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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

SCHEDULE.

FIRST COLUMN.
Description of Land.

PROVINCE OF OTAGO.
Sections numbered respect-
ively six, seven, and eight, of
Block VI., of the Town of
Herbert.

Registrar of Marriages, and of Births, Deaths,
and Marriages, appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 12th September, 1873.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint HENRY DIXON
to be Registrar of Marriages, and of Births, Deaths,
and Marriages, and also Vaccination Inspector, for
the District of Blacks, as the same is defined in Pro-
clamation of 4th day of February, and published in
New Zealand Gazette, No. 8, of 6th February, 1873,
vice E. H. Carew, Esq., resigned.
DANIEL POLLEN.

Provincial Returning Officer appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 13th September, 1873.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint CHARLES HOOK, Esq.,
to be Returning Officer for Provincial Elections for
the Electoral District of Otamatea, in the Province
of Auckland, vice John Hurndall, Esq., resigned.
DANIEL POLLEN.

Mayor elected.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 12th September, 1873.
IT is hereby notified, that in conformity with
Clause 133 of "The Municipal Corporations
Act, 1867," the name of
JAMES WILSON HUMPHREY, Esq.,
has been sent in to this office by the Town Clerk as
having been elected Mayor of the Borough of West-
port.
DANIEL POLLEN.

Imperial Order in Council as to Appeals.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 11th September, 1873.
THE following Order by the Queen's Most
Excellent Majesty in Council, is published for
general information.
JOHN BATHGATE.

At the Court at Windsor Castle, the 26th day of
June, 1873.
Present:

THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS in many appeals now pending before Her
Majesty in Council no effectual steps have been taken
by the parties or their agents to set down their cases
for hearing, although more than twelve months have
elapsed since the arrival and registration of the
transcript of appeal in this country, and it is expedient

to make further provision in that behalf, Her Majesty,
by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, and
upon a recommendation of the Lords of the Judicial
Committee of the Privy Council, is pleased to order,
and it is hereby ordered, that the solicitors or agents
for the party appellant in all such appeals now pend-
ing before Her Majesty in Council are hereby
required to take effectual steps to set down their
cases for hearing within six months from the date
of this order, and in all other appeals to Her Majesty
in Council within a period not exceeding twelve
months from the date of the arrival and registration
of the transcript in this country.

And Her Majesty is further pleased to order, and
it is hereby ordered, that it shall be the duty of the
Registrar of the Privy Council to report to the Lords
of the Judicial Committee the names of the parties
and dates of the decrees in appeals in which no
effectual steps have been taken within the aforesaid
periods of time to set down the case for hearing; and
the Lords of the Judicial Committee of the Privy
Council shall be at liberty to call upon the appellant
or his agent in such cases to show cause why the said
appeal or appeals should not be dismissed for non-
prosecution, and (if they shall so think fit) to
recommend to Her Majesty the dismissal of any such
appeal, or to give such directions therein as the justice
of the case may require.

And Her Majesty is further pleased to order that
nothing in the present order shall prevent the dis-
missal of an appeal under the 5th of the rules approved
by Her Majesty on the 13th of June, 1853, in cases
to which that rule is applicable.

Whereof the Governors of Her Majesty's planta-
tions and Dominions abroad, and the Judges or
officers of Her Majesty's Courts of Justice from
which an appeal lies to Her Majesty in Council, and
all other persons whom it may concern, are to take
notice and govern themselves accordingly.
ARTHUR HELPS.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 15th September, 1873.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by
GEORGE LUMSDEN, Esq.,
of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace under
"The Otago Municipal Corporations Empowering
Act, 1865."
JOHN BATHGATE.

Suspension of Certificate rescinded.

Native Office,
Wellington, 11th September, 1873.
IT is hereby notified, that the suspension of the
certificate held by Mr. John Stevens as an Inter-
preter under the Native Lands Acts, is rescinded
from this date.
DONALD MCLEAN.

Friendly Societies registered.

IN the matter of "The Friendly Societies Act,
1867:" Notice is hereby given, that Rules of
"Court Pride of Blueskin, No. 5,353, A.O.F.,"
and of
"St. Joseph's Branch, No. 73, Hibernian Aus-
tralasian Catholic Benefit Society, Dunedin;"
and By-laws of
"Antidote Division, No. 78, of the Sons of
Temperance;"