Oct. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2229

the maintenance and care of the public cemetery specified in the second column of the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this sixth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and two.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Removal of Restrictions on Alienation of Native Land.

RANFURLY, Governor.

WHEREAS prior to the coming into operation of “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900,” application was made to the Governor by the owners of the lands described in the Schedule hereto, praying that the restrictions on the alienation of such lands as set forth in the Crown grants bearing date the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety, and the twenty-second day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety, respectively, be removed: And whereas inquiry has been duly made by the Native Land Court, and the said Court has recommended that such restrictions be removed:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the fifty-second section of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” and in accordance with the recommendation of the Native Land Court, doth hereby order and declare that all restrictions imposed by the said Crown grants on the alienation of the said lands are hereby removed.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land, containing 100 acres, more or less, situate in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay, and known as Section 2, Block IV., Ruataniwha Survey District, held under Crown grant dated the 1st day of January, 1890, in favour of Tareha, and containing the following restrictions: “Inalienable by sale, or by lease for a longer period than twenty-one years, or by mortgage, except with the consent of the Governor being previously obtained to every such sale, lease, or mortgage.”

All that parcel of land, containing 100 acres, more or less, situate in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay, and known as Section 10, Block IV., Ruataniwha Survey District, held under Crown grant dated the 22nd day of September, 1890, in favour of Karauria Pupu, and containing the following restrictions: “Inalienable by sale, or by lease for a longer period than twenty-one years, or by mortgage, except with the consent of the Governor being previously obtained to every such sale, lease, or mortgage.”

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this sixth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and two.

J. CARROLL.

Approved in Council.

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

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 1st October, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN MCKENZIE

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

JAS. McGOWAN,
For Colonial Secretary.

Registrar of Brands appointed.—Notice No. 727.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 6th October, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ALFRED MILLS

to be a Registrar of Brands for the Wellington Branding District, in terms of “The Stock Act, 1893.”

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister for Agriculture.

Deputy Harbourmaster at Foxton appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 4th October, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased, in pursuance of the power and authority vested in him by section 13 of “The Harbours Act, 1878,” to appoint

GEORGE JAMES WALSH

to be Deputy Harbourmaster for the Port of Foxton, in place of Thomas Lewis.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Trustees of Volunteer Drill-shed appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 29th September, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Brevet-Colonel WILLIAM HOLDEN WEBB, New Zealand Militia, commanding the Canterbury Militia and Volunteer District;

Lieutenant-Colonel CHRISTOPHER SAMUEL BAILEY, New Zealand Militia;

Lieutenant-Colonel WALTER MONTAGUE MOORE, commanding the South Canterbury Battalion of Infantry Volunteers; and

Captain KENNETH MACKENZIE, Geraldine Rifle Volunteers,

to be Trustees of the Geraldine Volunteer Drill-shed under “The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands Act, 1888,” and “The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands Trustees Validation Act, 1890.” Appointments to date from the 29th September, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Honorary Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 29th September, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the following appointment:—

Wellington Garrison Volunteer Band.

Bandmaster Thomas Herd to be Honorary Lieutenant.

Date of commission, 19th April, 1901.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Trustees of Volunteer Drill-shed appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 30th September, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned as Trustees to the Dannevirke Volunteer Drill-shed, under “The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands Act 1888 Amendment Act, 1890” :—

Brevet-Colonel STUART NEWALL, C.B., commanding Wellington Militia and Volunteer District;

Captain JOHN DRUMMOND, Pay- and Quarter-master, 5th Battalion, Wellington (Centre or Ruahine) Rifle Volunteers;

Captain WILLIAM HENRY HARTGILL, commanding Ruahine Mounted Rifle Volunteers;

The Reverend HANS M. RIES, Dannevirke;

Mr. OLAF CARLSON, Settler, Dannevirke;

Mr. WILLIAM ROSE, Settler, Dannevirke.

Appointments to date from 30th September, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.