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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

IN exercise of the power in me for this purpose
vested by "The Customs Regulation Act, 1858,"
I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the
PORT OF BRIGHTON,
in the Province of Nelson, shall be no longer a Port
of Entry for the purposes of "The Customs Regula-
tion 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-fifth
day of June, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.
J. C. RICHMOND.

Governor's Order, No. 86.]

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 1st July, 1868.

THE Hon. THOMAS HOUGHTON BARTLEY, having
resigned the office of Speaker of the Legislative
Council, His Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to accept such resignation.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 1st July, 1868.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
The Honorable JOHN LARKINS CHEESE RICHARDSON,
M.L.C.,
to be Speaker of the Legislative Council of New
Zealand, in the room of the Honorable Thomas
Houghton Bartley, M.L.C., resigned.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 4th July, 1868.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in Her Majesty's
name, summoned
The Hon. JOHN PARKIN TAYLOR,
of Invercargill, in the Province of Southland, to the
Legislative Council of New Zealand, by Writ of
Summons under the Seal of the Colony.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 4th July, 1868.

IT is hereby notified that a Writ issued for the
election of a Member of the House of Represent-
atives for the Southern Maori Electoral District, has
been returned with a certificate to the effect that
JOHN PATTERSON,
of Kaiapoi, Canterbury, has been duly elected.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 4th July, 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. :–

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 2nd July, 1868.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
STEPHEN LUNN MULLER, Esq.,
to be Sheriff for the district of Marlborough, vice
G. L. Mellish, Esq., resigned.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 2nd July, 1868.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
CHARLES LENDRICK MACLEAN,
to be Registrar, at Nelson, of the Supreme Court of
New Zealand, from the 7th July instant, vice John
Sharp, Esq.
E. W. STAFFORD.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 29th June, 1868.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
WILLIAM ELLIS,
to be Harbour Master for the Port of Auckland;
THOMAS WING,
to be Harbour Master for the Port of Manukau;
WILLIAM BUTLER,
to be Harbour Master for the Port of Mongonui;
THOMAS SPARROW CARMICHAEL;
to be Harbour Master at Tauranga;
JOHN JAMES,
to be Harbour Master for the Port of Kaipara;
WILLIAM WELLS,
to be Harbour Master for the Port of Hokianga;
EDWARD BOLGER,
to be Harbour Master for the Port of Russell;
WILLIAM GEORGE CELLEM,
to be Harbour Master for the Port of Napier, and
the other Ports in the Province of Hawke's Bay;
JOHN HENRY HALFORD,
to be Harbour Master for the Port of New Plymouth;
JAMES SMITH CROSS,
to be Harbour Master at Charleston ;
ALEXANDER BEVERIDGE,
to be Harbour Master for the Port of Nelson;
SAMUEL LEECH,
to be Harbour Master for the Port of Westport;
THOMAS BRADLEY,
to be Harbour Master for the Port of Brighton;
SAMUEL WEST,
to be Harbour Master at Hokihinui River ;
JOHN HOLLIDAY,
to be Harbour Master for the Port of Wellington;
THOMAS PHILPOTTS,
to be Harbour Master for the Port of Picton ;
JAMES BULLIFF,
to be Harbour Master for the Port of Wairau ;
JOHN HADFIELD SMITH,
to be Harbour Master for the Port of Havelock;
ALEXANDER MILLS,
to be Harbour Master for the Port of Timaru;
PATRICK JAMIESON ALLARDYCE,
to be Harbour Master for the Port of Greymouth;
WILLIAM THOMSON,
to be Harbour Master for the several Ports in the
Province of Otago ;
DAVID DICKIE,
to be Deputy Harbour Master for the Port of
Dunedin; and
THOMAS THOMSON,
to be Harbour Master for the Ports of Bluff, New
River, and Riverton.
JOHN HALL.