May 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1159

Land taken for a Native School at Kaiwhata.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twentieth day of April, 1903.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is required for a certain public work, to wit, a Native school:

And whereas it has been made a condition of the establishment of the said Native school that the site required therefor shall be a free gift from the Native owners to His Majesty the King, and the Native owners have agreed to such condition, and it has been made to appear that such agreement is sufficient for the purposes intended to be effected thereby:

And whereas by a partition order of the Native Land Court, made under the provisions of section thirty-three of “The Native Land Court Act, 1886,” and its amendments, bearing date the twenty-second day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety, certain aboriginal natives, as in the said order mentioned, were declared to be the owners of the portion of the Ngapuketurua Native Reserve within which the said land is situated:

And whereas, as required by “The Public Works Act, 1894,” a map has been prepared showing accurately the position and extent of the said land, and such map is hereto attached:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred by “The Public Works Act, 1894,” and “The Public Works Acts Amendment Act, 1900,” and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby order and declare that the land shown upon the said map and described in the Schedule hereto is hereby taken for the purposes of the said Native school, and shall vest in His Majesty the King, as from the twenty-first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and three.

SCHEDULE.

KAIWHATA NATIVE-SCHOOL SITE.

In the Land District of Wellington; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan as described above, deposited in the Education Department, at Wellington, and thereon bordered green.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 9th May, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned gentlemen to be the Deputies of the Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz.:

Name. District.
JOHN WATERS .. .. Kaitangata.
AUGUSTUS EDWARD BRAITHWAITE .. Mahurangi.
EDWARD RIDLEY DE LACY BEAN .. Waitara.
JOHN THOMAS WILLIAMS .. .. Mercury Bay.

JAS. McGOWAN,
For Colonial Secretary.

Appointment of Acting Consul for Sweden and Norway at Wellington recognised.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 9th May, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that he has recognised the appointment by the Consul for Sweden and Norway at Wellington of

GEORGE FRANCIS PEARCE, Esq.,

as Acting Consul for Sweden and Norway at Wellington, during the absence of the Consul, A. E. Pearce, Esq.

J. G. WARD.

Chairman of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 12th May, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

EDGAR HALL CAREW, Esq., S.M.,

to be Chairman of the Licensing Committee for the District of Chalmers.

JAS. McGOWAN.

Members of Wanganui Harbour Board appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 12th May, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of the provisions of section 41 of “The Harbours Act, 1878,” appointed

JAMES THAIN and
TOM BOSWALL WILLIAMS

to be members of the Wanganui Harbour Board, the ratepayers of the Borough of Wanganui having, on the second Monday in February last, elected only one member of the Board instead of the number required by section 8 of “The Wanganui Harbour Board Act, 1893,” and in further pursuance of the aforesaid provisions appointed

JAMES BLAIR MURRAY

to be a member of the Wanganui Harbour Board, the ratepayers of the County of Waitotara having neglected, on the abovementioned date, to elect a member as required by section 8 of “The Wanganui Harbour Board Act, 1893.”

WM. HALL-JONES.

Land Transfer Officer appointed.

Head Office, Stamp Department,
Wellington, 12th May, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HENRY HOWORTH, Esq.,

to be Deputy of the Assistant Land Registrar at Wellington, during the absence on leave of Mr. M. J. Kilgour, as from the 1st day of May, 1903.

JAS. McGOWAN,
For Commissioner of Stamps.

Volunteer Officer transferred to Active List.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th May, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the transfer of

Lieutenant HENRY BARON, B Battery, New Zealand Field Artillery Volunteers,

to the Active List, with rank of Lieutenant, and with effect from 6th March, 1903.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th May, 1903.

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

New Zealand Volunteer Medical Staff.

Alfred George Talbot to be Surgeon-Captain. Date of commission, 11th March, 1903.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th May, 1903.

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

New Zealand Volunteer Medical Staff.

Peter Martin Keller to be Surgeon-Captain. Date of commission, 14th March, 1903.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.