Feb. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 659

THIRD SCHEDULE—continued.

Second-class Scrub Land—continued.

Wataroa Survey District.

A. R. P. s. d. £ s. d.
2249 | IV. | 207 0 0 | 0 3·6 | 1 11 0
This section is flat with exception of about 30 acres of low hill-side; covered with rimu, kamahi, and thick undergrowth of scrub and fern; poor soil. Flat portion of section covered with black scrub and manuka, with some silver- and white-pine; well watered. Altitude, 280 ft. to 320 ft. above sea-level. Thirty-seven miles from Ross by main road.

FOURTH SCHEDULE.

Second-class Swamp Land.

Mahinapua Survey District.

2270 | XVI. | 180 3 8 | 0 3·6 | 1 7 1
Situated about thirteen miles and a half from Hokitika and four miles from a dairy factory. White-pine and koro-miko on dry part of section, about 90 acres. All soil good, swamps being easily drained. Altitude, 100 ft. above sea-level.

2271 | XVI. | 351 2 30 | 0 3·6 | 2 12 9
Situated about thirteen miles and a half from Hokitika. Dairy factory in locality. 280 acres, mostly open swamp, but soil good and easily drained. Timber in places—white-pine and kamahi. Altitude, from 100 ft. to 400 ft. above sea-level. Limestone formation.

2272 | XVI. | 261 1 21 | 0 3·6 | 1 19 3
Situated about thirteen miles from Hokitika. Dairy factory and creamery in locality. 160 acres is open swamp, soil good; the balance has white-pine and kamahi, and in places is steep and broken. Altitude, 100 ft. to 500 ft. above sea-level. Limestone formation.

Kanieri Survey District.

2273 | XIII. | 177 0 19 | 0 3·6 | 1 6 6
Situated about twelve miles from Hokitika. Dairy factory and creamery in locality. All wet swamp, with some white-pine and large manuka scrub; soil good and easily drained. Altitude, about 100 ft. above sea-level.

2274 | XIII. | 180 0 0 | 0 3·6 | 1 7 0
Situated about twelve miles from Hokitika. Dairy factory and creamery in locality. All wet swamp, with stunted silver-pine in places; soil good and easily drained. Altitude, about 100 ft. above sea-level.

2275 | XIII. | 119 3 20 | 0 2·4 | 0 12 0
Situated about twelve miles from Hokitika. Dairy factory and creamery in locality. All wet peaty swamp, easily drained; manuka scrub and stunted silver-pine in places. Altitude, about 100 ft. above sea-level.

2276 | XIII. | 183 2 18 | 0 2·4 | 0 18 4
Situated about twelve miles from Hokitika. Dairy factory and creamery in locality. All wet peaty swamp, soil being of medium quality and easily drained. There are about 20 acres of white-pine. Altitude, about 100 ft. above sea-level.

950 | XIII. | 73 1 4 | 0 3·6 | 0 10 11
Situated about twelve miles from Hokitika. Dairy factory and creamery in locality. This section is wet and swampy, and not easy to drain; the soil is good, and there are about 25 acres of white-pine on the section.

Poerua Survey District.

2257 | I. | 170 0 0 | 0 3·6 | 1 5 6
Flat throughout; strip of black scrub and manuka runs through the section along the creek, and also a small belt of silver-pine; open portion on east side of creek is raupo swamp and native grass, on west side chiefly peat swamp. Soil in former portion good, in latter poor; well watered. Altitude, 280 ft. above sea-level. Thirty-five miles from Ross by main road.

Kanieri Survey District.

2317 | X. | 152 2 37 | 0 3·6 | 1 3 0
Situated about twelve miles from Hokitika and half a mile from Kokatahi Village and Dairy Factory. Access by good road. All open swamp, but soil good, and can be easily drained.

2318 | X. | 147 2 9 | 0 3·6 | 1 2 2
Situated about twelve from Hokitika and three-quarters of a mile from Kokatahi Village and Dairy Factory. All except 20 acres is open swamp, but is easily drained, and soil good. Altitude, about 100 ft. above sea-level.

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

C. H. MILLS,
For Minister of Lands.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 17th February, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ROBERT HUTSON PATERSON

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Port Chalmers, vice Thomas Hinchliff, retired.

J. G. WARD.

Veterinarian and Inspector for the Purposes of “The Slaughtering and Inspection Act, 1900,” appointed.—Notice No. 858.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 19th February, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILMOT CLIFTON QUINNELL, M.R.C.V.S.,

to be a Veterinarian in the Civil Service of the Government of New Zealand (Department of Agriculture), in terms of “The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886”; also an Inspector for the purposes of “The Slaughtering and Inspection Act, 1900”: the appointments to date from the 13th February, 1904.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister for Agriculture.

Public Vaccinators appointed.

Department of Public Health,
Wellington, 24th February, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned persons to be Public Vaccinators, under “The Public Health Act, 1900,” for the districts set opposite their names respectively, viz.:

Name. District.
Thomas Hope Lewis, Esq., L.S.A. Lond. 1876, M.R.C.S. Eng. 1877 .. .. Auckland.
William Henry Parkes, Esq., M.B. Ch.M. Univ. Edin. 1892 .. .. .. Auckland.
William Chisholm Wilson McDowell, Esq., M.B. Ch.M. Univ. Edin. 1895.. .. Auckland.
William Brown, Esq., M.B. Ch.M. Univ. Edin. .. .. .. Tauranga.
Charles Leopold Mandl, Esq., L.R.C.P. Edin. 1902, L.R.C.S. Edin. 1902, &c. .. Ross.
Andrew McCredie, Esq., L.R.C.S. Edin. 1898, L.R.C.P. Edin. 1898, &c. .. Mahurangi.
John Clouston, Esq., M.B. Ch.M. 1897 Univ. Edin. .. .. .. Waiuku.
Charles Seaward Cantrell, Esq., M.B. Ch.B. Univ. Edin. .. .. .. Invercargill.
Ernest Faber Fookes, Esq., M.R.C.S. Eng. 1899, M.B. Lond. 1899, L.R.C.P. Lond. 1899 .. .. .. New Plymouth.
Robert Allan Cameron, Esq., M.B. Ch.B. Univ. Edin. 1901 .. .. .. Wellington.
Percival Clennell Fenwick, Esq., M.R.C.S. 1894, L.R.C.P. Lond. 1894, M.B. Univ. Lond. 1885 .. .. .. Wanganui.
Charles Campbell Jenkins, Esq., L.R.C.P. Edin. 1897, L.R.C.S. Edin. 1897, &c. .. Kawhia.

Member of Wellington Harbour Board appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 24th February, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased, in pursuance of the provisions of “The Harbours Act, 1878,” and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, to appoint

The Hon. THOMAS KENNEDY MACDONALD, M.L.C.,

to be a member of the Wellington Harbour Board, in place of George Fisher, Esq., M.H.R., who has ceased to be a member of the Board through absence without leave of the Board from four consecutive meetings thereof.

C. H. MILLS,
For Minister of Marine.

Formation of Battalion of Defence Rifle Cadet Volunteers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 17th February, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under paragraph 17 (3), “Defence Act Amendment Act, 1900,” and 211 and 213, Volunteer Regulations, 1895, of the undermentioned corps in the Otago Military