Oct. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2675

scribed in the first column of the Schedule hereto (being portion of the hereinbefore-mentioned reserve) is hereby exchanged for the Crown land described in the second column of the Schedule hereto, which, in the opinion of the Governor, is of equal value, and that the land described in the said first column becomes and is Crown land freed from all previous reservation and subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1908,” and that the land described in the said second column is hereby reserved for travelling stock and for the use of the Department of Agriculture, being purposes comprised in the said Class II.

SCHEDULE.

All that area in the Hawke’s Bay Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 acre, more or less, being Lot 1 of Section 210, Suburbs of Gisborne. Bounded towards the north-east by Childer’s Road, 200 links; towards the south-east by other part of the said Section 210, 498·26 links; towards the south-west by other part of the said Section 210, 201·4 links; and towards the north-west by Section 209, 498·26 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 58628/11, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, Wellington, and thereon edged red. | All that area in the Hawke’s Bay Land District, containing 19 acres and 23 perches, being Block IV, Township of Buckley. Bounded towards the north by Forster Street, 1356 links; towards the east by Ferneaux Street, 1400·2 links; towards the south by Banks Street, 1379 links; and towards the west by Discovery Street, 1400 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 5215/4, deposited in the Head Office of the Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon edged red.

Also all that area in the said land district, containing 20 acres 2 roods, more or less, being Section 1, Block XII, Mata Survey District. Bounded towards the north-east by the Akuaku West No. 4 Block, 1500 links; towards the south-east by a road reserve 1 chain in width along the sea-coast; towards the south-west by the Ohineaki No. 2 Block, 1322·6 links; and towards the north-west by the said Ohineaki No. 2 Block, 1400 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 58628/21, deposited in the Head Office of the Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon edged red.

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

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Registrar of Births and Deaths appointed.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 16th October, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

CHARLES ALEXANDER SEYMOUR

to be the Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Hutt.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 17th October, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned persons 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.
ARTHUR FRANK TOSSWILL Cust.
FREDERICK OLIVER Te Aroha.
RICHARD WILLIAM PERCY Rakaia.
JOHN GEORGESON Taihape.
ELEANOR MARY HELDT Apiti.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Inspector of Weights and Measures, County and Borough of Waimate, appointed.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 17th October, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable WILLIAM JOHN QUINN

to be an Inspector of Weights and Measures under “The Weights and Measures Act, 1908,” for the County of Waimate and the Borough of Waimate, vice Constable James Ferguson.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Member of Board of Trustees, Ashburton Racecourse, appointed.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 17th October, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

THOMAS EVERARD UPTON,

of Ashburton, to be a member of the Board of Trustees of the Ashburton Racecourse, under “The Ashburton Racecourse Reserve Act, 1882,” vice Henry Thomas Winter, resigned.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Assessors of Native Land Court and Native Appellate Court appointed.

Office of Minister of Native Affairs,
Wellington, 16th October, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the several persons whose names are set out hereunder to be Assessors of the Native Land Court under the provisions of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894”:

EPARAIMA MUTU KAPA, of Te Kao, Parenga;
MURU PAENGA RAWIRI, of Parenga;
KIHIRINI REWETI, of Reweti, Kaipara;
HUIRUA TITO, of Poroti, Whangarei;
HARE TE RANGI, of Waitangi, Bay of Islands; and
ERUERA MIHAKA, of Te Ahuahu, Bay of Islands.

J. CARROLL,
Minister of Native Affairs.

Appointment in the Department of Roads.

Department of Roads,
Wellington, 9th October, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

FAIRLEY CLARK STEWART

to be a clerical cadet in the Department of Roads, as from 16th July, 1907.

JAMES McGOWAN,
Minister in Charge of Roads Department.

Shorthand Reporter appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 20th October, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

FREDERICK WILLIAM WESTON

to be a Shorthand Reporter under “The Shorthand Reporters Act, 1908.”

JAMES McGOWAN.

Clerk resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 21st October, 1908.

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

WILLIAM TUDHOPE

of his appointment as a Clerk in the Magistrate’s Court at Wellington, as from the 7th October, 1908.

JAMES McGOWAN.