Nov. 20.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

1943

north-west by a line parallel to the north-western boundary of Section No. 34643, 825·9 links; towards the north-east by a line at a right angle south-easterly, 700 links; towards the south-east by Section No. 34643, 600·1 links; and towards the south-west by a road-line, 735·3 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less; as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Christchurch. For a public cemetery.

All that parcel of land in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 17 acres, more or less, being Section No. 3106 (in red), Blocks IX. and X., Pigeon Bay Survey District. Bounded towards the north-east by Section No. 35485, a road-line, and Section No. 35486; towards the south-east by Section No. 35956, 907·7 links; towards the south-west by a road-line: save and except a road-line, 100 links wide, which intersects the area hereby described: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less; as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Christchurch. For the growth and preservation of timber.

All that parcel of land in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 14 acres 3 roods, more or less, being Section No. 2064 (in red), Block XVI., Westerfield Survey District. Bounded towards the northward by a road-line, 946·9 links; towards the eastward by Rural Section No. 6023, 2744·5 links; towards the south-east by a road-line; and towards the westward by Reserve No. 2275, a railway-line, and Reserves Nos. 2275 and 2378 (in red), 2836·2 links: save and except the Mount Somers railway-line, 100 links wide, which intersects the area hereby described: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less; as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Christchurch. For a site for Road Board offices and buildings.

All that parcel of land in the Canterbury Land District, containing approximately 1,920 acres, comprising all that portion of the Ashley River bed situate between the Pacific Ocean and the railway traffic-bridge, being Reserve No. 3102, passing through Blocks IV., VI., VII., and VIII., Rangiora Survey District, save and except Reserves Nos. 2486, 896, and parts of 1380 and 1921; also all freehold land on the islands at the mouth of the river: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Christchurch. For a domain.

All that parcel of land in the Canterbury Land District, containing approximately 5,300 acres, comprising all that portion of the Ashley River bed situate between the railway traffic-bridge and a line in continuation of the northern boundary of Section No. 26498, being Reserve No. 3101, passing through Blocks I., II., III., IV., and VIII., Mairaki, and I., V., and VI., Rangiora Survey Districts: save and except Reserves Nos. 2431, 3036, and parts of 1380 and 1921: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Christchurch. For a domain.

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

W. C. WALKER,
For Minister of Lands.

Notice.—Electoral Districts in which Poll closes at 7 p.m.

IN pursuance of the authority vested in me by “The Electoral Act Amendment Act, 1896,” and of every other authority in this behalf, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby specify the several electorates or electoral districts herein mentioned as those in which the poll shall close at seven o’clock—that is to say:—

Auckland, City of.
Avon.
Caversham.
Christchurch, City of.
Dunedin, City of.
Eden.
Invercargill.
Lyttelton.
Napier.
Nelson, City of.

Oamaru.
Palmerston.
Parnell.
Suburbs of Wellington.
Thames.
Timaru.
Waikouaiti.
Waitaki.
Wanganui.
Wellington, City of.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this sixteenth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.

GLASGOW, Governor.

Registrars of Electors appointed.

GLASGOW, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in me by “The Electoral Act, 1893,” I, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the under-mentioned persons to be Registrars under the said Act for the electoral districts placed opposite their respective names.

David John Kirkpatrick .. Bay of Islands.
Thomas William Tayler .. Marsden.
James Byrt Jordan .. Waitemata.
Edmund Humphrey Lyons .. Eden.
Edmund Humphrey Lyons .. City of Auckland.
Edmund Humphrey Lyons .. Parnell.
Ewen Donald McLennan .. Manukau.
James Jordan .. Franklin.
Daniel West .. Thames.
Thomas Kirk .. Ohinemuri.
John Harris McCaw .. Waikato.
William Alfred Barton .. Bay of Plenty.
Alfred James Mitchell .. Waiapu.
Florence O’Donovan .. Hawke’s Bay.
James Siddells .. Napier.
William Jesse Reeve .. Waipawa.
Frederick Henry Ibbetson .. Pahiatua.
Samuel George Stanton .. Masterton.
James Strachan Greig .. Wairarapa.
William George Pring O’Callaghan .. Egmont.
Alfred Trimble .. Taranaki.
Henry Hyde Carr .. Hawera.
Andrew Duncan Thomson .. Patea.
Thomas Watson .. Wanganui.
William Matravers .. Rangitikei.
Alexander Simpson .. Palmerston.
Jeremiah Hurley .. Manawatu.
William Thomas Wyatt .. Otaki.
William Thomas Wyatt .. City of Wellington.
Hugh Calders .. Suburbs of Wellington.
William Baird .. City of Nelson.
James Butler Stoney .. Motueka.
Ernest Charles Kelling .. Wairau.
Charles John Berry .. Buller.
Charles Arthur Barton .. Grey.
William Henry Rhodes.. Westland.
Michael Lynskey .. Ashley.
Lyonel Charles Williams .. Kaiapoi.
Lyonel Charles Williams .. Avon.
William Shanaghan .. City of Christchurch.
Lyonel Charles Williams .. Lyttelton.
Henry Walter Dawson .. Riccarton.
Robert Colthart .. Ellesmere.
Joseph Ward .. Selwyn.
Francis Worcester Stubbs .. Ashburton.
Thomas Howley .. Geraldine.
Douglas St. George .. Timaru.
Henry Hawthorne Grant Ralfe .. Waitaki.
John Thomas Gwynne .. Oamaru.
Thomas Hinchliff .. Waihemo.
William Joseph Hall .. Waikouaiti.
William Joseph Hall .. City of Dunedin.
John Stewart Kennedy.. Caversham.
Thomas King .. Taieri.
Alexander Millar Eyes .. Bruce.
Charles Christian Halliday .. Tuapeka.
Tom Palmer .. Clutha.
Horatio Nelson Firth .. Mataura.
Alexander Adam Mair .. Wakatipu.
Alexander Walker .. Wallace.
Alexander Walker .. Invercargill.
Alexander Walker .. Awarua.

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

W. C. WALKER,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Appointment of Transmitting and Receiving Officers for the Service of Notices by Telegraph.

Post and Telegraph Department,
General Post Office,
Wellington, 2nd November, 1896.

IN pursuance of the powers conferred upon me by “The Electric Lines Act, 1884” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), and by the regulations made thereunder on the 25th March, 1895, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 4th April, 1895, the following officers are hereby appointed Transmitting and Receiving Officers for the purpose of dealing with all notices by telegraph sent under the said Act or regulations, and of signing such certificates in relation to the service of any such notices as are required or authorised to be signed or given under the said Act or the regulations aforesaid:—

JAMES GARDINER BALLARD, Officer in Charge, Telegraph Office, Dunedin.
JOHN BULL, Chief Postmaster, Blenheim.
WILLIAM MCHUTCHESON, Postmaster, Bluff.
R. J. SEDDON,
Electric Telegraph Commissioner.