Jan. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 55

SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

Southland | Hokonui .. | 822 | .. | 419 2 16 | 7 6 | 157 10 0 | 0 4·5 | 3 18 9 | 0 3·6 | 3 3 0
Situated about ten miles from Centre Bush Village; hilly land; soil fair; about 75 acres of open land.

Stewart Island | Paterson .. | { 121 } | I. | 29 1 13 | 10 0 | 14 15 0 | 0 6 | 0 7 5 | 0 4·8 | 0 6 0
Situated about one mile from Half-moon Bay Jetty; land covered with timber fit for firewood, the soil being fair.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this nineteenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.

WM. HALL-JONES,
For 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

EDWARD ROUTH COXHEAD,

being a person holding the office of Postmaster, under “The Post Office Act, 1881,” at Kaikohe, 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 ninth day of January, one thousand nine hundred.

RANFURLY,
Governor.

Resignation by the Hon. A. J. Cadman of his Ministerial Offices.

Private Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 21st December, 1899.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation by

The Honourable ALFRED JEROME CADMAN

of the offices of Minister of Mines and Minister for Railways.

DUDLEY ALEXANDER,
Private Secretary.

Resignation of certain Ministerial Offices.

Private Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 21st December, 1899.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation by

The Right Honourable RICHARD JOHN SEDDON

of the offices of Postmaster-General and Electric Telegraph Commissioner, and Minister of Native Affairs; and the resignation by

The Honourable THOMAS THOMPSON

of the office of Minister of Industries and Commerce.

DUDLEY ALEXANDER,
Private Secretary.

Member of Executive Council appointed.

Executive Council Chamber,
Wellington, 21st December, 1899.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

The Honourable JOSEPH GEORGE WARD

to be a member of the Executive Council of the Colony of New Zealand; and he has been sworn in as a member of the said Council.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting-Clerk of the Executive Council.

Ministerial Appointments.

Private Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 21st December, 1899.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

The Honourable JOSEPH GEORGE WARD

to be Colonial Secretary, Postmaster-General, Electric Telegraph Commissioner, and Minister of Industries and Commerce.

DUDLEY ALEXANDER,
Private Secretary.

Minister for Railways appointed.

Premier’s Office,
Wellington, 5th January, 1900.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him by “The Government Railways Act, 1894,” to appoint

The Honourable JOSEPH GEORGE WARD

to be the Minister for Railways under the said Act as from this date.

R. J. SEDDON.

Minister of Native Affairs appointed.

Private Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 21st December, 1899.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

The Honourable JAMES CARROLL

to be Minister of Native Affairs.

DUDLEY ALEXANDER,
Private Secretary.

Members of Legislative Council appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 23rd December, 1899.

His Excellency the Governor has, in Her Majesty’s name, summoned

The Honourable ALFRED JEROME CADMAN,

of Auckland, to the Legislative Council of New Zealand, by writ of summons dated 21st December, 1899; and has also, in Her Majesty’s name, summoned

Lieutenant-Colonel ALBERT PITT,

of Nelson, to the Legislative Council of New Zealand, by writ of summons dated 23rd December, 1899.

R. J. SEDDON.

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

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 30th December, 1899.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ROBERT CHAPMAN

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 Foxton.

T. THOMPSON,
For Colonial Secretary.