1682 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 83

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WALLACE COUNTY.—WAIKU SURVEY DISTRICT.—OTAHU ESTATE.

Section. | Area. | Lease in Perpetuity.
| | Rent | Half-yearly
| | per Acre.| Rent.
| A. B. P. | s. d. | £ s. d.
FIRST-CLASS LAND.

4 | 640 2 13 | 2 4 | 17 11 0*
5 | 415 0 4 | 2 4·5 | 37 7 4
7 | 408 0 38 | 2 4·5 | 24 12 10
8 | 458 1 27 | 2 0 | 22 4 9
9 | 554 1 17 | 1 7·5 | 22 10 5
10 | 523 1 29 | 1 3 | 16 7 2
12 | 572 0 10 | 1 1·5 | 16 1 10

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

1 | 554 0 0 | 0 6 | 6 18 6
2 | 536 2 7 | 0 6 | 6 14 2
24 | 69 3 36 | 0 9 | 1 6 3
13 | 506 1 16 | 0 9 | 9 9 11
14 | 536 0 26 | 0 9 | 10 1 1
39 | 249 3 39 | 0 9 | 4 13 10

• Interest and sinking fund on buildings, valued at £450, repayable by half-yearly instalments of £17 11s. for twenty-one years.

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

JOHN MCKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Postmaster appointed to take and receive Statutory Declarations.

PURSUANT to the authority conferred upon me by the eighth section of "The Justices of the Peace Act Amendment Act, 1888," I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that

JOHN LIVESEY HARWOOD,

being a person holding the office of Postmaster, under "The Post Office Act, 1881," at Kaponga, is authorised to take and receive statutory declarations under the two hundred and thirty-fourth section of "The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882."

As witness my hand, this twenty-first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

RANFURLY, Governor.

Rangers under the Animals Protection Acts, Hawke's Bay District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 15th September, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN DOUGLAS HAMILTON and
JOHN HUNTER BROWN

to be Rangers, under "The Animals Protection Act, 1880," and the Acts amending the same, for the District of Hawke's Bay.

J. CARROLL.

Inspector of Abattoirs, &c., County of Tairi, appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 15th September, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ROBERT DECKIE

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 Tairi.

J. CARROLL.

Officers under "The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884," Hawke's Bay District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 15th September, 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,"

JOHN DOUGLAS HAMILTON and
JOHN HUNTER BROWN

have been appointed Officers for the purposes of that Act for the Counties of Hawke's Bay, Waipawa, Patangata, and Wairoa, and all boroughs situated within the said counties.

J. CARROLL.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 16th September, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned gentlemen to be the Deputies of the Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz.:—

Name. | District.
JAMES McHATTIE | Pelorus.
FREDERICK HENRY BARNARD | Hawera.
WILLIAM PYLE | Blackstone.

J. CARROLL.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 22nd September, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JAMES CARNELL

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths, and also to be Vaccination Inspector, for the District of Coromandel, vice Richard Simmonds, resigned, on and from the 6th October, 1897.

J. CARROLL.

Sittings of Magistrate's Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 22nd September, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

The Courthouse at Marton

to be a place wherein sittings of the Magistrate's Court shall be held, in lieu of the County Council Chambers, previously appointed.

T. THOMPSON.

Assayer of Gold appointed at Auckland.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 20th September, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ANDRÉ PIERRE GRIFFITHS

to be an assayer of gold, under "The Customs Laws Consolidation Act, 1882."

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Commissioner of Trade and Customs.

Honorary Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th September, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the appointment of

The Right Honourable UCHTER JOHN MARK, EARL OF RANFURLY, K.C.M.G.,

as Honorary Colonel of the Wellington Battalion of Infantry Volunteers. Commission to date from the 18th August, 1897.

T. THOMPSON.

Honorary Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th September, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the under-mentioned appointment:—

1st Westland Rifle Volunteers.

Murdoch Mackenzie to be Surgeon-Captain. Date of commission, 2nd September, 1897.

T. THOMPSON.

Designation of Volunteer Corps changed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th September, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the designation of the "Hamilton Light Infantry Volunteers" being changed to the "Waikato Mounted Rifle Volunteers," with its present seniority in the New Zealand Volunteer Force, with head-quarters at Hamilton, and with effect from the 24th August, 1897.

T. THOMPSON.