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been returned with a certificate to the effect that
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON,
of Greymouth, leaseholder, has been duly elected.
T. M. HAULTAIN,
(for the Colonial Secretary.)

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 6th May, 1868.
IT is hereby notified that a writ issued for the
election of a Member of the House of Repre-
sentatives for the Eastern Maori Electoral District,
has been returned with a certificate to the effect that
TAREHA,
of the Pa, Whakairo, has been duly elected.
T. M. HAULTAIN,
(for the Colonial Secretary.)

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 6th May, 1868.
IT is hereby notified that a writ issued for the
election of a Member of the House of Representa-
tives for the Northern Maori Electoral District has
been returned with a certificate to the effect that
FREDERICK NENE RUSSELL,
of Kororareka, has been duly elected.
T. M. HAULTAIN,
(for the Colonial Secretary.)

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 6th May, 1868.
IT is hereby notified that a writ issued for the
election of a Member of the House of Representa-
tives for the Western Maori Electoral District has
been returned with a certificate to the effect that
METE KINGI PAETAHI,
of Whanganui, has been duly elected.
T. M. HAULTAIN,
(for the Colonial Secretary.)

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 6th May, 1868.
THE undermentioned Petition under the provisions
of "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1867,"
has been received, and a copy of it has, in accordance
with that Act, been sent to the Hon. John Hall, for
the further action required by law in respect thereof.
T. M. HAULTAIN,
(for the Colonial Secretary.)

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 6th May, 1868.
THE following Bill, passed by the Provincial
Council, and assented to by the Superintendent
of the Province of Canterbury, intituled
"The Railway and Harbour Works Fund Ordinance,
1864, Repeal Ordinance,"
having been laid before the Governor, His Excellency
has been advised not to exercise his power of
disallowance in respect of it.
T. M. HAULTAIN,
(for the Colonial Secretary.)

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 6th May, 1868.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JAMES PAYNE BAKER, Esq.,
to be Registrar of Marriages, and of Births, Deaths,
and Marriages, for the district of Waipori, as the
same is defined in proclamation of the twelfth day of
November, 1867, and published in New Zealand
Gazette, No. 61, of 14th November, 1867, vice
James Edward Wilson, resigned.
T. M. HAULTAIN
(for the Colonial Secretary).

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of the
provisions contained in "The Friendly Societies
Act, 1867," that I have this day registered certain
amendments in the Rules and Regulations of the
Court City of Auckland of the Independent Order
of Odd Fellows, District of Auckland.
Dated this second day of May, 1868.
T. M. HAULTAIN,
(for the Colonial Secretary.)

Native Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 28th April, 1868.
IT is hereby notified for public information that
certain Crown Lands in the block between the
rivers Waitotara and Whenuakura, and seaward of
the Military Settlement and Railway Reserve, in the
Districts of Ngatiawa, Middle Taranaki and Ngati-
ruanui, will be offered for sale by auction at
Whanganui, on Wednesday, the 22nd day of July,
1868.
T. M. HAULTAIN.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 1st May, 1868.
NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the
Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-
mentioned Post Offices to be Money Order and
Savings Bank Offices for the transaction of Money
Order and Savings Bank business, viz. :--
HAMILTON, A.,—Province of Auckland,
MOUNT IDA,—Province of Otago,
KAWARAU,—Province of Otago, and
Ross, County of Westland.
J. L. C. RICHARDSON,
(in the absence of the Postmaster-General.)

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 4th May, 1868.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the undermentioned appointments, viz. :-
In the Howick Troop, Royal Cavalry Volunteers.
Charles Hovell, M.D., to be Honorary Assistant-
Surgeon. Date of commission, 16th March,
1868.
In the 1st Westland Rifle Volunteers.
Albert Edward Tyrrell Devore, to be Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 16th March, 1868.
T. M. HAULTAIN.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 4th May, 1868.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commission held
by the undermentioned officer, viz. :
Honorary Assistant-Surgeon Howard Rees, No. 10
Company, Canterbury Rifle Volunteers.
T. M. HAULTAIN.