Mar. 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 515

Changing the Name of Campbelltown (Manawatu).

(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 Campbelltown, in the County of Southland, and the Township of Campbelltown, in the Manawatu 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 Manawatu County, being the local authority having jurisdiction in that behalf, to submit a new name for such township for my approval, as mentioned in the said section: And whereas the said Council hath accordingly submitted to me the name of “Rongotea” in lieu of the existing name of “Campbelltown”:

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 Township of Campbelltown, in the Manawatu County, shall be and the same is hereby altered to “Rongotea,” and do assign the last-mentioned name to such township 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 Saint 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!

Changing the Name of Alexandra (Auckland).

(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 Alexandra, in the County of Vincent, and the Township of Alexandra, in the Waipa 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 Waipa County, being the local authority having jurisdiction in that behalf, to submit a new name for such township for my approval, as mentioned in the said section: And whereas the said Council hath accordingly submitted to me the name of “Pirongia” in lieu of the existing name of “Alexandra”:

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 Township of Alexandra, in the Waipa County, shall be and the same is hereby altered to “Pirongia,” and do assign the last-mentioned name to such township accordingly, and also do hereby proclaim and declare that this Proclamation shall take effect on and after the tenth day of May, 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 Saint 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 seventh day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.

J. G. WARD.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

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!

Members of the New Zealand Institute appointed.

GLASGOW, Governor.

WHEREAS by “The New Zealand Institute Act, 1867,” provision is made for the appointment of members of a Board of Governors of the New Zealand Institute, and it is enacted that on the first day of November, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, and on the first day of November in each succeeding year, three members of the said Board of Governors shall retire from office, but shall be eligible for reappointment: And whereas the Honourable Walter Baldock Durant Mantell has died, and William Thomas Locke Travers, Esquire, and William Miles Maskell, Esquire, two other of the members of the said Board of Governors, have retired from office under the provisions of the said Act: And whereas by the said Act it is also provided that on the annual retirement of three members as aforesaid the successors of such retiring members shall be appointed by the Governor:

Now, therefore, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority in that behalf vested in me by the said Act, do hereby appoint

WILLIAM THOMAS LOCKE TRAVERS, Esquire,
WILLIAM MILES MASKELL, Esquire, and
JOHN YOUNG, Esquire,

to be Governors of the institution called the New Zealand Institute.

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

W. C. WALKER,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Minister of Education appointed.

Private Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 11th March, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

The Hon. WILLIAM CAMPBELL WALKER,
Minister of Immigration, to be Minister of Education, in the room of the Hon. W. P. Reeves.

R. C. CAMPBELL PRESTON, Capt. and A.D.C.,
Acting Private Secretary.

Registrar of Electors, Napier Electoral District appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 23rd March, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Sergeant FLORENCE O’DONOVAN

to be Registrar of Electors for the Electoral District of Napier, vice Sergeant W. N. Mulville, transferred.

R. J. SEDDON,
Acting Colonial Secretary.