Mar. 18. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 855

which I attach the following statement as to output, timber on hand, &c.

STATEMENT.

Name of mill, , situated in District
within miles of Township, and close to or
fronting River.
Capacity, million feet per annum.
Output during last year, million feet.
Details of total quantity of timber now on hand for cutting
at the above mill :—

Feet.

Total quantity on hand.. ..

I, , hereby certify that the above is a correct
statement as regards the Mill, for which a tender is
now being made to obtain million feet of kauri
timber.

Dated this day of , 190 .

Name: .

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Changing the Purpose of Reserves in Taranaki.

RANFURLY, Governor.

WHEREAS the lands described in the Schedule hereto
were heretofore duly set apart for General Government purposes, being reserves within Class II. of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” and such lands have not been vested in trust in any society, body corporate, or trustees:
And whereas it is expedient that such reserves shall be appropriated for the purposes of public recreation, being a reserve in Class III. of the aforesaid Act:
Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the second section of “The Public Reserves Act Amendment Act, 1889,” do by this notification declare that the said reserves shall, from and after the seventeenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and four, be appropriated for the purposes of public recreation under Class III. of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881”; and I do hereby direct that this notification shall be published in the New Zealand Gazette.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Taranaki Land District, containing by admeasurement 2 acres 2 roods 3 perches, more or less, being Section No. 15, Town of Ohawe.

Also all that parcel of land in the Taranaki Land District, containing by admeasurement 3 roods, more or less, being Section No. 282, Town of Ohawe.

As the same are delineated on the plan marked S.G. 50560, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

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

C. H. MILLS,
For Minister of Lands.

Public Vaccinators appointed.

Department of Public Health,
Wellington, 15th March, 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, namely :—

Name. District.
JOHN CLOUSTON, Esq., M.B. Ch.M. 1897 Univ. Edin. Awhitu.
CHARLES P. WINKLEMANN, Esq. Taupo.
WILLIAM FERGUS PATERSON, Esq., M.R.C.S. Eng. 1902, L.R.C.P. Lond. 1902, M.B. B.Ch. Univ. N.Z. 1903 Temuka.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Public Health.

Cadets appointed.

Government Insurance Department,
Wellington, 12th March, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

GEORGE PANTON FINLAY and
VICTOR REEVES PACKHAM

to be cadets in the Government Insurance Department; the appointments to date from the 12th November, 1903, and 5th January, 1904, respectively.

ALBERT PITT,
For Colonial Treasurer.

Royal New Zealand Engineers: Staff Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 8th March, 1904.

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

Lieutenant ALICK CHRISTOPHER ROBINSON, R.E.,
as Staff Officer for Engineer Services, and with effect from 25th November, 1903.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

New Zealand Militia: Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 8th March, 1904.

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

New Zealand Militia.

Lieutenant Alick Christopher Robinson, R.E., Staff Officer for Engineer Services, to be Captain. Date of commission, 25th November, 1903.

Captain Charles Bockett, Opotiki Mounted Rifle Volunteers (late 9th New Zealand Contingent), to be Captain. Date of commission, 12th March, 1902.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th March, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission of the undermentioned officer :—

No. 3 Company, New Zealand Native Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Ernest Read Bloomfield. Date of resignation, 21st January, 1904.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Sanitary Inspector resigned.

Department of Public Health,
Wellington, 15th March, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of

J. EGMONT GUNN

from the position of Inspector for the purposes of “The Public Health Act, 1900,” as from the 31st day of January, 1904.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Public Health.

Special Order made by the Council of the County of Kiwitea.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 11th March, 1904.

THE following special order, made by the Kiwitea County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901.”

JAS. McGOWAN,
For Colonial Treasurer.

KIWITEA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Special Order.

THAT, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in them in that behalf by “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” the Kiwitea County Council do hereby resolve as follows: That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £200, authorised to be raised by