THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 615

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 11th November, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
THOMAS BIRCH, Esq., J.P.,
to be a Resident Magistrate, under "The Otago
Municipal Corporations Empowering Act, 1865,"
and under "The Resident Magistrates Act, 1867,"
for the District of Dunedin.
WILLIAM FOX
(for the Colonial Secretary).

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 11th November, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
WILLIAM CORBETT, Esq.,
of Auckland, to be Curator of Intestate Estates, to
act within the Auckland District, vice A. Boardman,
Esq.
WILLIAM FOX
(for the Colonial Secretary).

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 11th November, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
WILLIAM BERESFORD CHAMBERS CHRISTY, Esq.,
of Leeston, Canterbury, to be a Coroner for the
Colony.
WILLIAM FOX
(for the Colonial Secretary).

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 11th November, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
THOMAS BIRCH, Esq.,
Mayor of Dunedin, and
JOHN SMITH, Esq.,
Mayor of Waikouaiti, to be Justices of the Peace,
under "The Otago Municipal Corporations Em-
powering Act, 1865."
WILLIAM FOX
(for the Colonial Secretary).

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 11th November, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
CHARLES RING, Esq., and
JOSEPH REEVE, Esq.,
of Coromandel, to be Justices of the Peace for the
Colony.
WILLIAM FOX
(for the Colonial Secretary).

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 11th November, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept resignation by
WILLIAM GABRIEL FILLEUL, Esq.,
of Oamaru, of his appointment as a Justice of the
Peace.
WILLIAM FOX
(for the Colonial Secretary).

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 11th November, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by
WILLIAM ROBERT EDWARD BROWN, Esq.,
of his appointments as Deputy Sheriff for the Dis-
tricts of Wellington and Wairarapa.
WILLIAM FOX
(for the Colonial Secretary).

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 8th November, 1869.
IT is notified for general information, that His
Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the under-mentioned officers to grant Per-
mits, under "The Public Houses Act, 1868," in the
districts set opposite the name of each officer
respectively, viz. :-
Inspector Maillard Noake, Patca District-pro-
claimed 24th September, 1868-vide Gazette No.
56, 25th September, 1868.
Inspector John McIntosh Roberts-Wairoa (Hawke's
Bay) District-proclaimed 22nd October, 1868-
vide Gazette No. 60, 23rd October, 1868.
Major Charles Westrup, Poverty Bay District-
proclaimed 30th November, 1868-vide Gazette
No. 67, 1st December, 1868.
Brevet-Major Charles Stapp, Taranaki District-
proclaimed 25th May, 1869-vide Gazette No. 32,
11th June, 1869.
WILLIAM FOX
(for the Defence Minister).

Native Office,
Wellington, 8th November, 1869.
IT is hereby notified, that
HENRY COOK,
of Auckland, has been duly authorized by the Chief
Judge of the Native Land Court to act as an Inter-
preter, under "The Native Lands Act, 1865," and
"The Native Lands Act, 1867."
WILLIAM FOX
(for the Native Minister).

KNOW all men by these presents, that whereas by
"The Public Debts Sinking Funds Act, 1868,"
it is provided that if and whenever it shall be made
to appear to the Commissioners of the Public Debts
Sinking Funds that any of the Debentures issued
under any of the Acts specified in the first or second
schedules thereto have been converted or exchanged
for Debentures issued under "The Consolidated
Loan Act, 1867," the Commissioners shall from time
to time determine what amount of the Sinking Fund
held by them, and created for the payment of such
first-mentioned Debentures, shall be released, and that
the Commissioners shall make such determination by
an award in writing: And whereas it has been made
to appear to the said Commissioners that Debentures
to the amount of fifteen thousand four hundred
pounds (£15,400), being part of the Debentures to
the amount of twenty-five thousand pounds
(£25,000) issued under "The Wellington Loan Act,
1862," No. 11, being one of the Acts named in the
second schedule to the said "Public Debts Sinking
Funds Act, 1868," have been converted or exchanged
for Debentures issued under "The Consolidated
Loan Act, 1867," and that the amount of the
Debentures still outstanding and unconverted of the
said Loan of twenty-five thousand pounds (£25,000) is
thereby reduced to the sum of nine thousand six hun-
dred pounds (£9,600): And whereas the sum of eight
thousand six hundred and sixteen pounds six shillings
and elevenpence (£8,616 6s. 11d.) is held by the said
Commissioners as accumulated Sinking Fund for the