THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 99

some years. In the neighbouring Colonies where
the sheep are clean, they are never dressed unless for
ticks at intervals of years, according to circumstances
and the opinion of the sheepowner. I have had
sheep myself at Portland Bay, in the Colony of
Victoria, that were taken from this country and of
course were scabby. After they were cleaned they
were never dressed again for 11 years in any form or
for any purpose.

JAMES WHITE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 3rd February, 1872.

IN compliance with the recommendation contained
in the Report of the Joint Committee on
Colonial Industries, 1871, to the effect that a bonus
of £2,500 should be offered for the first 100 tons of
Printing Paper produced by machinery, such bonus
to be in addition to any that may be offered by any
Province, it is hereby notified that such reward will
be paid on the fulfilment of the following
CONDITIONS.

The Paper to be manufactured in New Zealand,
by machinery permanently established and working
in the Colony.

The required quantity to be completed before the
30th June, 1873.

The weight of each ream of Printing Paper to be
not less than 30 lbs.

The reward will be paid on the certificate of an
officer to be appointed by the Government that the
above conditions have been complied with.

W. GISBORNE.

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

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

HUBERT DAY CHURCH, Esq.,
of Blenheim, to be a Justice of the Peace for the
Colony.

W. GISBORNE.

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

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

HUBERT DAY CHURCH, Esq., J.P.,
to be a Resident Magistrate for the Resident Magis-
trate's District of Blenheim, and as such to exercise
the extended jurisdiction to £100.

W. GISBORNE.

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

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

HUBERT DAY CHURCH, Esq.,
to be Deputy Registrar at Blenheim of the Supreme
Court, from and after the 15th instant.

W. GISBORNE.

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

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

WILLIAM HENRY EYES, Esq.,
Commissioner of Crown Lands, to be Sheriff for the
District of Marlborough, from and after the 15th
instant.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 7th February, 1872.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

THOMAS MORELL MACDONALD, Esq.,
to be Crown Prosecutor for the District Court of
Western Otago; and

JOHN WILLIAM WHITE, Esq.,
to be Crown Prosecutor at Timaru for the District
Court of Timaru and Oamaru.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 7th February, 1872.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

EDWARD DRURY BUTTS, Esq.,
Chief Postmaster at Invercargill, to be Clerk of the
District Court of Western Otago..

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 2nd February, 1872.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

EDGAR HALL CAREW, Esq.,
of Blacks, Otago; and

HENRY HOWELL SPRATT, Esq.,
of Manawatu, Wellington, to be Coroners within the
Colony.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 6th February, 1872.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned promotions and
appointments, viz. :--

In the New Zealand Militia.

Andrew Hamilton Russell to be Captain. Date of
commission, 19th June, 1869.

In the Canterbury Volunteers.

The Reverend William James Geffrard Bluett to be
Chaplain.

In the Timaru Artillery Volunteer Cadets.

Thomas Woolman Anderson to be Honorary Lieu-
tenant. Date of commission, 15th June, 1871.

In the No. 2 (Dunedin Scottish) Company, Otago
Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant John McCalum Jamieson to be Captain.
Date of commission, 13th December, 1871.

Ensign Andrew Dunn to be Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 13th December, 1871.

In the Hampden Rifle Volunteers.

Pringle Francis Stoddart to be Captain. Date of
commission, 2nd November, 1870.

William Murcott to be Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 2nd November, 1870.

William Cague to be Ensign. Date of commission,
2nd November, 1870.

W. GISBORNE
(in the absence of Mr. McLean).

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 6th February, 1872.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commission held by
Lieut. I. J. Torre, Napier Rifle Volunteers.

W. GISBORNE
(in the absence of Mr. McLean).