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E. C. Latter appointed Provincial Returning Officer.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, June 11, 1864.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

EDWARD CIRCUIT LATTER

to be Returning Officer for the Electoral Districts of Town of Akaroa, Wainui, and the Bays, for the Election of Members of the Provincial Council.

W. FOX.
G. G. Gazette, No. 22, June 16, 1864.

A PROCLAMATION,
For the Naturalization of certain Persons.

By His Excellency Sir GEORGE GREY,
Knight, Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, &c.

WHEREAS, by “The Naturalization Act, 1863,” it is enacted that every person who shall be declared to come within the operation of that Act, by any proclamation to be issued in that behalf by His Excellency the Governor, shall, as from the time in such proclamation specified, be deemed and taken, until the termination of the next Session of the General Assembly, to be and to have been from such specified time a natural born subject of Her Majesty, within the Colony of New Zealand, as fully to all intents and purposes as if his name had been inserted in the schedule to that Act annexed: Provided always, that every such proclamation shall contain the description, occupation, or calling of every person therein named, and his place of residence at the date of such proclamation.

Now, therefore, I, the Governor of New Zealand, in pursuance of the power and authority in me vested by the said Act, do hereby proclaim and declare that the persons hereinafter mentioned shall come within the operation of the said Act from the dates hereinafter specified, viz.:

JOHN LOPHAGIN,

from the First day of March, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, native of Hanover, farmer; residence — Mount Grey Down, near Rangiora, Province of Canterbury.

JOHN EVANS BROWN,

from the First day of February, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, native of the United States of America, squatter; residence — Merivale, near Christchurch, in the Province of Canterbury.

IGNATIUS LUIS,

from the First day of December, One thousand eight hundred and sixty, native of Portugal, horsebreaker; residence — Woodend, near Kaiapoi, Province of Canterbury.

DIEDRICH DOHRMANN,

from the Sixth day of July, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, native of Germany, farmer; residence — Oxford, in the Province of Canterbury.

Given under my hand, at the Government House, at Auckland, and issued under the Seal of the Colony of New Zealand, this Twenty-sixth day of May, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four.

G. GREY.

By His Excellency’s command,
FREDERICK WHITAKER,
In the absence of Mr. Fox.

God save the Queen!
G. G. Gazette, No. 21, June 6, 1864.

Provincial Treasury,
Christchurch, June 29, 1864.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the “Auctioneers’ Ordinance,” Session III, No. 3, I hereby give notice that the undermentioned Person has taken out an Auctioneer’s License, for the term ending 30th June, 1865:

THOMAS MABERLY HASSAL,
of Christchurch, Stock, Station, and Commission Agent.

G. S. SALE,
Provincial Treasurer.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Christchurch, June 30, 1864.

HIS Honor the Superintendent directs it to be notified that, from and after the date hereof, the Enclosure in the Market Place, Christchurch, hitherto used as a public Pound, will cease to be a Pound within the meaning of the Ordinance.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Provincial Secretary.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Christchurch, June 30, 1864.

HIS Honor the Superintendent directs it to be notified that he has been pleased to appoint

WILHELM SCHMIDT

to be Poundkeeper, at Christchurch, in the room of George Dell, resigned.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Provincial Secretary.