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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 1st March, 1871.
IT is hereby notified, that a Writ issued for the
Election of a Member of the House of Repre-
sentatives for the Western Maori Electoral District
has been returned with a Certificate to the effect
that
WI PARATA,
of Waikanae, has been duly elected.
WILLIAM FOX
(in the absence of Mr. Gisborne).

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 27th February, 1871.
IN the matter of "The Friendly Societies Act,
1867," notice is hereby given, that a transcript of
the By-laws of
"The North Canterbury District Branch of the
Manchester Unity Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, Friendly Society,"
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 this 27th day of February, 1871.
G. S. COOPER
(for the Registrar).

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 25th February, 1871.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
HARVEY THOMSON, Esq.,
to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate's Court at
Wanganui.
HENRY SEWELL
(in the absence of Mr. Gisborne).

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 28th February, 1871.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
EDWARD LISTER GREEN, Esq.,
to be Curator of Estates of Deceased Persons for
the Province and Curator's District of Hawke's
Bay, vice J. T. Tylee, Esq., resigned.
HENRY SEWELL
(in the absence of Mr. Gisborne).

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 1st March, 1871.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
SAMUEL HODGKINSON, Esq.,
of Invercargill, to be a Coroner within the Colony.
HENRY SEWELL
(in the absence of Mr. Gisborne).

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 1st March, 1871.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
HENRY BOWMAN SEALY, Esq., J.P.,
of Napier, to be a Resident Magistrate for the
Resident Magistrate's District of Napier and Wai-
pukurau.
HENRY SEWELL
(in the absence of Mr. Gisborne).

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 25th February, 1871.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by
ROBERT FINLAY, Esq.,
of Alexandra, Otago, of his appointment as a Justice
of the Peace for the Colony.
HENRY SEWELL
(in the absence of Mr. Gisborne).

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 1st March, 1871.
WITH reference to the Notification published in
the New Zealand Gazette, of the 12th March,
1870, offering rewards for the discovery of offences
against the Arms Acts, the under-mentioned Notice,
increasing the rewards, is substituted in lieu thereof,
to take effect from this date:—
A Reward of £300 will be paid to any one giving
such information as will lead to the conviction of any
person guilty of the capital offence of supplying
Arms and Ammunition to Rebels, under the thirty-
third section of "The Arms Act Amendment Act,
1869."

A Reward of £100 will be paid to any one giving
such information as will lead to the conviction of any
person guilty of a felony or misdemeanour under any
of the following sections of "The Arms Act, 1860,"
that is to say, sections twenty-six, twenty-seven,
twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty, thirty-six, thirty-
eight, or any amendment or alteration thereof.
The above rewards will be paid only after convic-
tion. The informant's name will not be divulged
without his own consent, except where it is necessary
that he should give evidence in Court.
In the case of accomplices giving information lead-
ing to conviction, a free pardon will be granted in
addition to the reward.
WILLIAM FOX
(in the absence of Mr. McLean).

General Post Office,
Wellington, 28th February, 1871.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
authorize
THE TRANSLATOR TO THE NATIVE DEPARTMENT
to frank free from prepayment of postage, for three
months only, Letters and Packets posted on the
Public Service.
HENRY SEWELL
(for the Postmaster-General).

THE following Standing Orders in regard to
Private Bills were adopted by the House of
Representatives on the 5th September, 1870.
The proceedings in the Legislative Council are
still governed by the Standing Orders published
in the New Zealand Gazette, No. 1, of 8th
January, 1868.
F. E. CAMPBELL,
Clerk of Parliaments.
Wellington, 28th February, 1871.

I.—INTENTION TO APPLY FOR PRIVATE BILL TO
BE ADVERTISED.
Subject of Notices.

1. In all cases where application is intended to
   be made for leave to bring in a Private Bill,
   notices shall be given, stating the objects of such
   intended application, and the time at which copies
   of the Bill will be deposited in the Colonial
   Secretary's Office, and at the office of the Com-
   missioner of Crown Lands in the principal town
   of the Province in which any lands or houses are
   situate to which the Bill shall refer.