THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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on the subject, it will be always as well to use lymph
which is beyond suspicion in this respect. The fact
that leprosy is transmitted from parent to child is
indisputable; and as leprosy by descent is often
through a natural error mistaken for leprosy by con-
tagion (the members of one family being naturally
in contact), it is important that this fact should be
borne in mind. It is a fact which points also to the
expediency of placing asylums for females at a
distance from asylums for males when circumstances
permit, and when the numbers are such as to justify
separate establishments.

I have, &c.,
KIMBERLEY.

The Officer Administering
the Government of New Zealand.

Nelson Provincial Council elected.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 13th December, 1873.

IT is hereby notified, that Writs issued for the
Election of Members of the Provincial Council
of the Province of Nelson have been returned with
certificates to the effect that—

For the District of Cobden :
William Harvey Boase, of Cobden, Registered
Elector;

For the District of Westport :
Thomas Blackall Shapter and James Bickerton
Fisher;

For the District of Charleston :
George Donne;

For the District of Amuri :
John Sharp, of Nelson, Freeholder;

For the District of Inangahua :
Joseph Ivess, of Reefton, Journalist;

For the District of the City of Nelson :
William Rout, Albert Pitt, Alfred Greenfield,
and William Acton Blakeway Adams, of
Nelson, Freeholders;

For the District of Suburban North :
William Wasting, of Suburban North, Free-
holder;

For the District of Waimea South :
Edward Baigent and Joseph Shepherd, of
Waimea South, Freeholders;

For the District of Waimea East :
John Wallis Barnicoat and John Fedor Au-
gustus Kelling, of Waimea East, Free-
holders;

For the District of Waimea West :
John Kerr, of Waimea West, Freeholder;

For the District of Golden Bay :
William Gibbs, of Totaranui, Freeholder;

For the District of Grey :
John Corbett, of No Town, and Frank
Guiness, of Ahaura, Registered Electors;

For the District of Motueka :
Charles Parker and Henry Alexander Tarrant;

For the District of Buller :
Charles Richard Alder Lendrick Maclean,
Barrister;

have been duly elected.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Letters of Naturalization granted.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 11th December, 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.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 11th December, 1873.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

ROBERT JOSEPH LANAUZE, Esq.,

to be Registrar of Marriages, and of Births, Deaths,
and Marriages, and also Vaccination Inspector, for
the District of Okarita, as the same is defined in
Proclamation of the 8th day of May, 1873, and
published in the New Zealand Gazette, No. 28, of
9th May, 1873.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 11th December, 1873.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to appoint

GEORGE REID, Esq.,

to be Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages, and of
Births, Deaths, and Marriages, for the District of
Manuherikia, as the same is defined in Proclamation
of the 8th day of May, 1873, and published in the
New Zealand Gazette, No. 28, of 9th May, 1873.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Delegation of Governor's Powers to Superintendents
of Auckland and Taranaki.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 13th December, 1873.

IT is hereby notified, that the Governor has
delegated to their Honors the Superintendents
of the Provinces of Auckland and Taranaki, within
those Provinces respectively, His Excellency's powers
under "The Prisoners Removal Act, 1865."

DANIEL POLLEN.

Delegation of Governor's Powers to Superintendents
of Auckland and Taranaki.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 13th December, 1873.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
delegate under "The Waste Lands Act, 1858,"
to the Superintendents of the Provinces of Auckland
and Taranaki, within those Provinces respectively,
the powers vested in the Governor by section 14 of
the said Act, subject to be rescinded as in the said
Act provided.

DANIEL POLLEN.