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DIEU ET MON DROIT

THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1871.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The Petty Sessions Act, 1865,"
it is enacted that as soon as conveniently may
be after the establishment of a Petty Sessions
District, and afterwards from time to time as may be
deemed expedient, the Governor shall, by Proclamation
in the New Zealand Gazette, appoint a meeting of the
Justices of the Peace resident in such district to be
yearly held within such district, at some specified
time and place, for the purpose of choosing a Chair-
man of Petty Sessions and settling a rota of attend-
ance: And whereas by an Order in Council bearing
date the eleventh day of August, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-nine, a Petty Sessions District,
hereinafter named, was defined and established:

And whereas by a Proclamation bearing date the
thirteenth day of January, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy, Cameron's Inn, Mataura Bridge,
was appointed to be the place, and the first Wednes-
day in the month of March the time, at which a
meeting of the Justices of the Peace resident within
such district should be yearly held, for the purpose
of choosing a Chairman of Petty Sessions and settling
a rota of attendance: And whereas no meeting was
held at the place appointed on the first Wednesday
of March instant:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the
Governor of New Zealand, in pursuance and in
exercise of the power and authority in that behalf
vested in me, do hereby proclaim and appoint that for
the Mataura District a meeting of the Justices of the
Peace resident within such district shall be yearly
held at Cameron's Inn, Mataura Bridge, at twelve
o'clock noon, on the first Tuesday in the month of
April, for the purpose of choosing a Chairman of
Petty Sessions and settling a rota of attendance.

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 under
the Seal of the said Colony, at Wellington,
this fourteenth day of March, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-one.

HENRY SEWELL.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 16th March, 1871.

THE following Regulation as to the periods during
which Examinations under "The Civil Service
Act, 1866," will take place, and Meetings of the
Board of Examiners be held, is published for general
information, viz. :-

Examinations shall take place in the months of
April and October, and Meetings of the Board shall
be held in the months of June and December.

WILLIAM Fox
(in the absence of Mr. Gisborne).

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 16th March, 1871.

IT is hereby notified, that the Secretary to the
Central Board of Civil Service Examiners has
reported that the under-mentioned Candidates have
passed their examinations under the Civil Service
Regulations, viz. :--

WILLIAM FITZGERALD,
ROBERT FITZGERALD,
RICHARD RIDDIFORD.

WILLIAM Fox
(in the absence of Mr. Gisborne).

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 17th March, 1871.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

JACKSON KEDDELL, Esq.,
of Coromandel, Auckland, to be a Coroner within the
Colony.

HENRY SEWELL
(in the absence of Mr. Gisborne).