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For the District of Lincoln-
Henry John Tancred, and Arthur Charles
Knight;

For the District of Heathcote-
William Montgomery, Joshua Strange Williams,
and William Thomas Maude;

For the District of the Town of Lyttelton-
David Davis, Edward Allen Hargreaves, Hugh
Percy Murray Aynsley, and Beverley
Buchanan;

For the District of Riccarton-
Frederick William De la Main, and Harry
Bell Johnstone;

For the District of Papanui-
Thomas Smith Duncan, and Francis Edward
Stewart;

For the District of the City of Christchurch-
Francis James Garrick, James George Hawkes,
William Henry Wynn Williams, and William
Wilson;

For the District of Mandeville-
Joseph Beswick, and Marmaduke Dixon;

For the District of the Town of Kaiapoi-
James Wylde;

For the District of Rangiora-
John Evans Brown;

For the District of Oxford-
Thomas Wollaston White;

For the District of Sefton-
James Henry Moore, and William Mills
Maskell;

For the District of Waipara-
John Willoughby Mallock;
have been duly elected.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 1st August, 1866.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint RICHARD GILL, Esq.,
to be Registrar of Marriages, and of Births, Deaths
and Marriages, for the District of Tauranga, from the
1st day of September, 1866, vice Thomas Henry
Smith, Esq., resigned.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 2nd August, 1866.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
grant Letters of Registration, dated the 31st
day of July, 1866, under "The Patents Act, 1860,"
in favor of

JAMES HART,
of Melbourne, in the Colony of Victoria, Engineer,
(who has previously obtained Letters Patent in the
said Colony of Victoria, dated the 24th day of
January, 1862) for an invention for "Hart's
Improvements in Machinery for crushing amalga-
mating and washing Quartz or Earthy Materials,
and collecting Gold and other Metallic Substances
therefrom," with all the privileges thereto belonging.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 4th August, 1866.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the following persons to be Returning
Officers for the election of Members of the Provincial
Council of the Province of Otago, for the Electoral
Districts set opposite their names :----

JAMES PILLANS MAITLAND, Esq. -Clutha and Matau.
JOHN GILLIES, Esq. Dunedin, Green Island and
Caversham, North Harbour, Peninsula and
Wakari.

HENRY WRIGMAN ROBINSON, Esq. Dunstan and
Gold Fields.
LOWTHER BROAD, Esq. -The Lakes.
THOMAS WINDLE PARKER, Esq. - Lindis, Oamaru
Town and Oamaru Country.
CHARLES BROAD, Esq. --Manuherikia.
THOMAS ANSTEY MANSFORD, Esq.-Port Chalmers.
JAMES FULTON, Esq. Taieri.
JOHN DEWE, Esq. Tokomairiro and Waihola.
EDWARD CROKER, Esq. ---Tuapeka.
ADAM DICKSON JOHNSTON, Esq.-Wakatip.
JOHN WALLACE MURDOCK. Esq.-Waikouaiti.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 4th August, 1866.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint JOHN BURNSIDE, Esq.,
to be Deputy Returning Officer for the election of
Members of the Provincial Council of the Province of
Otago for the Electoral Districts of Dunedin, Green
Island, and Caversham, North Harbour, Peninsula,
and Wakari.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 7th August, 1866.

THE following Ordinance, passed by the Provincial
Council of the Province of Taranaki, intituled—
"The Harbour Trust Ordinance, 1866,"
which Ordinance was reserved for the signification of
the Governor's pleasure thereon, having been laid
before the Governor, His Excellency has been pleased
to assent to the same.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 10th July, 1866.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint JOHN GEORGE FREDERICK WILFORD,
of the Hutt, in the Province of Wellington, Esquire,
to be a Coroner for the Colony of New Zealand.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 31st July, 1866.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by
CHARLES DUDLEY ROBERT WARD, Esq.,
of his appointment of District Judge of Nelson.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 27th July, 1866.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint JAMES DOUGLAS, Esq.,
of Frankton, in the Province of Otago, to be a
Justice of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Native Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 30th July, 1866.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
license
FREDERIC ALONZO CARRINGTON, Esq.,
OCTAVIUS CARRINGTON, Esq.