1410
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 40

the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint Thursday, the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and nine, as the time at which the lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by public auction; and I do hereby fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold as those mentioned in the said Schedule hereto.

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SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—VILLAGE OF POHONUI.

Village Land.

Locality and Description.

Pohonui is situated on the Mangamahoe Road, about twenty-seven miles from Hunter ville. Generally speaking, the land is hilly, with a few flats, covered with light bush. The soil is a dark loam of good quality. The Pohonui School is about a mile distant.

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

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

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Opening Village Lands in Wellington Land District for Selection.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by “The Land Act, 1908,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the village lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Tuesday, the twenty-ninth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and nine, at the rentals mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the said lands shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of the said Act.

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SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—VILLAGE OF POHONUI.

Locality and Description.

Pohonui is situated on the Mangamahoe Road, about twenty-seven miles from Hunter ville. Generally speaking, the land is hilly, with a few flats, covered with light bush. The soil is a dark loam of good quality. The Pohonui School is about a mile distant.

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

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Audit Officer appointed.

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Prime Minister’s Office,
Wellington, 24th April, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

THOMAS HUTCHINSON HAMER, Esq.,

to be an Officer of the Audit Department. The appointment to date as on and from the 1st July, 1909.

J. G. WARD,
Prime Minister.

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

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

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable JOHN JAMES O’GRADY

to be an Inspector of Weights and Measures, under “The Weights and Measures Act, 1908,” for the County of Ashburton and the Borough of Ashburton, vice Constable William McLennan.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

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Members of Licensing Committees appointed.

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Department of Justice,
Wellington, 11th May, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

GEORGE BAYNTON STARKEY

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Hurunui; and

JOHN BARNETT

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Ellesmere, vice C. L. Milne, resigned.

JOHN G. FINDLAY.

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Clerk of Magistrate’s Court appointed.

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Department of Justice,
Wellington, 11th May, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable WILLIAM McLENNAN

to be Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court at Kaikoura, from the 1st day of May, 1909, vice Constable J. P. Clarkson, transferred.

JOHN G. FINDLAY.

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Volunteer Officer promoted.

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Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th May, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the promotion of the undermentioned officer:—

North Otago Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Henry Scott Orbell to be Captain. Date of commission, 19th November, 1908.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

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Volunteer Officer appointed.

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Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th May, 1909.

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

Reefton Rifle Volunteers.

The Reverend Frederick Quintrell to be Honorary Chaplain. Date of commission, 30th March, 1909.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.