THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 527

Provincial Acts assented to.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 9th September, 1873.

THE following Acts 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 Roads Act Amendment Act, 1873;"
"The Superintendent's Lands Alienation and
Leasing Act, 1873;"
"The Roads Diversion Act, 1873;" and
"The Scab Acts Amendment Act, 1873,"
having been laid before the Governor, His Excellency
has been pleased to assent to the same.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Inspector of Weights and Measures appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 9th September, 1873.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

WILLIAM BULFORD
to be Inspector of Weights and Measures, under
"The Weights and Measures Act, 1868," for the
District of Raglan, in the Province of Auckland.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Registration and Returning Officer appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 9th September, 1873.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

EDGAR HALL CAREW, Esq.,
to be Registration and Returning Officer for the
Election of Members of the House of Representatives,
for the Electoral District of Tuapeka.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Provincial Returning Officer appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 9th September, 1873.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

EDGAR HALL CAREW, Esq.,
to be Returning Officer for Provincial Elections for
the Electoral Districts of Milton, Matau, and Wai-
hola, in the Province of Otago.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Mayor elected.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 5th September, 1873.

IT is hereby notified, that in conformity with
Clause 3 of "The Otago Municipal Corporations
Empowering Act, 1865," the name of the under-
mentioned person has been sent in to this office by
the Town Clerk as having been re-elected Mayor of
Balclutha :-

JOHN MCNEIL, Esq.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Letters of Naturalization granted.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 10th September, 1873.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
issue Letters of Naturalization under "The

Aliens Act, 1866," in favour of the under-mentioned
persons, viz.:-

DANIEL POLLEN.

Justice of the Peace appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 9th September, 1873.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
re-appoint

JOHN MCNEIL, Esq.,
Mayor of Balclutha, to be a Justice of the Peace for
the Colony, under "The Otago Municipal Corpora-
tions Empowering Act, 1865."

JOHN BATHGATE.

Resignation of Receiver of Gold Revenue accepted.

Treasury,
Wellington, 4th September, 1873.

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

SKELTON GEORGE ROWLEY, Esq.,
of his appointment as Receiver of Gold Revenue,
Ahaura, Province of Nelson.

JULIUS VOGEL.

Receiver of Gold Revenue appointed.

Treasury,
Wellington, 4th September, 1873.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

HENRY LUCAS, Esq.,
to be Receiver of Gold Revenue at Reefton, in the
Province of Nelson, as from the 1st August, 1873.

JULIUS VOGEL.

Receiver of Gold Revenue appointed.

Treasury,
Wellington, 4th September, 1873.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

GRAHAM LORD GREENWOOD, Esq.,
to be Receiver of Gold Revenue at Ahaura, in the
Province of Nelson, as from the 1st August, 1873.

JULIUS VOGEL.

Appointment of Militia and Volunteer Officers.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 9th September, 1873.

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

In the New Zealand Militia.
Frederick Lewis Webster to be Captain. Date of
commission, 1st September, 1873.

In the Wairoa (Hawke's Bay) Rifle Volunteers.
Ralph Gardiner to be Captain. Date of commission,
9th August, 1873.

DONALD MCLEAN.