THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 337

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 31st August, 1867.

THE following Act passed by the Provincial
Council and assented to by the Superintendent
of the Province of Auckland, intituled
"The City Board Act 1863 Amendment Act, 1867,"
having been laid before the Governor, His Excellency
has been pleased to leave the same to its operation.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 31st August, 1867.

IT is hereby notified that Writs issued for the
election of Members of the House of Repre-
sentatives, have been returned with certificates to the
effect that

For the District of the Pensioner Settlements.
John Kerr, of Panmure, freeholder,
has been duly elected; and

For the District of Ashley.
Henry John Tancred, of Christchurch, elector
for Heathcote,
has been duly elected.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 31st August, 1867.

IT is hereby notified that the Hamburgh Consul at
Nelson has reported that he has appointed
Mr. ERNEST NESHE,
as his Deputy, to act for him during his absence in
Europe, and His Excellency the Governor directs
such appointment to be recognized provisionally.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 31st August, 1867.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

JOHN GARNER STEDDY, Esq.,
to be Registrar of Marriages, and of Births, Deaths,
and Marriages, for the District of Turanga, as the
same is defined in proclamation of 30th January,
1865, and published in the New Zealand Gazette,
No. 3, of 31st of January, 1865, in the room of
J. W. Harris, Esq., resigned.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 31st August, 1867.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
grant Letters Patent of Registration in favour of
"The Milton Patent Gold-Saving Blanket Company
Limited," Melbourne, in the Colony of Victoria, on
Letters Patent granted to Edwin Lewis Kitch-
man, in the said Colony of Victoria, for an invention
intituled "An Improved Method of using Fibrous
Fabrics, such as Blanketing, &c., in the Washing of
Crushed or other finely divided Auriferous Material."
Dated 15th August, 1867.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 31st August, 1867.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
grant Letters Patent of Registration in favour of
Nathaniel Levi, of Collins Street West, Melbourne,
in the Colony of Victoria, Banker, on Letters Patent
granted to Henry Levi, in the said Colony, for "An
Invention for distilling Spirit by Steam from Beet-
root and Mangel-Wurzel."
Dated 15th August, 1867.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 31st August, 1867.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

EDWARD LISTER GREEN, Esq.,
to be Deputy Sheriff for the district of Hawke's Bay.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 31st August, 1867.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

WILLIAM BROWN, Esq.,
of Turanganui, in the Province of Hawke's Bay, to
be a Coroner for the Colony of New Zealand.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 31st August, 1867.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

GEORGE LILLY MELLISH,
of Picton, in the Province of Marlborough, Esquire,
and

HENRY ALDBOROUGH STRATFORD,
of Switzers, in the Province of Otago, Esquire, to be
Coroners for the Colony of New Zealand.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Wellington, 16th August, 1867.

IT is hereby notified that in accordance with the
provisions of "The Parliamentary Costs Taxation
Act, 1861," we have appointed Mr. Eustace de Bathe
Brandon to be the Taxing Officer of the Houses of
the General Assembly.
T. H. BARTLEY,
Speaker of the Legislative Council.
D. MONRO,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Treasury,
Wellington, 16th August, 1867.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

THOMAS WILLIAM MAUDE, Esq.,
to be Receiver of Land Revenue for the Province
of Canterbury.
WILLIAM FITZHERBERT,
Colonial Treasurer.

Treasury,
Wellington, 17th August, 1867.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

THOMAS WILLIAM MAUDE, Esq.,
to be a Commissioner of the Waste Lands Board of
the Province of Canterbury, and to act as Treasurer
thereof, on behalf of the General Government of
New Zealand.
WILLIAM FITZHERBERT,
Colonial Treasurer.

Native Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 20th August, 1867.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
license

WILLIAM SKEET, Esq.,
of Province of Wellington, to be a Surveyor under
"The Native Lands Act, 1865."
J. C. RICHMOND.