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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Clerks as having been elected Mayors for the places
set opposite their names, viz. :-
MICHAEL JOHN MALAGHAN—Queenstown;
HUGH MCDERMID—Port Chalmers;
PETER CUNNINGHAME—Milton;
LOUIS WILLIAM BUSCH—Naseby;
EDWARD HERBERT—Lawrence;
THOMAS SLATER PRATT—West Hawksbury;
ANDREW MERCER—Dunedin.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Auditor of Trust Accounts appointed.

Office of the Minister of Justice,
Wellington, 21st July, 1873.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

EDWARD MARSH WILLIAMS, Esq.,
to be the Auditor of the Courts of Law Trust
Accounts for the District of the Bay of Islands, vice
W. B. White, Esq.

JOHN BATHGATE.

Justices of the Peace appointed.

Office of the Minister of Justice,
Wellington, 31st July, 1873.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to appoint

WILLIAM BERESFORD, Esq., Mayor of Alexandra;
BENJAMIN NAYLOR, Esq., Mayor of Clyde; and
JOHE STUBBS WAIT, Esq., Mayor of Oamaru,
to be Justices of the Peace under "The Otago
Municipal Corporation Empowering Act, 1865."

JOHN BATHGATE.

Certificate of Execution.

Office of the Minister of Justice,
Wellington, 4th August, 1873.

THE following Certificate and Declaration are
published in conformity with the provisions of
"The Execution of Criminals Act, 1858."

JOHN BATHGATE.

CERTIFICATE.

I, THOMAS MOORE PHILSON, Doctor of Medicine,
the Medical Officer in attendance at the execution of
Joseph Eppwright, at the Gaol of Auckland, do
hereby certify and declare, that I have this day
witnessed the execution of the said Joseph Eppwright
at the said Gaol; and I do further certify and declare
that the said Joseph Eppwright was, in pursuance of
the sentence of the Supreme Court, hanged by the
neck until his body was dead.

Given under my hand this twenty-ninth day
of July, in the year 1873, at the Gaol of
Auckland.

T. M. PHILSON, M.D.,
Provincial Surgeon.

DECLARATION.

We do hereby testify and declare that we have this
day been present when the extreme penalty of the
law was carried into execution on the body of Joseph
Eppwright, convicted at the Criminal Session of the
Supreme Court held at Auckland on the tenth day
July instant, and sentenced to death; and that the
said Joseph Eppwright was, in pursuance of the said
sentence, hanged by the neck until his body was
dead.

Dated this twenty-ninth day of July, in the year
1873, at the Gaol of Auckland.

H. C. Balneavis, Sheriff.
R. A. Eyre, Gaoler.
B. L. O'Brien, Turnkey.
S. Kempthorne, Justice of the Peace.
George Jeffrey.
J. Young.
D. Paterson.
J. H. Bratby.
Hugh McAnally.
John Seabrooke.
Thomas Flaherty.
Richd. Staunton.
J. Wallis.
P. H. Cornford.

Appointment of Volunteer Officers.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th August, 1873.

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

In the Nelson Artillery Volunteers.
William Keys Farrelle, L.R.C.P.E., to be Honorary
Assistant-Surgeon. Date of commission, 16th
July, 1873.

In the Otahuhu Rifle Volunteers.
John Gordon to be Captain. Date of commission,
5th May, 1871.
William Frost to be Lieutenant. Date of commis-
sion, 15th May, 1872.
Thomas Goodfellow to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 15th May, 1872.

In the No. 1 Company, Hauraki Rifle Volunteers.
James Quinton to be Lieutenant. Date of commis-
sion, 12th June, 1873.

In the No. 2 Company, Hauraki Rifle Volunteers.
Patrick Lynch Dignan to be Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 4th April, 1873.

In the Thames Naval Volunteers.
Henry Dalton to be Lieutenant. Date of commis-
sion, 18th June, 1873.

In the Timaru Artillery Cadets.
William Henry Foden to be Honorary Sub-Lieu-
tenant. Date of commission, 4th December, 1872.

DONALD MCLEAN.

Resignation of Volunteer Officers.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th August, 1873.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to accept the resignation of the commissions
held by the under-mentioned officers, viz. :-
Captain J. D. Grant, Thames Naval Volunteers.
Lieutenant A. Craig, Tauranga Light Horse
Volunteers.
Lieutenant W. Crick, No. 2 Company, Hauraki
Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant A. Bruce, Thames Naval Volunteers.

DONALD MCLEAN.

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th August, 1873.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the services of
The Pirongia Rifle Volunteers. Date of acceptance,
5th July, 1873.

DONALD MCLEAN.