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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 72

Notice of Intention to change the Purpose of a Reserve in Wellington Land District.

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

WHEREAS by “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” it is amongst other things enacted that the Governor may declare his intention to make, change, exchange, or alter the dedication of any public reserve now or hereafter vested in Her Majesty or the Governor for any of the purposes named in Class II. of the Schedule to the said Act, whether the same be granted or not; and in the case of any reserve made under the authority of section one hundred and forty-four of “The Land Act, 1877,” if it shall, in the opinion of the Governor, be expedient to change the purpose of such reserve or any part thereof from the purpose or presumed purpose for which it was set apart to any other purpose, or if it shall, in the opinion of the Governor, be expedient to exchange any of the land comprised in such reserve for other land of equal value, to be dedicated to one or more purposes named in the said Class II., the Governor may, by notice gazetted, make such change, exchange, or dedication, as the case may be, and in such notice declare the manner and terms in which the same is intended to be so made:

Now, therefore, I, James Prendergast, the Administrator of the Government of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” aforesaid, declare my intention to change the specific purpose of the reserve described in the first column of the Schedule hereto from that named to the purpose named in the second column of the said Schedule respectively.

SCHEDULE.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Administrator of the Government, this fifth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Inspectors of Weights and Measures, Counties of Buller, Maniototo, Hawke's Bay, Patangata, and Wairoa, and Boroughs of Westport, Naseby, Napier, and Hastings, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 16th August, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the following persons to be Inspectors of Weights and Measures, under “The Weights and Measures Act, 1868,” and the Acts amending the same, for the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz.:

W. C. WALKER.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 16th August, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOSEPH ATTWOOD HOLT

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths, and also to be Vaccination Inspector, for the District of Blackstone, vice Arthur Thomas Cavell, transferred, on and from the 1st September, 1897.

W. C. WALKER.

Inspector of Abattoirs, &c., Borough of Lower Hutt, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 16th August, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ALFRED A. W. COMPTON

to be an Inspector of Abattoirs and Slaughterhouses, and of Cattle intended for Slaughter, under “The Abattoirs and Slaughterhouses Act, 1894,” for the Borough of Lower Hutt.

W. C. WALKER.

Officers under “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,” South Canterbury District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 18th August, 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,”

WILLIAM GREGSON ASPINALL, of Temuka, and MILES JEFFERSON KNUBLEY, of Timaru,

have been appointed Officers for the purposes of that Act for the South Canterbury District, comprising the Counties of Mackenzie, Geraldine, and Levels.

W. C. WALKER.

Cadet appointed in the Treasury.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 17th August, 1897.

IT is hereby notified that

JAMES MICHAEL HUSSEY

has been appointed to be a cadet in the Treasury Department of the Public Service, as from the 10th May last, under “The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886.”

JOHN McKENZIE,
Acting Colonial Treasurer.

Clerk, Licensing Committee, appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 14th August, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

CHRISTOPHER EDMUND HALCOMBE

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Rangitikei, vice W. Matravers.

T. THOMPSON.

Clerk of Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 12th August, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable JOSIAH GILBERT MACKEY

to be Clerk of the Magistrate’s and Warden’s Courts at Takaka from the 31st July, 1897, vice Constable J. Jeffries.

T. THOMPSON.

Member of Otago Land Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 14th August, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HUGH HERRIES KIRKPATRICK

to be a member of the Land Board of the Land District of Otago.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.