Feb. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 435

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.
Town of Palmerston North.
Section No. 822: 1 acre 1 rood; upset price, £200.
Section No. 1086: 1 acre 2 roods 6 perches; upset price, £100.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-second day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.
JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Private Secretary to the Administrator of the Government appointed.

Private Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 8th February, 1897.
HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to appoint
CHARLES PRENDERGAST KNIGHT, Esq., LL.B.,
to be his Private Secretary.
By order.
C. PRENDERGAST KNIGHT,
Private Secretary.

Legislative Councillors appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 3rd February, 1897.
HIS Excellency the Governor has, in Her Majesty’s name, summoned
BENJAMIN HARRIS, Esq., of Tuakau;
WILLIAM KELLY, Esq., of Auckland; and
DAVID PINKERTON, Esq., of Dunedin,
to the Legislative Council of New Zealand by writs of summons under the Seal of the said colony of this day’s date.
A. J. CADMAN,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 3rd February, 1897.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
WILLIAM CHARLES FORSDICK
to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths, and also to be Vaccination Inspector, for the District of Tairua, vice A. O. Field, resigned, on and from the 4th instant.
J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 4th February, 1897.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
JAMES STODDART MATTHEWS
to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Reefton.
J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Inspectors of Abattoirs, &c., in Waikato County appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 8th February, 1897.
HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to appoint
THOMAS WHITE and
JAMES MCPHERSON
to be Inspectors of Abattoirs and Slaughterhouses and of Cattle intended for Slaughter, under “The Abattoirs and Slaughterhouses Act, 1894,” for the County of Waikato.
J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Public Vaccinator, Shannon, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 8th February, 1897.
HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to appoint
JAMES GRAHAM JEFFREYS, Esq., L.S.A. Lond., &c.,
to be a Public Vaccinator, under “The Public Health Act, 1876,” for the District of Shannon.
J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 28th January, 1897.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
WILLIAM HENRY SMITH
to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Waiapu.
T. THOMPSON.

Gaoler appointed.

Department of Justice (Prisons Branch),
Wellington, 2nd February, 1897.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
BARTHOLOMEW LLOYD O’BRIEN
to be Gaoler of Her Majesty’s Prison at New Plymouth.
T. THOMPSON.

Stipendiary Magistrate appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 6th February, 1897.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
WILLIAM REEVE HASELDEN, Esq.,
to be a Stipendiary Magistrate for the Colony, with ordinary and extended jurisdiction. Appointment to date from 6th February instant.
T. THOMPSON.

Sheriff appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 6th February, 1897.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
WILLIAM REEVE HASELDEN, Esq., S.M.,
to be Sheriff for the District of Wairarapa, from the 8th February instant, vice T. Hutchison, Esq., S.M., transferred.
T. THOMPSON.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 4th February, 1897.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation by
FREDERICK TRENT, Esq.,
of Christchurch, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the Colony.
T. THOMPSON.

Appointment of Commissioner under “The Naval and Military Claims Settlement and Extinguishment Act, 1896.”

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 29th January, 1897.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
JAMES CROSBY MARTIN, Esq.,
Public Trustee, to be the Commissioner under and for the purposes of “The Naval and Military Claims Settlement and Extinguishment Act, 1896.”
JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Members of Auckland Harbour Board appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 8th February, 1897.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased, in pursuance of the provisions of section 7 of “The Auckland Harbour Board Act, 1885,” and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, to appoint
ALFRED EDWARD TYRRELL DEVORE and
WILLIAM JOSEPH NAPIER
to be members of the Auckland Harbour Board.
WM. HALL-JONES,

Member of Lyttelton Harbour Board appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 8th February, 1897.
HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased, in pursuance of the provisions of subsection (1) of section 4 of “The Lyttelton Harbour Board