THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 25th April, 1871.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint temporarily

CHARLES DURBRIDGE, Esq.,
to be Registration Officer for the election of Mem-
bers of the House of Representatives for the Electoral
Districts of Town of Onehunga, Eden, and Franklin.
This appointment takes effect from the eighteenth
day of March, 1871.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 25th April, 1871.

HIS Excellency the Governor in Council has been
pleased to make the following appointment
under "The Crown Lands Act, 1869," viz.:—

HENRY BOWMAN SEALY, Esq.,
to be Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Province
of Hawke's Bay. This appointment to take effect
from the 1st of March, 1871.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 25th April, 1871.

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.:—

Name. Residence. Occupation.

George Rördam ... Orepuki, Otago ... Miner.
Charles Ziebler... Ditto Ditto.
Rasmus Jörgensen ... Upper Harbour, West Settler.
District, Otago.
Charles Albert Zinckgraf Christchurch Music
Teacher.
Detlev Langmaak ... Naseby, Mount Ida, Carpenter.
Otago.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 25th April, 1871.

IT is hereby notified, that Writs issued for the
Election of Members of the Provincial Council have
of the Province of Otago have been returned with
Certificates to the effect that, —

For the District of Invercargill—
George Lumsden;
For the District of Waiopai—
John Blacklock;
For the District of Otaramika—
Francis Dillon Bell;
For the District of Oreti—
Mathew Holmes;
For the District of Mataura—
James Alexander Robertson Menzies;
For the District of Wakari—
Henry Driver;
For the District of Caversham—
Richard Seaward Cantrell;
For the District of Peninsula—
James Seaton;
For the District of the City of Dunedin—
George Elliott Barton, John Bathgate, Edward
Bowes Cargill, William Henry Cutten, George
Duncan, William Hunter Reynolds, and
George Turnbull;
For the District of North Harbour—
Edward McGlashan;
For the District of Kaikorai—
William Barr;
For the District of Aparima—
Christopher Basstian;
For the District of Makerewa—
Duncan McArthur;

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For the District of Kawarau—
Christopher Hickey;
For the District of Blueskin—
James Green;
For the District of Moeraki—
David Hutcheson;
For the District of Oamaru Country—
George Murray Webster;
For the District of Waitaki—
George Sumpter;
For the District of Town of Oamaru—
John McLean;
For the District of Mount Benger—
James Benn Bradshaw;
For the District of Mount Ida—
John Philip Armstrong and David Hunter
Mervyn;
For the District of Taieri—
James Allan, Donald Reid, and James Shand;
For the District of Waihemo—
John McKenzie;
For the District of Clutha—
James William Thomson and Donald Henderson;
For the District of Dunstan—
Thomas Luther Shepherd;
For the District of Riverton—
Theophilus Daniel;
For the District of Tuapeka—
Horace Bastings and James Clark Brown;
For the District of Waitahuna—
George Francis Collins Browne;
For the District of Waikouaiti North—
John Smith;
For the District of Matau—
Henry Clark;
For the District of Waihola—
Alexander Mollison;
For the District of Milton—
John Lillie Gillies;
For the District of the Lakes—
Charles Edward Haughton and James William
Robertson;
For the District of Port Chalmers—
James Galbraith;—
have been duly elected.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 25th April, 1871.

INQUIRIES having been made respecting the
person descriptive return of whom is published
below, any one who can give any information relative
to him is requested to communicate with this office.

G. S. COOPER,
Under Secretary.

Name—James Parkins, alias John Parkinson.
Occupation—Clerk to a Shipbroker, London and
Bombay.
Personal Appearance—Dark black or dark hair;
height, about 5 feet 9 inches.
Usual residence before coming to the Colony—
London, England.
Age—About 25. Single.
Sailed from London.
Last heard of in the neighbourhood of Ruatahuna,
in Constabulary, about two years since.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 25th April, 1871.

THE following Tenders have been accepted by the
General Government for the twelve months
commencing the 1st April, 1871.

G. S. COOPER,
Under Secretary.