Nov. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3871

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.—FOREST HILL HUNDRED.

Second-class Land.

Altitude, about 300 ft. above sea-level. Low hills, good soil, clay formation, covered with bush of no value except for fencing and firewood; old sawmill workings; about 100 acres ploughable. Accessible by good formed road, about six miles from Brown's Railway station; school and post-office within two miles and a half.

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Altitude, about 300 ft. above sea-level. Hilly and steep in places; good soil, on clay and rotten-rock subsoil; covered with bush of no value except for fencing and firewood; old sawmill workings; about 115 acres ploughable. Distant about seven miles from Brown's Railway-station; accessible by good formed road to within one mile of sections, thence by summer road; three miles and a half from school and post-office.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this thirty-first day of October, one thousand nine hundred and ten.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Opening Settlement Lands in Canterbury Land District for Selection.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1908, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the settlement lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Tuesday, the twenty-second day of November, one thousand nine hundred and ten, 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 Acts.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—LEVELS COUNTY.—AROWHENUA SURVEY DISTRICT.—MEADOWS SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

^a Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £695, payable in cash or in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £27 2s. 2d. Total half-yearly payment, £86 10s. 2d.

^b Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £65, payable in cash or in ten years by half-yearly instalments of £4 4s. 2d. Total half-yearly payment, £14 6s. 8d.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this thirty-first day of October, one thousand nine hundred and ten.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Trustee of Te Puke Drainage District appointed.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 24th October, 1910.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased, in terms of section 10 of the Land Drainage Act, 1908, to appoint

RICHARD WILLIAMS

to be a Trustee of the Te Puke Drainage District.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 27th October, 1910.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

PHILIP LE MONTAIS GRUCHY

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

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 28th October, 1910.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ERNEST EDWARD HIRST

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

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Cadet appointed in Department of Lands.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 25th October, 1910.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

LIONEL WILLIAM BAIRD HALL

to be a clerical cadet in the Department of Lands, as from the 10th day of December, 1909.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Trustees of Mangaweka Public Cemetery resigned.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 1st November, 1910.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignations of

GEORGE WILSON MILLS,
CHARLES JAMES BENNETT,
JAMES MCLAUGHLIN,
STANLEY DIXON, and
HOWARD BAKER BOULTBEE

as Trustees of the Mangaweka Public Cemetery.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Officer for the Purposes of Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908, appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 24th October, 1910.
HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by section 79 of the Fisheries Act, 1908, appointed

HENRY CLARE HAYWOOD,

of Avondale South, Auckland, to be an officer for the purposes of Part II of that Act.

J. A. MILLAR.