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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

WHEREAS by Proclamation under the hand of
His Excellency the Governor, and under the
Seal of the Colony, dated the eighth day of July, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, the Governor,
in pursuance of the powers vested in him by "The
Gold Fields Act, 1866," and upon the application of
the Chairman and County Council of the County of
Westland, did extend the operation of the fifth part
of Act, including sections thirty-three, thirty-
four, thirty-five, thirty-six, thirty-seven, thirty-eight,
and thirty-nine, and of section fifty-two of the said
Act, to the County of Westland aforesaid :

And whereas it is advisable that the powers vested
in the Governor under the fifth part of the aforesaid
Act should be delegated to the Chairman of the
County Council of Westland :

Now know ye that I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen,
the Governor as aforesaid of the said Colony, in pur-
suance and exercise of the power and authority
vested in me in that behalf, do hereby, with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council of the
said Colony, delegate unto

CONRAD HOOS, Esq.,

Chairman of the County Council of Westland, all
the powers vested in me by the fifth part of "The
Gold Fields Act, 1866," to be used and exercised by
him so long as he shall continue to be such Chairman,
and so as to take effect only within the County of
Westland.

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; and issued under
the Seal of the said Colony, this eighteenth
day of August, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
nine.

Approved in Council.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

WHEREAS by "The Otago Municipal Corpora-
tions Empowering Act, 1865," it is enacted
that it shall be lawful for the Governor to appoint
the person elected to be Mayor of any city or
incorporated town as therein mentioned to be a
Justice of the Peace for the Colony, provided that
in every such case such appointment shall continue
no longer than the Mayoralty of such person : And
whereas James Hazlett, Esquire, has been elected
Mayor of the Incorporated Town of Clyde :

Now therefore I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the
Governor of New Zealand, in pursuance and in
exercise of the power and authority vested in me in
that behalf, do hereby appoint the said

JAMES HAZLETT, Esq.,

to be a Justice of the Peace for the Colony of New
Zealand.

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 eighteenth
day of August, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
nine.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 18th August, 1869.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

The Honorable JULIUS VOGEL

to be Electric Telegraph Commissioner for the
Colony of New Zealand. This appointment dates
from the first day of July, 1869.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 18th August, 1869.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

FITZHERBERT DERMOTT, Esq.,

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages, and of Births,
Deaths, and Marriages, for the District of Hokitika,
as the same is defined in Proclamation of 13th day of
July, 1868, and published in New Zealand Gazette,
No. 43, of 16th day of July, 1868."

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 17th August, 1869.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

JAMES LOGAN WILSON, Esq.,

to be Deputy Returning Officer for the District of
Wallace, for the election of Members of the House
of Representatives.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 18th August, 1869.

IT is hereby notified that, in conformity with clause
3 of "The Otago Municipal Corporations Em-
powering Act, 1865," the names of the following
persons have been sent in to this Office by the Town
Clerks as having been elected Mayors for the places
set opposite their names, viz :-

GEORGE WELLINGTON GOODGER, Cromwell.
EDWARD STEWART, Milton.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 20th August, 1869.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the following persons to lay and prefer
Informations and Indictments against European and
aboriginal Natives for offences under "The Arms
Act, 1860," "The Arms Act Continuance Act, 1861,"
and "The Arms Act Continuance and Amendment
Act, 1866":-

Henry Scott McKellar, Collector of Customs,
Auckland.
Joseph Molière Tabuteau, Collector of Customs,
Napier.
Richard Chilman, Collector of Customs, New
Plymouth,
William Seed, Collector of Customs, Wellington.
James Hackworth, Deputy Collector of Customs,
Wellington.
James Garland Woon, Collector of Customs,
Wanganui.
John Allen, Collector of Customs, Picton.
David Johnston, Collector of Customs, Nelson.
Edward Patten, Collector of Customs, Hokitika.
William Mills, Collector of Customs, Lyttelton.