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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 16

6. The proceeds arising from the sale of discount-stamps will fall into and become part of the balance of the Post Office Account, to be disbursed therefrom for the redemption of such stamps when presented.

7. A return for publication in the New Zealand Gazette shall be prepared by the Secretary to the General Post Office at the end of each quarter, showing the proceeds derived from the sale of discount-stamps during the preceding three months, together with the value of those redeemed and that of those remaining in the hands of Postmasters unissued.

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

W. C. WALKER,
For Commissioner of Stamps.

Notice of Intention to change the Purpose of a Reserve in the Wellington Land District.

RANFURLY, Governor.

WHEREAS by “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” it is, amongst other things, enacted that the Governor may declare his intention to make, change, exchange, or alter the dedication of any public reserve now or hereafter vested in Her Majesty or the Governor for any of the purposes named in Class II. of the Schedule to the said Act, whether the same be granted or not; if it shall, in the opinion of the Governor, be expedient to change the purpose of such reserve or any part thereof from the purpose or presumed purpose for which it was set apart to any other purpose, or if it shall, in the opinion of the Governor, be expedient to change any of the land comprised in such reserve for other land of equal value, to be dedicated to one or more purposes named in the said Class II., the Governor may, by notice gazetted, declare his intention to make such change, exchange, or dedication, as the case may be, and in such notice declare the manner and terms in which the same is intended to be so made:

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 change the specific purpose of the reserve described in the Schedule hereto from a site for a sheep-dip to a reserve for railway purposes.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 acre 1 rood, more or less, being Reserve G, Town of Wanganui. Bounded towards the north-east by Churton Street; towards the south-east by Sections Nos. 1 and 2; towards the south-west by the Town Belt; and towards the north-west by the Town Belt; as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Wellington.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Notice of Intention to change the Purpose of a Portion of a Reserve in the Hawke’s Bay Land District.

RANFURLY, Governor.

WHEREAS by “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” it is, amongst other things, enacted that the Governor may declare his intention to make, change, exchange, or alter the dedication of any public reserve now or hereafter vested in Her Majesty or the Governor for any of the purposes named in Class II. of the Schedule to the said Act, whether the same be granted or not; if it shall, in the opinion of the Governor, be expedient to change the purpose of such reserve or any part thereof from the purpose or presumed purpose for which it was set apart to any other purpose, or if it shall, in the opinion of the Governor, be expedient to exchange any of the land comprised in such reserve for other land of equal value, to be dedicated to one or more purposes named in the said Class II., the Governor may, by notice gazetted, declare his intention to make such change, exchange, or dedication, as the case may be, and in such notice declare the manner and terms in which the same is intended to be so made:

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 change the specific purpose of the portion of the reserve described in the second column of the Schedule hereto from a site for a Customhouse and post-office to a site for a drillshed.

SCHEDULE.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Post and Telegraph Officers to take Declarations under “The Post Office Act, 1900.”

RANFURLY, Governor.

By his Deputy,

JAMES PRENDERGAST.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by “The Post Office Act, 1900,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby authorise the undermentioned Post officers to take statutory declarations of Postmasters and other Post officers, as prescribed by subsection one, section ten, of the said Act, namely:—

OFFICERS OF THE FIRST DIVISION.

Gray, W., Secretary, Wellington.

Logan, J. K., Superintendent of Electric Lines, Wellington.

Rose, T., Assistant Secretary and Inspector, Wellington.

OFFICERS OF THE CLERICAL DIVISION.

First Class.

Gray, G., Controller M.O. and S.B., and Accountant, G.P.O., Wellington.

Meddings, W. G., Inspector of Telegraphs, Auckland.

Orchiston, J., Inspector of Telegraphs, Dunedin.

Mason, J. W., Officer in Charge, Telegraph Office, Christchurch.

Furby, W. S., Electrician and Inspector of Telegraphs, Wellington.

Robertson, C. C., Inspector of Telegraphs, Nelson.

Robertson, D., Chief Clerk, G.P.O., Wellington.

Ballard, J. G., Officer in Charge, Telegraph Office, Dunedin.

Second Class.

Tipping, C. J. A. H., Assistant Inspector of Post-offices, Southern District.

Morris, W. R., Assistant Accountant, G.P.O., Wellington.

Stevens, S. P., Assistant Inspector of Post-offices, Midland District.

Harrington, H. W., Officer in Charge, Telegraph Office, Wellington.

Third Class.

Miller, D., Chief Clerk, C.P.O., Christchurch.

McHutcheson, W., Chief Clerk, C.P.O., Dunedin.

Cresswell, A. E., Chief Clerk, C.P.O., Timaru.

Gannaway, J. W., Inspector of Telegraphs, Christchurch.

Waters, F. V., Second Clerk, G.P.O., Wellington.

Tait, R., Chief Clerk, C.P.O., Wellington.

Senn, E. V., Chief Clerk, C.P.O., Auckland.

CHIEF POSTMASTERS.

First Grade.

Biss, S. B., Chief Postmaster, Auckland.

Kirton, R., Chief Postmaster, Christchurch.

Cook, E., Chief Postmaster, Dunedin.

Jago, S. J., Chief Postmaster, Wellington,