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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Officers for the Election of Members of the Pro-
vincial Council of the Province of Otago, for the
Electoral Districts set opposite their names:-
EDMUND CROKER, Esq., Lawrence.
HENRY WIRGMAN ROBINSON, Esq., Clyde.
LOWTHER BROAD, Esq., Queenstown.
J. C. RICHMOND.

the Province of Taranaki have been returned with
certificates to the effect that-
For the District of the Town of New Plymouth,
Thomas Kelly, Warrick Weston, Thomas Hirst,
and James Cragg Sharland;
For the District of Omata.
William Henry Free, Thomas Mace, Adolphus
Kingdon, and William Morgan Crompton;
For the District of Grey and Bell,
Arthur Samuel Atkinson, William Northcroft,
William Mumford Burton, James Thomas
Upjohn, William Watson, Robert Pitcairn,
and Francis Ullathorn Gledhill,
have been duly elected.
J. C. RICHMOND.

Returning Officers Appointed.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 28th September, 1865.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the following persons to be Return-
ing Officers under "The Provincial Elections Act,
1858," for the election of Members of Provincial
Councils for the Province of Nelson, for the respec-
tive Electoral Districts set opposite their names,
viz. :-
JOHN SHARP, Esq.
HENRY WIDOWSON TURNELL,
ALEXANDER LE GRAND
CAMPBELL, Esq.
GEORGE RUTHERFORD, Esq.
City of Nelson
Suburban North
Waimea East
Waimea West
Waimea South.
{ Takaka
{ Collingwood.
{ Moutere
{ Motueka.
{ Amuri.
J. C. RICHMOND.

Justices of the Peace appointed.
Attorney-General's Office,
Wellington, 20th September, 1865.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to appoint
FREDERICK EDWARD MANNING, Esq.,
of Hokianga, in the Province of Auckland; and
JOHN MILBOURN STOKES, Esq.,
of Wellington, in the Province of Wellington; to
be Justices of the Peace for the Colony of New
Zealand.
HENRY SEWELL.

Returning Officer Appointed.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 28th September, 1865.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
GEORGE LILLY MELLISH, Esq.,
to be Returning Officer under "The Provincial
Elections Act, 1858," for the election of Members
of the Provincial Council for the Province of Marl-
borough, for the respective Electoral Districts of
Tua Marina, Queen Charlotte Sound, and Pelorus.
J. C. RICHMOND.

MILITIA AND VOLUNTEERS..
Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 28th September, 1865.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the undermentioned appointments-
In the Napier Militia,
Captain James Fraser, to be Brevet-Major. Date
of Commission, 23rd September, 1865.
In the Invercargill Rifle Volunteers.
James Harvey, Esq., to be Captain. Date of
Commission, 4th September, 1865.
H. A. ATKINSON.

Principal Returning Officer Appointed.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 28th September, 1865.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
GEORGE LILLY MELLISH, Esq.,
to be Principal Returning Officer of the Province of
Marlborough.
J. C. RICHMOND.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 28th September, 1865.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
dismiss from the Militia Service and cancel the
Commission held by
Lieut.-Colonel CHARLES CECIL ROOKES,
of the Wanganui Militia.
H. A. ATKINSON.

G. S. Sale, Esq., appointed Returning Officer under
"The West Coast Gold Field Provincial Repre-
sentation Act, 1865."
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 30th September, 1865.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
GEORGE SAMUEL SALE, Esq.,
to be Returning Officer under the provisions of "The
West Coast Gold Field Provincial Representation
Act, 1865," for the election of Members of the
Provincial Council for the Province of Canterbury.
J. C. RICHMOND.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 30th September, 1865.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the Commission held
by
Ensign JOHN SIMEON,
of the Auckland Militia.
H. A. ATKINSON.

PROVINCE OF TARANAKI.
Members of Provincial Council Elected.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th September, 1865.
IT is hereby notified, that writs issued for the Elec-
tion of Members of the Provincial Council of

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 30th September, 1865.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
cancel the Commissions held by the undermentioned officers, viz:---
Captain JAMES WILLIAM MITCHELL,
Auckland Militia;
Lieut. THOMAS TRACY DE BURGH MILLER,
Auckland Militia.
H. A. ATKINSON.

Printed under the authority of the New Zealand Government, by GEORGE DIDSBURY, Government Printer, Wellington.