THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 149

Resignation of Offices by Hon. J. Bathgate.

Private Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 20th February, 1874.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to accept the resignation of
The Hon. JOHN BATHGATE,
holding a seat in the Executive Council and the
offices of Minister of Justice and Commissioner of
Stamps.

By command.
FRANCIS A. HARE,
Private Secretary.

District Judge appointed:

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 20th February, 1874.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JOHN BATHGATE, Esq.,
Barrister, to be District Judge for the District Court
of Dunedin.

G. MAURICE O'RORKE,
Acting Minister of Justice.

Resident Magistrate appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 20th February, 1874.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JOHN BATHGATE, Esq., J.P.,
to be a Resident Magistrate for the District of
Dunedin.

G. MAURICE O'RORKE,
Acting Minister of Justice.

Resident Magistrates appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 25th February, 1874.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
FRANK GUINNESS, Esq., J.P.,
to be Resident Magistrate for the District of Colling-
wood, and
ALEXANDER WIGHTON INGLES, Esq., J.P.,
to be Resident Magistrate for the District of
Kaikoura, under "The Resident Magistrates Act,
1867."

G. MAURICE O'RORKE,
Acting Minister of Justice.

Crown Prosecutor appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 23rd February, 1874.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
BRYAN CECIL HAGGITT, Esq.,
to be Crown Prosecutor for the District of Dunedin,
under "The District Courts Act, 1858."

G. MAURICE O'RORKE,
Acting Minister of Justice.

Revising Officer under Building Societies Act
appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 19th February, 1874.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to appoint
WILLIAM SEFTON MOORHOUSE, Esq.,

to be Revising Officer for the Province of Wellington'
under "The Building and Land Societies Act, 1866."

G. MAURICE O'RORKE,
Acting Minister of Justice.

Auditors of Courts of Law Trust Accounts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 23rd February, 1874.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the following gentlemen to be Auditors
of Courts of Law Trust Accounts for the under-
mentioned Districts respectively :-

JUSTIN AYLMER, Esq., for the District of
Akaroa, vice W. H. Pilliet, Esq.
JOHN BATHGATE, Esq., for the Districts of
Dunedin and Oamaru, vice I. N. Watt, Esq.
JOHN MCCULLOCH, Esq., for the District of
Southland, vice A. J. Elles, Esq.
JOHN MCINTOSH ROBERTS, Esq., for the Districts
of Tauranga and Maketu, vice H. T. Clarke,
Esq.; and
HENRY ALDBOROUGH STRATFORD, Esq., for the
District of the Otago Gold Fields, vice H. W.
Robinson, Esq.

G. MAURICE O'RORKE,
Acting Minister of Justice.

Resignation of a Justice of the Peace accepted.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 23rd February, 1874.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by
JOSEPH BARNES BORTON, Esq.,
of Teviot, Otago, of his appointment as a Justice of
the Peace.

G. MAURICE O'RORKE,
Acting Minister of Justice.

Justice of the Peace under "The Otago Municipal
Corporations Empowering Act, 1865," appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 21st February, 1874.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JAMES DAWKINS, Esq.,
Mayor of Cromwell, to be a Justice of the Peace
under "The Otago Municipal Corporations Em-
powering Act, 1865."

G. MAURICE O'RORKE,
Acting Minister of Justice.

"MARRIAGE ACT, 1854."
OFFICIATING MINISTERS FOR 1874.-NOTICE No. 4.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 18th February, 1874.
THE following additional name of an Officiating
Minister sent in to me for insertion in the list
of Officiating Ministers for the year 1874, is published
in pursuance of the provisions of the Marriage Act
and Marriage Amendment Acts :--

Free Church of Scotland.
The Reverend WILLIAM RICKARBY CAMPBELL.

WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

The above name is in substitution of that of J. Ricarby
Campbell published in Gazette No. 3, January 2, 1874.