THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 395

"University of Otago Endowment Ordinance,
1870;"
"Otago Representation Ordinance, 1870;"
"Roads Diversion Ordinance, 1870;"
having been laid before the Governor, His Excellency
has been pleased to assent to the same.
W. GISBORNE.

NOTE.—The above Ordinances were erroneously included in a
Gazette notice of the 1st August, page 376, among others in
respect of which His Excellency had not been advised to
exercise his power of disallowance.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 16th August, 1870.
THE following Act, 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 Appropriation Act, No. 3, 1870,"
having been laid before the Governor, His Excellency
has been pleased to assent to the same.
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 16th August, 1870.
THE following Ordinance passed by the Provincial
Council, and assented to by the Superintendent of
the Province of Taranaki, intituled
"Cattle Impounding Ordinance, 1870,"
having been laid before the Governor, His Excel-
lency has not been advised to exercise his power of
disallowance in respect of it.
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 8th August, 1870.
IT is hereby notified that, in conformity with clause
3 of "The Otago Municipal Corporations
Empowering Act, 1865," the names of the under-
mentioned 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. :----
WILLIAM SMITHAM, Cromwell.
HORACE BASTINGS, Lawrence.
THOMAS SLATER PRATT, West Hawkesbury.
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 16th August, 1870.
IT is hereby notified, that, in accordance with the
provisions contained in the third section of
"The Protection of Animals Act, 1867," the Nelson
Acclimatization Society has deposited a copy of its
Rules in the office of the Hon. the Colonial Secretary.
G. S. COOPER,
Under Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 16th August, 1870.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JOHN TURNBULL THOMSON, Esq.,
to be a Commissioner of Crown Lands. This appoint-
ment takes effect on and from the 30th day of April,
1870.
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 16th August, 1870.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
SAMUEL BRENNAN,
of Grahamstown, Auckland, to be an Inspector of
Weights and Measures for the District of Hauraki
Gold Fields, in the Province of Auckland, vice John
McWilliams, resigned.
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 16th August, 1870.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint, in the room of John Curling, Esq.,
SINGLETON ROCHFORT, Esq.,
to the under-mentioned Electoral Offices, viz. :---
Registration and Returning Officer for the election
of Members of the House of Representatives,
for the Electoral Districts of Napier and Clive;
Principal Returning Officer for the Province of
Hawke's Bay;
Returning Officer for the election of Members of the
Provincial Council of the Province of Hawke's
Bay, for the District of the Town of Napier;
and also
Registration Officer for the Province of Hawke's
Bay, to form Electoral Rolls for the election of
Members of the Provincial Council thereof.
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 10th August, 1870.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
grant Letters Patent under "The Patents Act,
1860," of this day's date, in favour of
WILLIAM FREDERICK MASON,
of Pakuratahi, in the Province of Wellington, Black-
smith, for an Invention "for the purpose of dressing
Flax, Phormium tenax, Cabbage-tree Leaf, Nikau Leaf,
or any other Fibre; also for the purpose of dressing
the Bark of the Cabbage-tree, or any other indigenous
Plant; and for the purpose of extracting the Gum
from the same, and for the purpose of cleaning the
same."
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 16th August, 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, 15th August 1870.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
HORACE BASTINGS, Esq.,