JUNE 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1001

to be Colonial Treasurer, Commissioner of Trade and Customs, Postmaster-General, and Electric Telegraph Commissioner, vice the Hon. J. G. Ward, resigned. Appointments to date from the 16th June, 1896.

H. G. FEILDEN, A.D.C.,
Acting Private Secretary.

Minister of Marine and Minister of Defence appointed.

Private Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 22nd June, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

The Honourable WILLIAM HALL-JONES

to be Minister of Marine, vice the Hon. J. G. Ward, resigned; and also to appoint

The Honourable THOMAS THOMPSON

to be Minister of Defence, in the room of the Hon. R. J. Seddon, who resigns that office.

H. G. FEILDEN, A.D.C.,
Acting Private Secretary.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 18th June, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

FRANCIS THOMAS CLARKE

to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Ashurst.

J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Officer under “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,” Ashburton, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 18th June, 1896.

IT is hereby notified that, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by section 9 of “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,”

THOMAS SCOTT JOHNSTON

has been appointed an officer for the purposes of that Act within the County of Ashburton.

J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Officers under “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,” Southland, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 18th June, 1896.

IT is hereby notified that, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by section 9 of “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,”

NORMAN GUTHRIE CHALMERS, of Mount Linton;
GEORGE YONGUE, of Thornbury;
JOHN TAIT, of Burwood; and
ARCHIBALD CHISHOLM, of Forest Hill, Winton,

have been appointed officers for the purposes of that Act for the County of Southland west of the Mataura River, and the Counties of Wallace, Fiord, and Stewart Island.

J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Rangers under “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” Southland and Ashburton Districts, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 18th June, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned persons to be Rangers under “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same, for the districts set opposite their names.

Name. District.
NORMAN GUTHRIE CHALMERS .. )
GEORGE YONGUE .. .. ) Southland.
JOHN TAIT .. .. )
ARCHIBALD CHISHOLM .. .. ) Ashburton.
THOMAS SCOTT JOHNSTON .. Ashburton.

J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Inspector of Abattoirs, &c., Road District of Wairau, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 18th June, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HENRY JELLYMAN

to be an Inspector of Abattoirs and Slaughterhouses and of Cattle intended for Slaughter under “The Abattoirs and Slaughterhouses Act, 1894,” for the Road District of Wairau.

J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Cadet appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 24th June, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JULIUS CÆSAR MALFROY

to be a cadet in the Magistrate’s Court at New Plymouth, from the 20th June instant.

T. THOMPSON.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 28th June, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation by

WILLIAM ALEXANDER COUPER, Esq.,

of Havelock, Hawke’s Bay, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the Colony.

T. THOMPSON.

Resignation of Trustee of Waiau (Nelson) Cemetery.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 23rd June, 1896.

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

JOHN O’MALLEY

as a Trustee of the Waiau (Nelson) Cemetery.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Notice of the Laying-off of a Road over Native Lands in the Auckland Land District.

NOTICE is hereby given, by direction of His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, under the authority of “The Native Land Court Act, 1886,” that the road described in the Schedule hereto was, on 1st March, 1895, duly taken and laid off through the lands specified in the said Schedule, under the authority of the Governor of the said colony, by a warrant dated the 25th August, 1894.

SCHEDULE.

RUAPEKAPEKA–TOWAI ROAD.

As the said areas are delineated upon the plan marked as above mentioned, and deposited in the District Office of the Lands and Survey Department at Auckland, in the Auckland Land District, and thereon coloured as above noted.

Dated this 23rd day of June, 1896.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.