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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

and taken to be legal quays or landing places, at
the Port of Dunedin, for the lading and unlading of
goods under "The Customs Regulation Act, 1858."
Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand
Cross of the Most Distinguished Order
of Saint Michael and Saint George,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-
Admiral of the same, at the Government
House, at Wellington, this twenty-first
day of June, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
eight.
J. C. RICHMOND.

Governor's Order, No. 85.]

Executive Council Chamber,
Wellington, 23rd June, 1868.
HIS Excellency the Governor has this day been
pleased to accept resignation by
The Hon. JOHN LARKINS CHEESE RICHARDSON,
of his seat in the Executive Council.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 27th June, 1868.
HIS Excellency the Governor has, in Her Majesty's
name, summoned
The Hon. JAMES ALEXANDER BONAR,
of Hokitika, Westland; and
The Hon. WILLIAM HUGH NURSE,
of Blackwater, Apirima, Southland, to the Legislative
Council of New Zealand, by Writs of Summons under
the Seal of the Colony.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 27th June, 1868.
IT is hereby notified that a Writ issued for the
election of a Member of the House of Repre-
sentatives for the Electoral District of Picton, has
been returned with a certificate to the effect that
COURTENAY WILLIAM AYLMER THOMAS KENNY,
of Queen Charlotte's Sound, freeholder, has been
duly elected.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 27th June, 1868.
IT is hereby notified that, in conformity with clause
133 of "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1867,"
the names of the following persons have been sent in
to this office by the several town clerks as having been
elected Mayors for the Boroughs set opposite their
names :-
THOMAS MERSON, Lyttelton.
WILLIAM WILSON, Christchurch.
MATTHEW HALL, Kaiapoi.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 27th June, 1868.
THE following Bill passed by the Provincial
Council, and assented to by the Superintendent
of the Province of Taranaki, intituled
"Furze Ordinance, 1868,"
having been laid before the Governor, His Excellency
has been advised not to exercise his power of disal-
lowance in respect of it.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 27th June, 1868.
THE following Bill passed by the Provincial
Council, and reserved by the Superintendent of
the Province of Marlborough for the signification of
the Governor's pleasure thereon, intituled
"The Public Reserves Sale Act, 1868,"
having been laid before the Governor, His Excellency
has been pleased to withhold his assent to the same.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 27th June, 1868.
THE following Bill passed by the Provincial
Council, and reserved by the Superintendent of
the Province of Marlborough for the signification of
the Governor's pleasure thereon, intituled
"The Appropriation Act, 1868-9,"
having been laid before the Governor, His Excellency
has been pleased to assent to the same.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 27th June, 1868.
THE following Bill passed by the Provincial
Council, and reserved by the Superintendent of
the Province of Southland for the signification of
the Governor's pleasure thereon, intituled
"Oreti Ferry Leasing Ordinance, 1868,"
having been laid before the Governor, His Excellency
has been pleased to withhold his assent to the same.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 27th June, 1868.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
ROBERT CHISENHALL HAMMERTON, Esq.,
to be Registrar of Deeds at New Plymouth, in the
Province of Taranaki.
This appointment to take effect on and from the
1st of August next.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 27th June, 1868.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JOHN HENRY RALFE, Esq.,
to be Registrar of Marriages, and of Births, Deaths,
and Marriages, for the district of Okarita, as the
same is defined in proclamation of 20th September,
1867, vice Charles J. Halliday, Esq., resigned.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 27th June, 1868.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the following persons to be Registration