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or less, being part of Section 55, Picton Suburban, situated in Block XII, Linkwater Survey District. Bounded towards the north-east by part Section 55, 563·2 links; towards the south-east by a public road, 192·1 links, 325·5 links, 224·7 links, and 739·5 links; towards the south-west by Section 12, Block XII, Linkwater Survey District, 769·5 links; and towards the north-west by part of Section 55, 1500 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. 5330/4, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

PART III.
Intended Purpose.

For railway purposes.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and eleven.

D. BUDDO,
For Minister of Lands.

Constituting Court for hearing Petition re Licensing Poll, Horouta Maori District.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority in that behalf conferred upon me by the Licensing Act, 1908, I, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby decide that the Stipendiary Magistrates hereinafter named shall constitute the Court for the hearing, on the seventh day of February, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, of any petition for inquiry into the conduct of the licensing poll taken in the Horouta Maori District, being a district duly proclaimed as a district in which the provisions of section forty-six of the Licensing Act Amendment Act, 1910, shall apply, viz. :-

WILLIAM ALFRED BARTON, Esq., Stipendiary Magistrate, Gisborne;
SAMUEL ERNEST MCCARTHY, Esq., Stipendiary Magistrate, Napier; and
ROBERT WILLIAM DYER, Esq., Stipendiary Magistrate, Rotorua.

As witness my hand, this thirtieth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and twelve.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

Consul of Peru at Auckland appointed.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 23rd January, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that he has been informed by His Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies that the King's Exequatur empowering.

AMBROSE MILLAR, Esq.,

to act as Consul of Peru at Auckland has received His Majesty's signature.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Members of the Board of Governors of the New Zealand Institute appointed.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 23rd January, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor in Council has been pleased to appoint

AUGUSTUS HAMILTON, Esq., and
JOHN YOUNG, Esq.,

to be members of the Board of Governors of the New Zealand Institute as constituted under the New Zealand Institute Act, 1908.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Members of Uruti Domain Board appointed.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 27th January, 1912.

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

ARTHUR ROBERT ALPE and
GEORGE KING OXENHAM

to be members of the Uruti Domain Board, in the place of George Albert Jupp and Henry Musker, left the district.

D. BUDDO,
For Minister of Lands.

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Officer dismissed.

Post and Telegraph Department,
General Post Office,
Wellington, 18th January, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to dismiss from the Civil Service

PERCY GEORGE HAWKINS,

lately Telegraph Message-boy at Collingwood.

J. CARROLL,
For Postmaster-General.

Judge of the Native Land Court appointed.

Native Department,
Wellington, 31st January, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN BAIN JACK, Esq.,

of Wanganui, to be a Judge of the Native Land Court, as from the 1st day of February, 1912.

J. CARROLL,
Native Minister.

Clerical Cadet appointed.

Public Works Department,
Wellington, 29th January, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

FREDERICK GEORGE PARKER

to be a Clerical Cadet in the Public Works Department, as from 29th April, 1911.

R. MCKENZIE,
Minister of Public Works.

Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, Retirements, and Transfers of New Zealand Staff Corps and Territorial Force Officers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 19th January, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the appointments, promotions, resignations, retirements, and transfers of the undermentioned New Zealand Staff Corps and Territorial Force Officers :-

New Zealand Staff Corps.

The undermentioned officers are granted the temporary rank of Captain while employed as Adjutants of Battalions. Dated 8th January, 1912 :-

Lieutenant Harry McKellar White Richardson.
Lieutenant George William Braddell.

1st Mounted Rifles (Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry).

The undermentioned officers are transferred to the 10th (Nelson) Mounted Rifles. Dated 8th January, 1912 :-

Captain Herbert Harold Allison.
Lieutenant George Cuthbert Mayne.
2nd Lieutenant Edward Andamas Maude.

3rd (Auckland) Mounted Rifles.

Lieutenant and Quartermaster Charles Watson Harris is transferred to the Reserve of Officers with the honorary rank of Captain. Dated 15th November, 1911.

Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant Raymond William Woods to be Quartermaster, with the honorary rank of Lieutenant, vice Harris, transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 15th November, 1911.

5th Mounted Rifles (Otago Hussars).

Regimental Sergeant-major Samuel Cunningham Greer to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 8th January, 1912.

6th (Manawatu) Mounted Rifles.

Lieutenant James William Clevely resigns his commission. Dated 11th December, 1911.

8th (South Canterbury) Mounted Rifles.

2nd Lieutenant William John Roberts resigns his commission. Dated 1st November, 1911.

9th (Wellington East Coast) Mounted Rifles.

Supernumerary 2nd Lieutenant Montgomery Owen Grainger is absorbed into the establishment, vice Sturton, resigned.