THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 765

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 7th October, 1872.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

WILLIAM S. SMITH, Esq.,
to be a Commissioner of the Waste Lands Board
of the County of Westland, under "The Westland
Waste Lands Act, 1870," in the room of Edward
Masters, Esq., resigned.

HENRY SEWELL.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 9th October, 1872.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

W. T. BASSETT, Esq.,
to be a Member of the Local Cattle Board for the
District of Auckland, under "The Diseased Cattle
Act, 1871," vice T. Cawkwell, Esq., resigned.

HENRY SEWELL.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 4th October, 1872.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

JOHN THOMAS TYLEE, Esq.,
to be Sheriff for the District of Hawke's Bay, vice
E. L. Green, Esq., transferred.

HENRY SEWELL.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 4th October, 1872.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

JOHN THOMAS TYLEE, Esq.,
to be Curator of the Estates of Deceased Persons for
the District of Hawke's Bay, vice E. L. Green, Esq.,
transferred.

HENRY SEWELL.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 8th October, 1872.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to appoint

HUGH FALCONER ANDERSON, Esq.,
of Parnell, Auckland, and

THOMAS SLATER PRATT, Esq.,
of Waikouaiti, Otago, to be Justices of the Peace for
the Colony.

HENRY SEWELL.

Native Office,
Wellington, 8th October, 1872.

THE License held by Mr. Josiah Pratt Hamlin, as
Interpreter under the Native Lands Act, is
suspended from this date until further orders.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Clerk of the Writs' Office,
Wellington, 9th October, 1872.

THE Clerk of the Writs has received a Return to
the Writ issued by him on the 11th day of
September, 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 Egmont.
HARRY ALBERT ATKINSON,
of Grey, Freeholder.

G. S. COOPER,
Clerk of the Writs.

MONEY ORDER OFFICES.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 5th October, 1872.

IT is hereby notified, that a Money Order Office
has been opened at

BYADUK,
in the Colony of Victoria; and that the Money Order
Offices at

OMEO and
YOWEN HILL,
in the same Colony, have been (temporarily) closed.
Also, that Money Order Offices have been opened
in the Colony of New South Wales, at

BURWOOD,
BUSHMAN'S LEAD,
CHAMBER'S CREEK, and
TUENA.

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

Office of Registrar of Joint Stock Companies,
Auckland, 25th September, 1872.

I, JOHN MUIR WAYLAND, Registrar of Joint
Stock Companies for the Provinces of Auckland
and Hawke's Bay, in the Colony of New Zealand, do
hereby notify that I have registered a Memorandum
of Association, with Articles of Association, estab-
lishing a Company, with limited liability of the
Shareholders therein, entitled

"The Waikato Flax Company, Limited."
The objects for which the Company is established
are, 1. To carry on the cultivation, dressing, pre-
paration, and sale or exportation of flax at Churchill
and Mercer, on the Waikato River, and at such other
places as may be deemed expedient. 2. To manufac-
ture rope, paper, sacking cloth, cattle food, or other
articles from the flax plant, and export or sell the
same. 3. To acquire land and buildings, by purchase
or otherwise, for the requirements of the Company.
4. To purchase, erect, work, hire, or let machinery of
all kinds, connected with the manufacturing of flax,
&c., as specified above. 5. To purchase, build, or hire
steamers, barges, or boats to work in connection with
the flax mills or otherwise. 6. To let, sell, or other-
wise dispose of or deal with any property whatever
of the Company. 7. And to do all such other mat-
ters and things as are incidental or conducive to the
attainment of the above objects.

And that, in pursuance of the provisions of "The
Joint Stock Companies Act, 1860," I have issued a
Certificate of Incorporation of the said Company,
bearing date this twenty-fifth day of September,
1872."

JOHN M. WAYLAND,
Registrar of Joint Stock Companies.