THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 11

Delegation of Governor's Powers to Superintendent
of Nelson.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 4th January, 1874.

IT is hereby notified, that the Governor has
delegated to His Honor the Superintendent of
the Province of Nelson, within the Province, His
Excellency's powers under "The Prisoners Removal
Act, 1865."

WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS,
(in absence of the Colonial Secretary).

Letters of Naturalization granted.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 4th January, 1874.

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.:-

WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS,
(in absence of the Colonial Secretary).

For the District of Takapuna :
George McCullagh Reed, of North Shore,
Freeholder;

For the District of Opotiki :
William Kelly, of Opotiki, Freeholder;

For the District of Waitemata :
Allan Kerr Taylor, of Mount Eden, Free-
holder;

For the District of Eden :
Andrew Beveridge, of Auckland; and Wil-
liam Thorne Buckland, of Kohuroa, Free-
holders ;

For the District of Coromandel :
Jerome Cadman, of Coromandel, Leaseholder;

For the District of Turanganui :
James Woodbine Johnson, of Maraetaha;

For the District of Ramarama :
Joseph Crispe ;

For the District of Tamaki :
Robert Nairn Ryburn, of Greenbank, Free-
holder ;

For the District of Waipa :
Henry Byron, of Waipa, and Hungerford
Roche, of Te Awamutu, Freeholders;

For the District of Waikato :
William Australia Graham, of Auckland;

For the District of Raglan :
Thomas Wilson, of Raglan;

For the District of Town of Onehunga :
John Lundon, of Onehunga, and George
Maurice O'Rorke, of Onehunga, Free-
holders:

For the District of Papakura :
William Hay, of Woodstock, Papakura, Free-
holder;

For the District of Waiuku :
Ebenezer Hamlin;

For the District of Kaipara :
Henry Lloyd, of the Wade, Freeholder;

For the District of Thames :
John Brown, William Turnbull Swan, William
Carpenter, and Lemuel John Bagnall;

For the District of Pakuranga :
Ponsonby John Raleigh Peacocke, of Howick,
Freeholder;

For the District of City of Auckland East :
Joseph McMullen Dargaville, Philip Aaron
Philips, and William John Hurst;

For the District of City of Auckland West :
William Swanson, James Thomas Boylan,
Patrick Dignan, David Goldie, and
Frederick Lambert Prime;

For the District of Parnell :
Benjamin Tonks and Reader Gilson Wood;

For the District of Newton :
Thomas Macready and Thomas Cheeseman;

For the District of Albertland :
John Shepherd ;

For the District of Wairoa and Mangapai :
William Ormiston, Freeholder, of Mangapai;

Mayors elected.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 3rd January, 1874.

IT is hereby notified, that, in conformity with
Clause 133 of "The Municipal Corporations
Act, 1867," the names of the under-mentioned
persons have been sent in to this office by the several
Town Clerks as the names of those who have been
elected Mayors for the Boroughs set opposite their
names, viz.:-

WILLIAM TODD, Esq.,—Hokitika;
WILLIAM SIMPSON SMITH, Esq.,—Greymouth.

WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS,
(in absence of the Colonial Secretary).

Auckland Provincial Council elected.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 8th January, 1874.

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

For the District of the Bay of Islands :
Hugh Carleton, of Horotutu, Freeholder;

For the District of Hokianga :
John Sheehan, of Auckland, Freeholder;

For the District of Mangonui :
William Thomas Ball, of Mount Eden Road,
Auckland, Freeholder;

For the District of Tauranga :
George Beetham Morris;