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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 8th January, 1869.
THE under-mentioned Arbitrators under "The
Canterbury and Westland Public Debts Appor-
tionment Act, 1868," have been appointed respec-
tively by the Superintendent of the Province of
Canterbury, and the Chairman of the County of
Westland:-

EDWARD CEPHAS JOHN STEVENS, Esq., M.G.A.
(appointed by the Superintendent of Canterbury);
GEORGE SAMUEL SALE, Esq.
(appointed by the Chairman of County Council of
Westland).

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 8th January, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint ROBERT PARK, Esq.,
to be Registrar of Marriages, and of Births, Deaths,
and Marriages, for the District of Ashburton, as the
same is defined in Proclamation of 6th day of July,
1859, and published in New Zealand Gazette, No. 21,
of the same date.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 8th January, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint WILLIAM STEELE, Esq.,
to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages, and of Births,
Deaths, and Marriages, for the District of Cambridge,
as the same is defined in Proclamation of 30th day of
January, 1865, and published in New Zealand Gazette,
No. 3, 31st January, 1865.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 8th January, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint RICHARD WATSON WOON, Esq.,
to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages, and of Births,
Deaths, and Marriages, for the District of Wanganui,
as the same is defined in Proclamation of 27th day
of September, 1866, and published in New Zealand
Gazette, No. 55, of the 15th day of October, 1866.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 8th January, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint FRANK GUINNESS, Esq.,
to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages, and of Births,
Deaths, and Marriages, for the District of Greymouth,
as the same is defined in Proclamation of 12th day
of January, 1867, and published in New Zealand
Gazette, No. 5, of 19th day of January, 1867.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 11th January, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the following person to be Super-
intendent Collector under "The Census Acts
Amendment Act, 1867," for the Province of South-
land, viz. :-

DAVID MACROBIE, Esq.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 5th January, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
grant Letters Patent under "The Patents Act,
1860," in favour of WILLIAM ARCHIBALD MURRAY,
of Waitahuna, in the Province of Otago, Stock
Owner, for an Invention or Improvement for
Straining Wire in Wire Fences, and also an Im-
proved Method of Fixing the Wire.

Dated 5th January, 1869.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 8th January, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
grant Letters Patent under "The Patents Act,
1860," in favour of ALFRED STACY WATSON, of the
City of Auckland, in the Colony of New Zealand,
Settler, for an Invention of a New Machine for the
purpose of separating Gold from Quartz, and for its
Amalgamation or Mercurialization.

Dated 7th January, 1869.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 2nd January, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint FRANCIS HARRIS, Esq.,
to be Clerk at Westport, and
CHARLES HUGH WEBB BOWEN, Esq.,
to be Clerk at Charleston, of the District Court of
Westland North.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 7th January, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint JOHN ALEXANDER WILSON, Esq.,
of Tauranga, to be a Justice of the Peace for the
Colony.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Native Office,
Wellington, 1st December, 1868.
IT is hereby notified that
WILLIAM SMITH ATKINSON and
JAMES WYLLIE
have been duly authorized to act as Interpreters
under "The Native Lands Act, 1865," and "The
Native Lands Act, 1867."

T. M. HAULTAIN.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th January, 1869.
THE following Regulations are published for
general information.

T. M. HAULTAIN.

REGULATIONS for Prize Firing in the North Island,
for the year 1869.-One half the money voted by the
General Assembly for Prize Firing (viz. £500), will
be divided amongst the districts named below under
the following regulations :--

Districts.

1. Auckland, including Waiuku.
2. Waikato and Thames.
3. Tauranga and Opotiki.
4. Poverty Bay and Wairoa.
5. Napier.
6. Wairarapa and Castle Point.