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borne by any local authority or authorities: And whereas such Commissioner did report to the Governor, after due inquiry, his opinion as to the matters respecting which he was appointed to report:

And whereas the Governor is of opinion that the work should be done:

Now, therefore, I, James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, in the name and on behalf of His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, and as his duly appointed Deputy, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in me by the said Act, do hereby authorise the Ngaruawahia Town Board to construct the said work; and I do hereby declare that the cost of constructing the said work shall be borne in the following proportions: i.e., by the Raglan County Council, fifty per centum, by the Ngaruawahia Town Board, thirty per centum, Waipa County Council, twenty per centum, of half the cost of the work.

SCHEDULE.

The bridge over the Waipa River, from a place opposite the northern end of Herschel Street, in the Town of Newcastle (Ngaruawahia), as the site of the said bridge is delineated upon the plan marked S.G. 27230, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon marked A, B.

As witness the hand of Sir James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, for and on behalf of His Excellency the Governor, and as his duly appointed Deputy, this twenty-fifth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Shooting Season for Native Pigeon, Marlborough, to begin on Monday, 2nd May.

RANFURLY, Governor.
By his Deputy,
JAMES PRENDERGAST.

WHEREAS by a Warrant made under “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” dated the first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the seventh day of the same month, it is notified, amongst other things, that native pigeon may be taken or killed in the Marlborough District from the twenty-fourth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, until the thirty-first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, both days inclusive: And whereas it is expedient to alter the said dates as hereinafter mentioned:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers vested in me by the aforesaid “Animals Protection Act, 1880,” do hereby declare that native pigeon may be taken or killed in the Marlborough District from the second day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, until the thirty-first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

As witness the hand of his Excellency the Governor, this twenty-seventh day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

W. C. WALKER.

Ranger under the Animals Protection Acts, Wellington District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 20th April, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM CAWOOD

to be a Ranger under “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same, for the District of Wellington.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Officer under “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,” Wellington District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 20th April, 1898.

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 CAWOOD,
of Marton, has been appointed an Officer for the purposes of that Act within the Counties of Hutt, Horowhenua, Wairarapa North, Wairarapa South, Pahiatua, Oroua, Manawatu, Kiwitea, Pohangina, and Rangitikei, and within all the town districts and boroughs situated within the said counties.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 23rd April, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, 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.
VALDEMAR RODE ANDERSON .. .. Kuaotunu.
JOHN WATSON BAXTER .. .. Mahurangi.
J. CARROLL.

Inspector of Weights and Measures, Counties of Waikato, Waipa, Piako, and Raglan, and Boroughs of Hamilton and Cambridge, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 23rd April, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to appoint

Sergeant RICHARD STAPLETON

to be an Inspector of Weights and Measures, under “The Weights and Measures Act, 1868,” and the Acts amending the same, for the Counties of Waikato, Waipa, Piako, and Raglan, and for the Boroughs of Hamilton and Cambridge, vice Constable J. W. Forbes, transferred.

J. CARROLL.

Crown Solicitor appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 27th April, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to appoint

JOHN FRASER MACQUEEN FRASER, Esq.,
to be Crown Solicitor at Dunedin, vice B. C. Haggitt, deceased.

T. THOMPSON.

Member of Taranaki Land Board reappointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 25th April, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to reappoint

JOHN HESLOP

to be a member of the Land Board of the Land District of Taranaki, as from the 5th April instant.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Inspector of Factories appointed.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned person to be an Inspector under “The Factories Act, 1894,” and to assign to him the district set opposite his name, viz.:—

Name. District.
Constable JOHN FORSTER .. The North Island of the Colony of New Zealand, and the islands adjacent thereto.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Labour.

Arrangements for First Elections, &c., Ngaroto Land-drainage District.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to appoint

DUDLEY BOCKETT

to be the Returning Officer to conduct the first election of Trustees of the Ngaroto Land-drainage District; also to appoint Wednesday, the 18th day of May, 1898, to be the day, and the County Council Chamber, Ohaupo, to be the place, for holding the said election; also to appoint Wednesday, the 25th day of May, 1898, at 12 o’clock noon, to be the time, and the County Council Chamber, Ohaupo, to be the place, at which the first meeting of Trustees of the said drainage district shall be held.

J. CARROLL.