360 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 12

Old-age Pension Districts constituted, and Deputy Registrars appointed, under "The Registration of People's Claims Act, 1896."

GLASGOW, Governor.

PURSUANT to and in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred upon him by "The Registration of People's Claims Act, 1896," His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand doth hereby, for the purposes of the said Act, declare as follows, that is to say:—

The colony is hereby divided into the old-age pension districts constituted with the names and boundaries following, that is to say:—

In addition to the aforementioned districts, the Chatham Islands are hereby constituted a district under the name of the Chatham Islands District.

Outlying islands not included in any of the above-mentioned boundaries shall be deemed to form part of the district to which they are adjacent.

The Deputy Registrar for each of the respective districts above constituted shall be the person for the time being holding the office of Clerk of the Court for the Magistrate's Court holden in the town bearing the same name as the name of the district: Provided that in the case of the Stewart Island District the Deputy Registrar shall be the Clerk of the Court for the Magistrate's Court holden at Half-moon Bay, and in the case of the Chatham Islands District the Deputy Registrar shall be the Clerk of the Court for the Magistrate's Court holden at Waitangi.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-eighth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

R. J. SEDDON.

Extension of Date for Delivery of Pension-claims to the Deputy Registrar.

GLASGOW, Governor.

WHEREAS by "The Registration of People's Claims Act, 1896" (hereinafter termed "the said Act"), it is among other things enacted that the Governor may extend the date up to which pension-claims may be delivered to the Deputy Registrar of the district wherein the claimant resides:

Now, therefore, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in me by the said Act, do hereby extend the date up to which pension-claims may be delivered until the thirtieth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-eighth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

R. J. SEDDON.

Trustees for the Swanson Public Cemetery appointed.

GLASGOW, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the sixth section of "The Cemeteries Act, 1882," I, David, Earl of Glasgow, 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.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-eighth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Officer under "The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884," Canterbury District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 27th January, 1897.

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

JAMES SHEATE
of Greendale, has been appointed an officer for the purposes of that Act for that part of the Provincial District of Canterbury to the north of and including the Rakaia River, and for the waters of the Clarence River which are within the County of Marlborough.

J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.