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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 28

Sections 4, 8, 9, 12, and 15, Block VII., hilly broken forest-clad country, timber chiefly rimu, tawa, kahikatea, &c.; soil fair to good, on papa formation; well watered; height above sea-level 1,000 ft. to 1,700 ft.; distance from Ormondville Railway-station thirteen to fifteen and a half miles. Sections 1 and 3, Block VIII., steep and broken bush-clad country, bush chiefly manuka, kamahi, &c.; soil medium to poor; well watered; height above sea-level 400 ft. to 1,400 ft.; distance from Ormondville Railway-station sixteen and a half to twenty-two and a half miles. Sections 1 to 3, Block XI., broken hilly forest-clad country, timber chiefly rimu, tawa, &c.; soil fair; well watered; height above sea-level 1,000 ft. to 1,700 ft.; distance from Dannevirke twenty-one and a half to twenty-three miles. Sections 1 and 2, Block XV., broken hilly forest-clad country, timber chiefly rimu, tawa, &c.; soil fair to poor, on papa formation; well watered; height above sea-level 600 ft. to 1,700 ft.; distance from Dannevirke twenty-two and a half to twenty-four miles.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this fifth day of April, one thousand nine hundred.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Notifying Lands in Southland 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 sixth day of June, one thousand nine hundred, 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 opposite the description of such lands respectively.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—TOWNSHIP OF LOCHIEL.
Village Land.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this fifth day of April, one thousand nine hundred.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Amended Notification respecting Shooting Season, Marlborough.

RANFURLY, Governor.

WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the Warrant made under the Animals Protection Acts dated the thirteenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the sixteenth of the said month of March, as hereinafter mentioned:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby notify that native pigeons may be taken or killed within the Marlborough District, as defined in the aforesaid Warrant, from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred, to the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred, both days inclusive: And I do further notify that game and native game shall not be taken or killed within the portions of the said district described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

All that area in the Marlborough District within 5 chains of the margin of the Flaxbourne Lagoon, and also all the lagoons and mud-flats within a distance of five miles from the Boulder Bank, near the mouth of the Wairau River.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this tenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred.

J. CARROLL,
For Colonial Secretary.

Extending Time for Shooting Season for Deer, County of Wairarapa South.

RANFURLY, Governor.

WHEREAS by warrant made under “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same, dated the sixth day of February, one thousand nine hundred, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the eighth day of February, one thousand nine hundred, it is notified that red-deer (stags only) may be taken or killed within the County of Wairarapa South (excepting therefrom the area described in the Schedule thereto) from the seventeenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred, to the ninth day of April, one thousand nine hundred, both inclusive: And whereas it is expedient to extend the time during which the said deer may be taken or killed in the aforesaid district:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, in exercise of the powers vested in me by the said “Animals Protection Act, 1880,” do hereby notify that red-deer (stags only) may be taken or killed in aforesaid County of Wairarapa South until the thirtieth day of April, one thousand nine hundred, inclusive.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eleventh day of April, one thousand nine hundred.

J. G. WARD.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 5th April, 1900.

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,
For Colonial Secretary.

Inspector of Abattoirs, &c., Borough of Kaitangata, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 5th April, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable DOUGLAS MORTON MACKENZIE

to be an Inspector of Abattoirs and Slaughterhouses, and of cattle intended for slaughter, under “The Abattoirs and Slaughterhouses Act, 1894,” within the Borough of Kaitangata.

J. CARROLL,
For Colonial Secretary.

Member of Taranaki Land Board reappointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 5th April, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor 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, 1900.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.