THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 25th June, 1869.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in Her Majesty's
name, summoned

The Hon. NATHANIEL LEVIN,
of Wellington, in the Province of Wellington, 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, 19th June, 1869.

IT is hereby notified that

JOSEPH DRESSER TETLEY, Esq.,
has resigned his seat in the Legislative Council of
New Zealand, and that His Excellency the Governor
has, in Her Majesty's name, accepted such resigna-
tion.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th June, 1869.

IT is hereby notified, that a Writ issued for the
election of a Member of the House of Repre-
sentatives for the District of Taieri has been returned
with a Certificate to the effect that

HENRY HOWORTH,
of Dunedin, Freeholder, has been duly elected.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th June, 1869.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

NEIL FERGUSON, Esq.,
to be Deputy Registrar of Deeds in the Province of
Southland.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th June, 1869.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

WILLIAM HARRISON, Esq.,
to be Registrar of Marriages, and of Births, Deaths,
and Marriages, for the District of Mangapai, as the
same is defined in Proclamation of 19th day of
November, 1861, and published in New Zealand
Gazette, No. 49, of 22nd day of November, 1861.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th June, 1869.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
grant Letters Patent under "The Patents Act,
1860," in favour of

EDWIN WILLIAM TRENT,
of Christchurch, in the Province of Canterbury,
Proprietor of Steam Coffee Works, for an Invention
of a Machine to be applied to the purpose of cleaning
New Zealand Flax, or Phormium Tenax, and all other
fibrous plants indigenous to New Zealand, by
separating the vegetable gum from the fibre thereof,
and rendering the same fit for manufacture into rope,
and all purposes for which hemp is ordinarily used.

Dated 17th June, 1869.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th June, 1869..

IT is hereby notified that, in conformity with clause
133 of "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1867,"
the name of the following person has been sent in to
this office by the Town Clerk as having been elected
Mayor for the Borough set opposite his name :-

FREDERICK JOHN LITCHFIELD, Esq., Blenheim.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 18th June, 1869.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the following gentlemen to be Justices
of the Peace for the Colony, viz. :-

GEORGE WEBSTER, Esq., of Auckland ;
ALBERT BEETHAM, Esq., of Auckland ;
LAURENCE DAVID NATHAN, Esq., of Auckland ;
CHARLES DAVIS, Esq., of Auckland ;
HUGH MCKENZIE, Esq., of Waipu ;
DONALD MCDONALD, Esq., of Waipu ;
JAMES SUTHERLAND, Esq., of Waipu River ;
HENRY SPEERS WILSON, Esq., of Maungakaramea ;
JONATHAN WIGMORE SHIRLOCK, Esq., of Maunga-
karamea ;
THOMAS ALFRED CRISP, Esq., of Parua Bay ;
PETER SINCLAIR, Esq., of Kaurihohore ;
JAMES WOODBINE JOHNSON, Esq., of Poverty Bay ;
JASPER LUCAS HERRICK, Esq., of Poporangi ;
EDWARD TOWGOOD, Esq., of Napier ;
JAMES EDMUND HODSON, Esq., of Blenheim ;
EDWARD WINGFIELD HUMPHREY, Esq., of Hyde ;
WALTER ANSTRUTHER BEWS, Esq., of Warepa.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 18th June, 1869.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by

HENRY CABLE, Esq.,
of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the
Colony.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 24th June, 1869.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the under-mentioned gentlemen to be
Resident Magistrates under "The Resident Magis-
trates Act, 1867," for the Districts set opposite their
names, as the same are defined in a Proclamation of
even date herewith :-

JAMES TOWNSEND EDWARDS, Esq., Otaki District.
WALTER LAWRY BULLER, Esq., Manawatu District.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 19th June, 1869.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
award the Decorative Distinction instituted by
Order in Council dated tenth March, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-nine, to the under-mentioned
non-commissioned officer of the Armed Constabulary,
whose claim to the same has been submitted to His
Excellency on account of the Act of Bravery per-
formed by him, as stated against his name :--