THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 215

Wellington, 8th May, 1868.
SIR, — A Petition, praying your Excellency to
constitute the Town of Greymouth, in the County
of Westland, a Borough under "The Municipal
Corporations Act, 1867," having been transmitted
to me by the Hon. Colonial Secretary, in pursuance
of the provisions of the twenty-second section of the
said Act, I have the honor to signify to your Excel-
lency that I do not dissent to the prayer of that
petition.

I have, &c.
JOHN HALL.
His Excellency Sir George F. Bowen, G.C.M.G.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 13th May, 1868.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by
The Hon. JOHN HYDE HARRIS,
of his seat in the Executive Council.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 13th May, 1868.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by
The Hon. JOHN HYDE HARRIS,
of the office of Solicitor-General.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 13th May, 1868.
THE Governor directs it to be notified for general
information that
WILLIAM SEFTON MOORHOUSE, Esq.,
having resigned the office of Superintendent of the
Province of Canterbury, His Excellency, on behalf of
Her Majesty the Queen, accepted such resignation
on the 7th instant.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 13th May, 1868.
THE following Bill passed by the Provincial Coun-
cil of the Province of Canterbury, intitulcd—
"The Executive Council Ordinance 1864
Amendment Ordinance,"
which Bill 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,
Wellington, 13th May, 1868.
IT is hereby notified that in conformity with clause
three of "The Otago Municipal Corporations Act,
1865," the name of the following person has been
sent in to this office by the Town Clerk, as having
been elected Mayor of Dunedin, in the room of the
Hon. John Hyde Harris, resigned,
THOMAS BIRCH, Esq.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 13th May, 1868.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
grant Letters of Registration in favour of
James Dewar, of Kirkaldy, in the County of Fife,
Doctor of Medicine, on Letters Patent granted in the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man, for an invention
of "Improvements in preserving substances for food."
Dated 7th May, 1868.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 12th May, 1868.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
issue Letters of Naturalization under "The
Aliens Act, 1866," in favour of the undermentioned
persons, viz. :-

Name.
Residence.
Occupation.
Date.
Ditlev Gothard
Manawatu,
Gentleman
1868.
Monrad
Wellington
7th May.
Gerald Joseph
Greymouth,
Hotelkeeper 11th May.
Perotti
Westland

E. W. STAFFORD.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 12th May, 1868.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
FREDERICK DENHAME GIBSON, Esq.,
to be Harbour Master for the Port of Lyttelton; and
THOMAS TURNBULL, Esq.,
to be Harbour Master for the Port of Hokitika.
JOHN HALL,
Postmaster-General.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 8th May, 1868.
NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the
Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-
mentioned Post Office to be an office for the tran-
saction of Money Order and Savings Bank business,
viz.:----
SHORTLAND,
in the Province of Auckland.
JOHN HALL,
Postmaster-General.

Telegraph Department,
Wellington, 11th May, 1868.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned
Telegraph Stations have been opened for the
transmission of telegrams, viz.:-
FEATHERSTON, — Province of Wellington.
GREYTOWN, — Province of Wellington.
CASTLE POINT, — Province of Wellington.
JOHN HALL,
Telegraph Commissioner.

Native Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 13th May, 1868.
HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be
notified that
WILLIAM ROLLESTON, Esq.,
has resigned the office of Under Secretary in the
Native Department, and that his resignation has
been accepted.
JOHN HALL,
(in the absence of Mr. Richmond.)

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 9th May, 1868.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the undermentioned appointments, viz.:-
In the Nelson Artillery Volunteers.
Charles Hunter Brown to be Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 2nd September, 1867.