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as he shall hold the said office of Commissioner of
Customs.

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; and issued at
Auckland, this twelfth day of May, in
the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy.

JULIUS VOGEL.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 23rd May, 1870.

THE following Acts, passed by the Provincial
Council, and reserved by the Superintendent
of the Province of Marlborough for the signification
of the Governor's pleasure thereon, intituled
"The Executive Council Act, 1870;"
"The Appropriation Act, No. 1, 1870;" and
"The Appropriation Act, No. 2, 1870;"
having been laid before the Governor, His Excellency
has been pleased to assent to the same.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 21st May, 1870.

IT is hereby notified, that a Writ issued for the
election of a Superintendent of the Province of
Canterbury, has been returned with a certificate to
the effect that

WILLIAM ROLLESTON,
of Christchurch, Freeholder, has been duly elected.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 23rd May, 1870.

IT is hereby notified, that a Writ issued for the
election of a Member of the House of Represen-
tatives for the Electoral District of Parnell, has been
returned with an indorsement to the effect that

READER GILSON WOOD,
of Hobson's Bay, Freeholder, has been duly elected.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 18th May, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

ADOLPHUS FREDERIC HARDY, Esq.,
to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages, and
of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, for the District of
Turanga, as the same is defined in Proclamation of
24th day of March, 1870, and published in New
Zealand Gazette No. 16, of 25th day of March, 1870.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 19th May, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

JOHN JERMYN SYMONDS, Esq.,
to be Returning Officer for the Electoral Districts of
the Thames and Coromandel, for the election of
Members of the Provincial Council of the Province
of Auckland.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 17th May, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

FREDERICK MALLARD
to be Inspector of Weights and Measures under
"The Weights and Measures Act, 1868," for the
District of Tokomairiro, in the Province of Otago.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 23rd May, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

THOMAS NEIL
to be Inspector of Weights and Measures under
"The Weights and Measures Act, 1868," for the
District of Dunstan, in the Province of Otago.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 23rd May, 1870.

IN the matter of "The Friendly Societies Act,
1867," notice is hereby given that transcripts of
the Bye-laws of
"The Loyal Kaiapoi Lodge, No. 4,828, Man-
chester Unity Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, of the North Canterbury District,"
and
"The Rules for the Government of the Ballarat
Hibernian Benefit Society, No. 7 Branch,"
duly certified, have 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 twenty-third day of May, 1870.
ALEX. C. P. MACDONALD
(for the Registrar).

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 20th May, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

WILLIAM MOULE, Esq., J.P.,
to be Resident Magistrate for the Resident Magistrate's
District of Tauranga, vice Henry Tacy Clarke, Esq.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 23rd May, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

THOMAS ADOLPHUS BOWDEN, Esq., of Wellington,
JOHN WATERHOUSE BULLER, Esq., and
JOHN ROBERT WILSON COOK, Esq., of Rangitikei,
Wellington,
ROBERT HARDING, Esq., of Waikouaiti, Otago,
DAVID MAITLAND, Esq., of Ewebank, Otago, and
SETH SAM, Esq., of Shortland, Auckland,
to be Justices of the Peace for the Colony.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 20th May, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

HOPKINS CLARKE, Esq.,
to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate's Court for
the Resident Magistrate's District of Tauranga, vice
R. J. Gill, Esq.

W. GISBORNE.