THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 617

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 17th December, 1868.
THE under-mentioned Petition under the pro-
visions of "The Municipal Corporations Act,
1867," has been received, and a copy of it has, in
accordance with that Act, been sent to His Honor
the Superintendent of the Province of Marlborough,
for the further action required by law in respect
thereof.
E. W. STAFFORD.

of Nelson, to be a Commissioner under "The Lost
Land Orders Act, 1861."
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 15th December, 1868.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
grant Letters Patent under "The Patents Act,
1860," in favour of
JOHN AICKIN,
of the Whau, near Auckland, in the Province of
Auckland, Settler, for an invention entitled "The
Magistral Process of Amalgamation," comprising
the discovery of an "Amalgamating Compound," and
also the Invention of a Machine for employing the
said Compound.
Dated 15th December, 1868.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 17th December, 1868.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
WALTER HIPPOLITE PILLIET, Esq.,
to be Returning and Registration Officer for the
Electoral District of Cheviot, for the Election of
Members of the House of Representatives.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 15th December, 1868.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the following gentleman to be a Medi-
cal Assessor in the County of Westland, under the
provisions of "The Medical Practitioners Act, 1867,"
viz.:-
JOHN RUTHERFORD RYLEY, F.R.C.S.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 16th December, 1868.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
WALTER HIPPOLITE PILLIET, Esq., J.P.,
to be Resident Magistrate at Kaikoura for the
Resident Magistrate's District of Marlborough.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 15th December, 1868.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the following persons to be Super-
intendent Collectors under "The Census Acts
Amendment Act, 1867," for the Provinces set
opposite their names respectively, viz.:----
Thomas Kelly, Esq. ... Taranaki.
John Hislop, Esq. ... Otago.
Thomas William Maude, Esq. ... Canterbury.
James Balfour Wemyss, Esq. ... Marlborough.
Robert Pollock, Esq. ... Nelson.
Edward L. Green, Esq. ... Hawke's Bay.
Jonas Woodward, Esq., ... Wellington.
Thomas Broham ... County of
Westland.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington 14th December, 1868.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
WILLIAM WHITEHORN, Esq., J.P.,
to be a Resident Magistrate for the Resident Magis-
trate's District of Marlborough.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 14th December, 1868.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
ROBERT BURRA, Esq.,
to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages, and of Births,
Deaths, and Marriages, for the District of Alexandra,
as the same is defined in Proclamation of 30th
January, 1865, and published in New Zealand Gazette,
No. 3, of 31st January, 1865.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 19th November, 1868.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
HENRY ALDBOROUGH STRATFORD, Esq.,
to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate's Court at
St. Bathans, under "The Resident Magistrates Act,
1867."
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 16th December, 1868.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
HENRY COOPER DANIELL, Esq..

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 12th December, 1868.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned promotions and
appointments, viz.:-

In the Napier Militia.
William Russell Russell to be Captain. Date of
commission, 24th November, 1868.
Lieutenant Kenrick Jones Hill to be Captain. Date
of commission, 25th November, 1868.
John Adeane to be Captain. Date of commission,
26th November, 1868.
John N. Williams to be Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 24th November, 1868.
John Parsons to be Ensign. Date of commission,
24th November, 1868.
Hector Duff to be Ensign. Date of commission,
25th November, 1868.
Gavin Peacock to be Ensign. Date of commission,
26th November, 1868.
George Douglas Hamilton to be Ensign. Date of
commission, 27th November, 1868.
Robert Cashmere to be Ensign. Date of commission,
30th November, 1868.

In the Rangitikei Militia.
Robert Horner to be Lieutenant. Date of commis-
sion, 2nd December, 1868.

In the Wanganui Cavalry Volunteers.
Richard Soloman Day to be Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 2nd December, 1868.
John Ballance to be Cornet. Date of commission,
2nd December, 1868.