THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 73

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 3rd April, 1865.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint
THE HONORABLE WALTER BALDOCK DURRANT
MANTELL,
to be Native Secretary.
FRED. A. WELD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 3rd April, 1865.
THE Governor having accepted the resigna-
tion of
THE HONORABLE WILLIAM FITZHERBERT,
holding the office of Commissioner of Customs,
His Excellency has been pleased this day to
appoint
THE HONORABLE JOHN LARKINS CHEESE
RICHARDSON
to be Commissioner of Customs.
FRED. A. WELD.

IT is hereby notified that a Writ issued for
a Superintendent of the
Province of a Wellington has been returned
with an endorsement to the effect that
ISAAC EARL FEATHERSTON, ESQUIRE, M.D.,
has been duly elected.
FRED. A. WELD.

Alfred Saunders, Esq., elected Superintendent
of the Province of Nelson.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 5th April, 1865.
IT is hereby notified that a Writ issued for
Election of a Superintendent for the Pro-
vince of Nelson has been returned with an en-
dorsement to the effect that
ALFRED SAUNDERS, ESQUIRE,
has been duly elected.
FRED. A. WELD.

J. P. Taylor, Esq., elected Superintendent of
Southland.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 29th March, 1865.
HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be
notified that the Speaker of the Provincial
Council of the Province of Southland has re-
ported that
JOHN PARKIN TAYLOR, ESQ.,
has been duly elected Superintendent of that
Province under the provisions of the "New
Provinces Act, 1858."
FRED. A. WELD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 4th March, 1865.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to appoint
THOMAS BECKHAM, ESQ.,
to be a Commissioner under the "New Zealand
Settlements Act, 1863," to enquire into and
report upon certain claims for compensation
for losses sustained since 11th July, 1863, by
the rebellion of natives within the Province of
Auckland, and in respect of all other losses

occasioned by rebel natives to persons wrecked
in the steamer "Lord Worsley," on the Tara-
naki Coast in 1862.
FRED. A. WELD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 1st April, 1865.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint in the place of L.
O'Brien, Esq., resigned
HENRY COLIN BALNEAVIS, ESQ.,
to be the Principal Returning Officer, for the
Province of Auckland.
FRED. A. WELD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 1st April, 1865.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint in the place of L.
O'Brien, Esq., resigned
HERRY COLIN BALNEAVIS, Esq.
to be Returning Officer for the Electoral Dis-
tricts of City of Auckland East, City of Auck-
land West, Northern Division and Newton, for
the Election of Members of the House of Re-
presentatives.
FRED. A. WELD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 1st April, 1865.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint in the place of L.
O'Brien, Esq., resigned
HENRY COLIN BALNEAVIS, Esq.,
to be Returning Officer for the Electoral Dis-
tricts of City of Auckland East, City of Auck-
land West, Northern Division, Parnell, and
Newton, for the Election of Members of Pro-
vincial Council for Province of Auckland.
FRED. A. WELD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 1st April, 1865.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint in the place of
O'Brien, Esq., resigned
HENRY COLIN BALNEAVIS, Esq.,
to be Registration Officer for the Province of
Auckland, to form Electoral Rolls for the elec-
tion of members of the House of Representa-
tives for the Electoral Districts of City of
Auckland East, City of Auckland West, Nor-
thern Division, Parnell and Newton.
FRED. A. WELD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 1st April, 1865.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint in the place of L.
O'Brien, Esq., resigned
HENRY COLIN BALNEAVIS, Esq.,
to be Registration Officer for the Province of
Auckland, to form Electoral Rolls for the elec-
tion of Superintendent and Members of Pro-
vincial Council thereof for the Electoral Dis-
tricts of City of Auckland East, City of Auck-
land West, Northern Division, Parnell, and
Newton.
FRED. A. WELD.