Feb. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 403

Rural Lands 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 lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on and after the twenty-sixth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and one; and also that the lands 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 lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

Sections are partly old sawmill workings and partly fair bush; one mile and a quarter to two miles and a half from Half-moon Bay; height above sea-level from 150 ft. to 200 ft.; black soil with rock bottom. The whole of the sections are undulating and well watered.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this fourth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and one.

C. H. MILLS,
For Minister of Lands.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 7th February, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

AUGUSTUS EDWARD BRAITHWAITE

to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Mangonui.

J. CARROLL,
For Colonial Secretary.

Assessor for Native Licensing District appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 13th February, 1901.

NOTICE has been received at this office, under the hand of the Returning Officer, that

REWETI TE RAKAHEREA

has been elected to be the Assessor for the Native Licensing District of Taupo.

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Under-Secretary.

Crown Prosecutor appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 14th February, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

MICHAEL HANNAN, Esq.,

to be Crown Prosecutor at Greymouth.

W. C. WALKER,
For Minister of Justice.

Trustees of Geraldine Racecourse appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 7th February, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of section 6 of “The Geraldine Racecourse Reserve Act, 1881,” been pleased to appoint

JAMES THOMAS MALING, of Geraldine, Auctioneer;
ANDREW BROWN, of Peel Forest, Farmer;
WILLIAM THOMAS TURNER, of Geraldine, Tobacconist;
GEORGE BETHUNE, of Geraldine, Saddler; and
WILLIAM QUIRK, of Orari, Hotelkeeper,

to be Trustees of the Geraldine Racecourse, in the place of Messrs. John Mundell, Robert Taylor, William De Renzy, and Robert Henry Pearpoint, resigned, and Alfred White, deceased.

C. H. MILLS,
For Minister of Lands.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Clifton County.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 11th February, 1901.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Clifton County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886.”

J. CARROLL,
For Colonial Secretary.

CLIFTON COUNTY COUNCIL.

Junction Road Loan, £750.

RESULT of poll taken on the 21st day of January, 1901, upon the proposal to borrow £750 under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” for the purpose of further metalling on the Junction Road, Purangi:—

Number of ratepayers on special roll, 29; number of votes exercisable, 31: Number of ratepayers voting in favour of the proposal, 18; number of ratepayers voting against the proposal, 1; number of informal votes, 1; number of votes not recorded, 11.

I therefore declare the above proposal carried.

R. H. PIGOTT,
Chairman, Clifton County Council.

Clifton County Council,
Waitara, 25th January, 1901.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Eden Terrace Road Board, County of Eden.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 11th February, 1901.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Eden Terrace Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886.”

J. CARROLL,
For Colonial Secretary.

EDEN TERRACE ROAD BOARD.

RESULT of the poll of ratepayers of the Eden Terrace Road District, taken on Saturday, 26th January, 1901, upon the