THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 109

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 3rd March, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the following gentlemen to be Registrars
of Marriages, and of Births, Deaths, and Marriages,
for the districts set opposite their names respectively,
viz. :-

WILLIAM GILBERT MAIR, Esq., Tauranga,
as the same is defined in Proclamation of thirtieth
day of January, 1865, and published in New Zealand
Gazette, No. 3, of 31st day of January, 1865;

EDWARD HENRY POWER, Esq., Shortland,
as the same is defined in Proclamation of sixth day
of August, 1868, and published in New Zealand
Gazette, No. 47, of 7th August, 1868.

These appointments to take effect on and from the
25th day of March, 1870.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 2nd March, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

ALEXANDER JOHNSTON, Esq., M.D.,
to be a Coroner within the Colony.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 3rd March, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

WILLIAM GABRIEL FILLEUL, Esq.,
to be Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages, and of
Births, Deaths, and Marriages, for the District of
Oamaru, as the same is defined in Proclamation of
21st day of January, 1870, and published in New
Zealand Gazette, No. 5, of 22nd January, 1870.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 26th February, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

JOSEPH BARNES BORTON, Esq.,
of Teviot, Otago;

JAMES BENJAMIN POYNTER, Esq.,
CHARLES WESTRUP, Esq.,
of Poverty Bay; and

SAMUEL HENRY STRATFORD, Esq.,
of Te Arai, to be Justices of the Peace for the
Colony.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 3rd March, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
issue Letters of Naturalization, under "The
Aliens Act, 1866," in favour of the under-mentioned
persons, viz.:-

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 26th February, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

SPENCER WILLIAM VON STURMER, Esq., J.P.,
to be a Resident Magistrate, under "The Resident
Magistrates Act, 1867," for the District of Bay of
Islands. This appointment to date from the 1st
February instant.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 3rd March, 1870.

IT is hereby notified, that His Excellency the
Governor has assented to the Proclamations by
the Chairman of the County Council of Westland
under the Diseased Cattle Acts, dated respectively
the 25th and 31st January, 1870, and published in
New Zealand Gazette, No. 8, of the 14th February,
1870.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th February, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to make the under-mentioned promotions and
appointments, viz. :--

In the New Zealand Militia.
Captain William Jarvis Willis, Rangitikei Militia, to
be Major. Date of commission, 6th February,
1870.

Lieutenant Gilbert Mair, Auckland Militia, to be
Captain. Date of commission, 7th February,
1870.

In the Auckland Militia.
Edward Henry Power to be Captain. Date of com-
mission, 17th January, 1870.

In the Taranaki Militia.
Charles Douglas Whitcombe to be Ensign. Date of
commission, 7th February, 1870.

In the 1st Westland Rifle Volunteers.
Charles Wilfred Seymour Chamberlain to be Lieu-
tenant. Date of commission, 4th November,
1869.

W. GISBORNE
(in the absence of Mr. McLean).

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 1st March, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

JOSEPH BARNES BORTON, Esq., J.P.,
to be a Resident Magistrate, under "The Resident
Magistrates Act, 1867," for the District of Otago
Gold Fields, and as such to exercise the extended
jurisdiction conferred on the Courts of the said
district.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th February, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commissions held
by the under-mentioned officers :--

Captain E. Bythell, Blenheim Company, Marl-
borough Rangers Volunteers;

Lieutenant D. V. Hunter, Auckland Rifle Volun-
teers.

W. GISBORNE
(in the absence of Mr. McLean).