Oct. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1723

Notifying Lands in Hawke’s Bay for Sale by Public Auction.

RANFURLY, Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one-hundred-and-thirteenth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint Wednesday, the twenty-eighth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, as the time at which the lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by public auction; and I do hereby fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold as those mentioned in the said Schedule hereto following the description of such lands respectively.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eighteenth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Notice of Intention to define the Purpose of a Reserve in the Township of Seddonville.

RANFURLY, Governor.

WHEREAS by the fifth section of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” it is amongst other things enacted that, in the case of any public reserve now vested in Her Majesty or the Governor, whether the same be granted or not, such reserves not being for one of the purposes comprised in Class I., if there shall, in the opinion of the Governor, be any doubt or uncertainty as to the purpose for which such reserve was set apart, the Governor may, by notice gazetted, define such purpose or purposes as to either the whole or any part of such reserve:

And whereas the land described in the Schedule hereto was reserved on the eleventh day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, for public buildings: And whereas it is expedient to define the specific purpose for which such land shall hereafter be set apart:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor 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 define the specific purpose of the reserve described in the Schedule hereto to be a site for the house of the Railway Stationmaster.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land in the Nelson Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 rood 26 perches, more or less, being Section No. 130 of the Township of Seddonville.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eleventh day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Appointing Trustees for the Raglan Public Cemetery.

RANFURLY, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the sixth section of “The Cemeteries Act, 1882,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

GEORGE MOON and
JOHN WILLIAM ROFFEY

to be Trustees, in the place of William Henry Wallace and Richard Galvan, to provide for the maintenance and care of the Raglan Public Cemetery, in conjunction with the other persons appointed by His Excellency the Governor on the twelfth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three.

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

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 21st October, 1898.

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.:

J. CARROLL.

Public Vaccinator, Mercury Bay District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 21st October, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HOWARD SLATER, Esq., M.R.C.S. Eng., L.R.C.P. Lond., L.S.A. Lond.,

to be a Public Vaccinator, under “The Public Health Act, 1876,” for the District of Mercury Bay.

J. CARROLL.

Officers under “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,” Hawke’s Bay District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 22nd October, 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,”

JOHN MILLER, of Dannevirke;
ARTHUR COWPER KNIGHT, of Tahoraite; and
FREDERICK VAUGHAN, of Nuhaka,

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

J. CARROLL.

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

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 24th October, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN MILLER,
ARTHUR COWPER KNIGHT, and
FREDERICK VAUGHAN

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

J. CARROLL.

Registrar of Electors, Ohinemuri, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 25th October, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

THOMAS FREDERICK FARLEY

to be Registrar of Electors, under “The Electoral Act, 1893,” for the Electoral District of Ohinemuri, vice Daniel West. Appointment to date from 1st November, 1898.

J. CARROLL.

Conservator of the South Egmont Forest Reserve appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 13th October, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WALTER POWDRELL,

of Manaia, to be a Conservator of the South Egmont Forest Reserve, in the place of George Alfred Hurley, resigned.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Commissioner of State Forests.