shall be and the same is hereby altered to “Hamua,” and do assign the last-mentioned name to such settlement accordingly, and also do hereby proclaim and declare that this Proclamation shall take effect on and after the sixth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable David, Earl of Glasgow; Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and St. George; Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this second day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.

J. G. WARD.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Notice of Appointment of Members of Board of Conciliation for the Otago and Southland Industrial District.

GLASGOW, Governor.

WHEREAS at the first election of members of the Board of Conciliation for the Otago and Southland Industrial District, held the twenty-eighth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, the prescribed number of members was not duly elected as provided by “The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1894”: Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by section six of “The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act Amendment Act, 1895,” I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby, for the purpose of making up the prescribed number, appoint the following persons, that is to say:—

GRANT PRESTON FARQUHAR, of Dunedin, Merchant; and GEORGE L. SISE, of Dunedin, Merchant,

to be members of the Board of Conciliation for the said district.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this ninth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.

R. J. SEDDON.

Commissioner of Stamp Duties and Minister of Justice appointed.

Private Secretary’s Office, Wellington, 20th February, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has this day been pleased to appoint

The Honourable JAMES CARROLL

to be Commissioner of Stamp Duties, and

The Honourable WILLIAM HALL-JONES

to be Minister of Justice.

E. H. M. ELLIOT, Major, Private Secretary.

Members of Executive Council appointed.

Executive Council Chambers, Wellington, 24th February, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

The Honourable WILLIAM CAMPBELL WALKER, The Honourable WILLIAM HALL-JONES, and The Honourable THOMAS THOMPSON

to be members of the Executive Council of New Zealand; and they have been sworn in as members of the said Council.

ALEX. WILLIS, Clerk of the Executive Council.

Resignation of certain Ministerial Offices.

Private Secretary’s Office, Rotorua, 2nd March, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignations of

The Honourable JOSEPH GEORGE WARD

of the office of Minister of Industries and Commerce,

The Honourable RICHARD JOHN SEDDON

of the office of Minister for Public Works,

The Honourable WILLIAM HALL-JONES

of the office of Minister of Justice, and of

The Honourable JOHN McKENZIE

of the office of Minister of Immigration.

E. H. M. ELLIOT, Major, Private Secretary.

Ministers of Immigration, of Public Works, of Justice, and of Industries and Commerce appointed.

Private Secretary’s Office, Rotorua, 2nd March, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

The Honourable WILLIAM CAMPBELL WALKER

to be Minister of Immigration;

The Honourable WILLIAM HALL-JONES

to be Minister for Public Works; and

The Honourable THOMAS THOMPSON

to be Minister of Justice, and Minister of Industries and Commerce.

E. H. M. ELLIOT, Major, Private Secretary.

Sittings of Magistrate’s Court appointed.

Department of Justice, Wellington, 10th March, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

The COURTHOUSE, Paeroa,

to be a place wherein sittings of the Magistrate’s Court shall be held.

T. THOMPSON.

Warden appointed.

Department of Justice, Wellington, 10th March, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HENRY WILLIAM NORTHCROFT, Esq., S.M.,

to be a Warden for the Puhipuhi Mining District.

T. THOMPSON.

Member of Land Board, Auckland, appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 5th March, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to re-appoint

DAVID LUNDON

to be a member of the Land Board of the Land District of Auckland, as from the 31st March, 1896.

JOHN McKENZIE, Minister of Lands.