APRIL 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 787

Volunteer Regulations amended.

RANFURLY, Governor.

WHEREAS by “The Defence Act, 1886,” it is, among other things, enacted that the Governor may from time to time make, alter, or revoke regulations respecting the enrolment, promotion, discipline, training, exercise, arms, accoutrements, clothing, equipment, conveyance, pay, rations, and lodging of the Forces, or any portion thereof, and respecting the several other matters in the said Act mentioned: And whereas on the twentieth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, certain regulations were made under the said Act, which were published in the New Zealand Gazette of the thirtieth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine: And whereas it is now expedient to cancel the maximum and minimum “establishment” laid down in such last-mentioned regulations for Engineer Volunteer corps, and to substitute in lieu thereof the “establishment” laid down in the Schedule hereto:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the above-recited power and authority, do hereby cancel the “establishment” for Engineer Volunteer corps made on the twentieth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, and in lieu thereof do hereby make and prescribe for such corps the “establishment” set forth in the Schedule hereto: And I do further declare that the “establishment” hereby made shall come into force on and from the twenty-first day of April, one thousand nine hundred.

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SCHEDULE.

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

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

[D. 1900/454.]

Volunteer Regulations amended.

RANFURLY, Governor.

WHEREAS by “The Defence Act, 1886,” it is, among other things, enacted that the Governor may from time to time make, alter, or revoke regulations respecting the enrolment, promotion, discipline, training, exercise, arms, accoutrements, clothing, equipment, conveyance, pay, rations, and lodging of the Forces, or any portion thereof, and respecting the several other matters in the said Act mentioned: And whereas on the twentieth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, certain regulations were made under the said Act, which were published in the New Zealand Gazette of the thirtieth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine: And whereas it is now expedient to cancel the maximum and minimum “establishment” laid down in such last-mentioned regulations for Mounted Volunteer corps, and to substitute in lieu thereof the “establishment” laid down in the Schedule hereto:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the above-recited power and authority, do hereby cancel the “establishment” for Mounted Volunteer corps made on the twentieth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, and in lieu thereof do hereby make and prescribe for such corps the “establishment” set forth in the Schedule hereto: And I do further declare that the “establishment” hereby made shall come into force on and from the twenty-first day of April, one thousand nine hundred.

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SCHEDULE.

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

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

[D. 1900/374.]

Rural Land in the Southland Land District open for Sale or Selection.

RANFURLY, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one-hundred-and-thirty-sixth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, having received the report of the Surveyor-General in this behalf, as in the said section is provided, do hereby declare that the rural land enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on and after the twelfth day of June, one thousand nine hundred; and also that the land mentioned in the said Schedule may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or be selected for occupation with right of purchase or on lease in perpetuity, or, in respect of any land containing or supposed to contain any metal, mineral, or valuable stone, be selected on lease in perpetuity only; and I do hereby also fix the prices at which the said land shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said land shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

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SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Situated about eleven miles from Woodlands Railway-station. Soil inferior; no timber on land. Burdened with valuation for improvements, £124 10s., consisting of house, outhouses, fencing, 12 acres in grass, &c.

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

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Lands.