Dec. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2165

Members of the New Zealand Institute appointed.

RANFURLY, 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 Thomas Mason, Esquire, Edward Tregear, Esquire, and John Young, Esquire, three 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, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, 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
THOMAS MASON, Esquire,
EDWARD TREGEAR, 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 first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.
J. CARROLL.

Trustees for the Patutahi Public Cemetery appointed.

RANFURLY, Governor.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the sixth section of “The Cemeteries Act, 1882,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the several persons whose names are specified in the first column of the Schedule hereto to be Trustees to provide for the maintenance and care of the public cemetery specified in the second column of the said Schedule, and to revoke the warrant of the twenty-fifth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, appointing Trustees for the said cemetery.
SCHEDULE.
Names of Trustees. Name of Public Cemetery, and Description of Land.
John McKenzie, Alexander Robb, William Gedye, James Atkins, and Robert Atkins.
PATUTAHI.
All that parcel of land in the Hawke’s Bay Land District, containing by admeasurement 22 acres and 29 perches, more or less, situate in the Suburbs of Patutahi, in the Turanganui Survey District, and being Sections Nos. 46, 47, and 150. Bounded towards the north by a road, 633 links and 485 links; towards the east by Sections Nos. 45, 44, 43, and 42, 2199 links; towards the south by a road, 1000 links; and towards the west by a street, 2011 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this sixth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.
JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Trustees for the Macrae's (No. 2) Public Cemetery appointed.

RANFURLY, Governor.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the sixth section of “The Cemeteries Act, 1882,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the several persons whose names are specified in the first column of the Schedule hereto to be Trustees to provide for the maintenance and care of the public cemetery specified in the second column of the said Schedule.
SCHEDULE.
Names of Trustees. Name of Public Cemetery, and Description of Land.
John Bell, William Edwin Griffin, James S. White, Charles E. Griffin, James McMurren, Thomas Peddie, and George F. Cockerell.
MACRAE'S (No. 2).
All that parcel of land in the Otago Land District, containing by admeasurement 10 acres 3 roods, more or less, being Section No. 22, Block I., Highlay Survey District. Bounded towards the north-west by a road-line; towards the east by Crown lands; towards the south by Crown lands; and towards the west by Crown lands.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this sixth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.
JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Inspector of Weights and Measures, Borough of Kaitangata, appointed.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Wellington, 1st December, 1897.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
Constable JOHN ALFRED FERGUSON
to be an Inspector of Weights and Measures, under “The Weights and Measures Act, 1868,” and the Acts amending the same, for the Borough of Kaitangata.
J. CARROLL.

Inspector of Abattoirs, &c., County of Ohinemuri, appointed.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Wellington, 3rd December, 1897.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
FREDERICK BEATTIE
to be an Inspector of Abattoirs and Slaughterhouses and of Cattle intended for Slaughter, under “The Abattoirs and Slaughterhouses Act, 1894,” within the County of Ohinemuri.
J. CARROLL.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Wellington, 3rd December, 1897.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
ALFRED CHARLES NORRIS
to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths, and also to be Vaccination Inspector, for the District of Porangahau, vice Michael Cropp, on and from the 3rd December, 1897.
J. CARROLL.

Appointment of Acting Vice-Consul for Germany, at Wellington, recognised provisionally.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Wellington, 6th December, 1897.
HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that he has recognised provisionally the appointment by the Consul-General of the German Empire at Sydney, in the Colony of New South Wales, of
Herr J. F. BERTRAM
as Acting Vice-Consul for Germany at Wellington.
J. CARROLL.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.
Department of Justice, Wellington, 4th December, 1897.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
AARON BLACKE
to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Invercargill, vice D. McFarlane, resigned.
T. THOMPSON.