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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

IN the matter of "The Friendly Societies Act,
1867," notice is hereby given, that a transcript
of the Bye-Laws of
"The Loyal Nil Desperandum Lodge, Oxford,
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Man-
chester Unity, No. 5,637, of the North Can-
terbury District,"
duly certified, has been lodged with the Registrar
of Friendly Societies, registered and recorded in
his office under the provisions of "The Friendly
Societies Act, 1867."

Dated the 28th day of October, 1869.
ALEX. C. P. MACDONALD
(for the Registrar).

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 26th October, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JAMES ANDERSON, Esq.,
JOHN CURLING, Esq., and
HENRY STOKES TIFFEN, Esq.,
to be Visiting Justices of the Gaol at Napier, in the
Province of Hawke's Bay.
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 27th October, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
WILLIAM FAIRWEATHER RUSSELL, Esq.,
of Wanganui, and
WILLIAM FRASER, Esq.,
of Auckland, to be Justices of the Peace for the
Colony.
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 27th October, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
WILLIAM FRASER, Esq., J.P.,
to be a Resident Magistrate, under "The Resident
Magistrates Act, 1867," for the District of Hauraki,
and as such to exercise jurisdiction up to £20.
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 27th October, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
ALEXANDER TODD, Esq.,
of Guavas, in the Province of Hawke's Bay, to be a
Coroner for the Colony.
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 27th October, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
GEORGE BOUTFLOWER DAVY, Esq.,
to be Auditor of the Courts of Law Trust Accounts,
under "The Courts of Law Trust Moneys Act,
1868," for the District of Hauraki, vice L. Broad,
Esq., resigned.
W. GISBORNE.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 23rd October, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
authorize
The COLONIAL ARCHITECT, and
The SURVEYOR OF INTERIOR ROADS, Auckland,
to frank and receive, free from prepayment of
postage, Letters or Packets on the Public Service.
JULIUS VOGEL.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 20th October, 1869.
IT is notified for general information, that
Inspector JOHN MCINTOSH ROBERTS, Armed
Constabulary,
has been appointed to command the Colonial Forces
in the Province of Hawke's Bay.
W. GISBORNE
(in absence of Mr. McLean).

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 27th October, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned promotion and
appointments, viz. :-

In the Auckland Militia.
Ensign Harry Travers Owen to be Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 12th July, 1869.
Thomas Douglas to be Ensign. Date of commission,
12th July, 1869.

In the Dunedin Naval Volunteers.
George Robert Smith to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date
of commission, 25th August, 1869.
WILLIAM Fox
(in absence of Mr. McLean).

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 27th October, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commission held
by
Captain C. T. Horan, No. 2 Company, Auckland
Rifle Volunteers.
WILLIAM Fox
(in absence of Mr. McLean).

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 28th October, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned appointment :-

In the Armed Constabulary.
George Fox, Esq., to be Sub-Inspector when serving
afioat. Date of commission, 20th October, 1869.
WILLIAM Fox
(in absence of Mr. McLean).

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

No. 27 of 1869.
BEACON ON SNAG IN ENTRANCE TO BULLER RIVER.
Marine Department,
Wellington, 25th October, 1869.
IT is hereby notified, for the information of Ship-
masters, that the Harbour Master at Westport
has reported that he has succeeded in erecting a
Beacon on the Snag at the entrance to the Buller
River.
The Beacon stands 22 feet above the Snag, and
about 11 feet above high water spring tides, and
is painted red. It is a single iron bar, stayed with