have signed the same, and have affixed thereto the
seals of their arms.

Done at Brussels, the thirty-first day of July, in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-two.
(L.S.) J. SAVILE LUMLEY.

And whereas the ratifications of the said Treaty
were exchanged at Brussels on the 29th day of
August last:

Now therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the
advice of Her Privy Council, and in virtue of the
authority committed to Her by the said recited Act,
doth order, and it is hereby ordered, that from
and after the twenty-eighth day of October, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, the said
Act shall apply in the case of the said Treaty with the
King of the Belgians.

EDMUND HARRISON.

Justices of the Peace appointed.

Office of the Minister of Justice,
Wellington, 6th January, 1873.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

BENJAMIN MACLEAN, Esq.,
of the Tamaki, Auckland, and
THOMAS ARCHIBALD FRASER, Esq.,
of Hawea Lake Station, Otago, to be Justices of the
Peace for the Colony.

JOHN BATHGATE.

Clerk, Resident Magistrate's Court, appointed.

Office of the Minister of Justice,
Wellington, 6th January, 1873.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

DUNCAN GUY, Esq.,
to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate's Court at
Wanganui, from the 13th instant.

JOHN BATHGATE.

Coroner appointed.

Office of the Minister of Justice,
Wellington, 7th January, 1873.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

HENRY FERDINAND TURNER, Esq.,
of Carlyle, Taranaki, to be a Coroner within the
Colony.

JOHN BATHGATE.

Auditors of Courts of Law Trust Accounts appointed.

Office of the Minister of Justice,
Wellington, 7th January, 1873.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the under-mentioned gentlemen to be
Auditors of the Courts of Law Trust Accounts for
the Districts set opposite their names, as the same
are defined in Proclamations dated and gazetted as
under.

Name. District. Date of
Proclamation.
Date
of Gazette.

| Henry Tacy Clarke, Esq. | Maketu | 29th Nov., 1867 | 21st Dec., 1867 |
| Willm. Kerr Nesbitt, Esq. | Waiapu | ,, | ,, |
| J. Moliere Tabuteau, Esq. | Taupo | ,, | ,, |
| Ditto | Wairoa | ,, | ,, |
| Wm. Jarvis Willis, Esq. | Manawatu | 24th June, 1869 | 26th June, 1869 |
| Ditto | Otaki | ,, | ,, |
| A. Wighton Ingles, Esq. | Kaikoura | 12th March, 1869 | 19th March, 1869 |
| W. Hippolite Pilliet, Esq. | Akaroa | 29th Nov., 1867 | 21st Dec., 1867 |

JOHN BATHGATE.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Resignation of Assistant Treasurer.

Treasury,
Wellington, 31st December, 1872.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of

JONAS WOODWARD, Esq.,
as Assistant Treasurer.

JOHN HALL,
(in the absence of Mr. Vogel).

Resignation of Receiver-General.

Treasury,
Wellington, 31st December, 1872.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of

JONAS WOODWARD, Esq.
as Receiver-General.

JOHN HALL,
(in the absence of Mr. Vogel).

Appointment of Secretary to Treasury.

Treasury,
Wellington, 2nd January, 1873.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

CHARLES THOMAS BATKIN, Esq.,
to be Secretary to the Treasury.
This appointment takes effect on and from the
1st instant.

JOHN HALL,
(in the absence of Mr. Vogel).

Appointment of Receiver-General.

Treasury,
Wellington, 2nd January, 1873.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

CHARLES THOMAS BATKIN, Esq.,
to be Receiver-General for the Colony.
This appointment takes effect on and from the
1st instant.

JOHN HALL,
(in the absence of Mr. Vogel).

Resignation of Secretary and Deputy Commissioner of
Stamps for Province of Wellington.

Office of the Commissioner of Stamps,
Wellington, 4th January, 1873.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by

C. T. BATKIN, Esq.,
of the offices held by him as Secretary, and Deputy
Commissioner of Stamps for the Province of Welling-
ton, as and from the 1st January instant.

JOHN BATHGATE,
Commissioner of Stamps.

No Delivery at Post Offices on Sundays.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 31st December, 1872.

NOTICE is hereby given, that from and after the
first day of January, 1873, all Post Offices in
New Zealand will be closed on Sundays. When
mails arrive on Saturdays, after the ordinary hour for
closing, a delivery will be made from the window for
one hour during the same evening, and mails arriving
on Sundays will be sorted early on Monday morning,