MAR. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 801

Otago University Reserve.—Barewood Run.—Provisions of “The Mining Act, 1908,” brought into Operation.

PLUNKET, Governor.

In pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by “The Mining Act, 1908,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that, from and after the date of the publication hereof in the Gazette, the provisions of “The Mining Act, 1908,” shall be in force over that area known as the Barewood Run, being an endowment of the Otago University, and more particularly described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

All that area in the Taieri County, in the Land District of Otago, known as Barewood Run, containing by estimation 31,570 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the north generally by the Sutton Stream, 31000 links; towards the north-east by the Taieri River, 89000 links; towards the east by the said Taieri River, 20000 links ; towards the south generally by the Deep Stream, 146000 links; and towards the west by part of the Sutton Survey District, 56600 links : excepting out of the above boundaries the portion brought under the provisions of the Mining Act by a Proclamation dated the 26th April, 1890, and appearing in Gazette No. 25, of the 8th May, 1890, page 517; and also excepting that portion taken for the purposes of the Otago Central Railway by a Proclamation dated the 27th of February, 1895, and appearing in Gazette No. 18, 7th March, 1895, pages 437 and 438.

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

R. MCKENZIE,

Minister of Mines.

Minister in Charge of Department of Tourist and Health Resorts appointed.

Prime Minister's Office, Wellington, 9th March, 1909.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

The Honourable THOMAS MACKENZIE, being a Minister of the Crown, to be the Minister who shall have charge of the Department of Tourist and Health Resorts, as constituted under “The Tourist and Health Resorts Control Act, 1908.”

J. G. WARD,

Prime Minister.

Appointment of Chinese Consul at Wellington.

Prime Minister's Office, Wellington, 16th March, 1909.

His Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that the appointment of HWANG YUNG-LIANG as Chinese Consul for New Zealand, at Wellington, has been recognised.

J. G. WARD,

Prime Minister.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington, 10th March, 1909.

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.
LEONARD ANDREWS .. Waipara.
RICHARD WILLIAM PERCY .. Kaikoura.

D. BUDDO,

Minister of Internal Affairs.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington, 10th March, 1909.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

DUNCAN MACDONALD

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

D. BUDDO,

Minister of Internal Affairs.

Inspectors of Weights and Measures for certain Districts appointed.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington, 13th March, 1909.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned persons to be Inspectors of Weights and Measures under “The Weights and Measures Act, 1908,” for the districts set opposite their names respectively, viz.:-

Name. District.
Sergeant SAMUEL JOSEPH County of Buller and Borough DEW of Westport.
Sergeant JAMES BLACK Counties of Inangahua and Murchison.
Constable ARTHUR SKINNER Counties of Tauranga, Whakatane, and Opotiki, and Borough of Tauranga.
Sergeant THOMAS BARRETT County of Westland, and Boroughs of Hokitika, Kumara, and Ross.
Sergeant FRANCIS CULLEN Counties of Stratford and Whangamomona, and the Borough of Stratford.

D. BUDDO,

Minister of Internal Affairs.

Cadet appointed.

Old-age Pensions Department, Wellington, 10th March, 1909.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

NORMAN WILLIAM McDONALD WEIR

to be a cadet in the Old-age Pensions Department, as from the 1st day of March, 1909.

D. BUDDO,

Minister in Charge of Old-age Pensions Department.

Officer dismissed.

Post and Telegraph Department, General Post Office, Wellington, 1st March, 1909.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to dismiss from the public service

FRANCIS ROBERT HANNAN, lately a telegraph message-boy at Wellington.

J. G. WARD,

Postmaster-General.

Member of Pirongia Domain Board appointed.

Department of Lands, Wellington, 13th March, 1909.

His Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of section 41 of “The Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908,” been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM POPE

to be a member of the Pirongia Domain Board, in the place of Robert Hall, who has removed from the district.

J. G. WARD,

Minister of Lands.