THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 597

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 8th July, 1872.
THE following Bills, 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 Education Act Amendment Act, 1872;"
"The Roads Act, 1872;"
"The Scab Act 1871 Amendment Act, 1872;"
"The Appropriation Act, 1872;"
"The Provincial Representation Act, 1872;" and
"The Fairhill, Renwick, and Omaka Road Diver-
sion Act, 1872,"
having been laid before the Governor, His Excellency
has been pleased to assent to the same.
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 8th July, 1872.
THE following Acts, passed by the Provincial
Council and reserved by the Superintendent of
the Province of Nelson for the signification of the
Governor's pleasure thereon, intituled
"The Nelson Electoral Districts Act Amend-
ment Act, 1872," and
"The Amuri Reserve Act, 1872,"
having been laid before the Governor, His Excellency
has been pleased to assent to the same.
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 8th July, 1872.
THE following Acts, passed by the Provincial
Council and assented to by the Superintendent
of the Province of Nelson, intituled
"The Nelson Highways Act, 1872;"
"The Nelson River Act, 1872;"
"The Licensing Act Amendment Act, 1872;"
"The Nelson Gold Fields Licensing Act, 1872;"
"The Appropriation Act;" and
"The Towns Improvement Act, 1872,"
having been laid before the Governor, His Excellency
has not been advised to exercise his power of dis-
allowance in respect to them.
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 8th July, 1872.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
WILLIAM HENRY EYES, Esq.,
to be Registration and Returning Officer for the
Electoral Districts of Picton and Wairau, for the
Election of Members of the House of Representatives,
vice S. L. Müller, Esq., resigned.
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 8th July, 1872.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
ANDREW TURNBULL, Esq.,
to be an Examiner of Titles for the Otago Land
Registration District.
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 2nd July, 1872.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
WILLIAM NICHOLAS SEARANCKE, Esq.,
of Hamilton, Waikato, Auckland, to be a Coroner
within the Colony.
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 1st July, 1872.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
EDWARD HARDCASTLE, Esq.,
to be Deputy Registrar at Hokitika of the Supreme
Court.
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 1st July, 1872.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
DAVID SCANNELL, Esq., of Taupo, Auckland;
ALFRED AGASSIZ, Esq., of Mercury Bay, Auck-
land;
ROBERT WILLIAM HAMMOND, Esq., of Waikato,
Auckland;
SAMUEL THOMAS SIDDON, Esq., of Waikato,
Auckland;
ROBERT FERGUSON CUTHBERTSON, Esq., of
Otahu, Otago; and
WILLIAM STEUART, Esq., of Blackmount, Otago,
to be Justices of the Peace for the Colony.
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 1st July, 1872.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
DAVID SCANNELL, Esq., J.P.,
to be a Resident Magistrate for the District of Taupo,
with jurisdiction up to £20, to act during the absence
of S. Locke, Esq., Resident Magistrate.
W. GISBORNE.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 1st July, 1872.
AS some difficulty has been occasioned in conse-
quence of money having been lost through
being sent by Depositors in the Post Office Savings
Bank to be deposited for them by young children,-
Depositors are hereby cautioned, that in thus sending
their money to be deposited they do so at their own
risk.

By order.
W. GRAY
(for the Secretary).

Clerk of the Writs' Office,
Wellington, 8th July, 1872.
THE Clerk of the Writs has received a Return to
the Writ issued by him on the 31st day of
January, 1872, for the election of a Member to serve
in the House of Representatives of New Zealand for
the Electoral District hereinafter specified; and by
the indorsement on such Writ it appears that the
under-mentioned gentleman has been duly elected
Member for such District, viz. :-

For the District of Waikato.
Major WILLIAM JACKSON.
G. S. COOPER,
Clerk of the Writs.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 3rd July, 1872.
PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the
General Assembly of New Zealand, passed in
the eighteenth year of the reign of Her Majesty
Queen Victoria, and intituled "The Marriage Act,
1854," the following name of an Officiating Minister,