JUNE 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1133

Appointment in the Department of Lands and Survey.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 26th May, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government
has been pleased to appoint

GEORGE FANNIN

to be Chief Clerk in the District Office of the Lands and
Survey Department at Invercargill.

JOHN MCKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Stamp Officer appointed.

Head Office, Stamp Department,
Wellington, 26th May, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government
has been pleased to appoint

JOHN AUGUSTUS HUTTON, Esq.,

to be Deputy Commissioner of Stamps at Timaru, on and
from the 18th day of May, 1897.

J. CARROLL,
Commissioner of Stamps.

Member of Board of Examiners appointed under "The Mining
Act, 1891."

Mines Department,
Wellington, 2nd June, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government
has been pleased to appoint

FRANCIS HODGE, Esq., of Coromandel,

to be a member of the Board of Examiners under "The
Mining Act, 1891," vice James Coutts, resigned.

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister of Mines.

Inspectors of Factories appointed.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 1st June, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government
has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned
persons to be Inspectors under "The Factories Act, 1894,"
and to assign to them the districts set opposite their names,
viz.:—

Name. District.
WILLIAM JOHN McKEOWN .. Middle Island of the Colony
of New Zealand, and the
islands adjacent thereto.
Constable JOSEPH JAMES FRY .. North Island of the Colony
of New Zealand, and the
islands adjacent thereto.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Labour.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 28th May, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government
has been pleased to accept the resignation by

HENRY PHILIP HILL, Esq.,

of Christchurch, of his appointment as a Justice of the
Peace for the colony.

W. C. WALKER,
For Minister of Justice.

Fallow Deer vested in South Canterbury Acclimatisation
Society.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th May, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government
of the Colony of New Zealand directs it to be
notified that fallow deer have been turned at large in the
South Canterbury Acclimatisation District, and that the
property in such deer and their offspring is deemed to be
absolutely vested in the Chairman of the South Canterbury
Acclimatisation Society for a period of three years from the
date hereof, as provided by section 38 of "The Animals
Protection Act, 1880."

J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

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Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 28th May, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government
has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation,
under "The Aliens Act, 1880," in favour of the under-
mentioned persons:—

J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Special Order made by the Hawera County Council.—Okaiawa
and Mangatoki Ridings constituted.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 31st May, 1897.

THE following special order, made by the Hawera
County Council, is published in accordance with the
provisions of "The Counties Act, 1886."

J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

HAWERA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Special Order constituting Ridings of Okaiawa and Mangatoki.
Copy of resolutions adopted at a special meeting of the
Council held on Friday, 14th September, 1894:—

1. That that portion of the late Waimate Riding bounded
   on the east by the Waingongoro River, and on the west by
   the Inaha Road, the boundary-line between Blocks III. and
   IV., Waimate Survey District, and the Palmer Road, be
   divided into two ridings, with names and boundaries follow-
   ing, viz.:—

Okaiawa Riding: Bounded towards the south by the sea;
towards the east by the Waingongoro River; towards the
north by the Skeet Road; and towards the west by the
Inaha Road, the boundary-line of Blocks III. and IV., Wai-
mate Survey District, and the Palmer Road.

Mangatoki Riding: Bounded towards the south by the
Skeet Road; towards the east by the Waingongoro River;
towards the north by the Stratford County; and towards
the west by the Palmer Road.

2. That the proposed Okaiawa and Mangatoki Ridings
   have one member each.

Copy of Advertisement inserted in Hawera and Normanby
Star.

Hawera County Council.—Special Order dividing the Hawera
County into New Ridings.

Whereas at a special meeting of the Council held on
Friday, 14th September, 1894, resolutions were adopted,—

(a.) That that portion of the late Waimate Riding bounded
on the east by the Waingongoro River, and on the west by
the Inaha Road, the boundary-line between Blocks III. and
IV., Waimate Survey District, and the Palmer Road, be
divided into two ridings with boundaries as therein set out.

(b.) That the proposed Okaiawa and Mangatoki Ridings
have one Councillor each.

Notice is hereby given that such resolution will be con-
firmed at a meeting of the Council to be held on Friday, the
25th day of January, 1895, and thereupon the said special
order shall take effect. A copy of the proposed special order
may be inspected at the Council's office, Hawera.

C. A. BUDGE,
County Clerk.

I certify,—
(a.) That the above advertisement was duly published as
required by law.
(b.) That the resolution of 14th September, 1894, was duly
confirmed at an adjourned meeting of the Council held on
Tuesday, 29th January, 1895.
(c.) That the said special order constituting the Ridings of
Okaiawa and Mangatoki has been duly made.

C. A. BUDGE,
County Clerk.

28th May, 1897.

Special Order made by the Egmont Road Board, County of
Taranaki.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 31st May, 1897.

THE following special order, made by the Egmont Road
Board, is published in accordance with the provisions
of "The Road Boards Act, 1882."

J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.