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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Licensing Commissioners appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 20th April, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
nominate the under-mentioned gentlemen to be
Licensing Commissioners under "The Licensing
Act, 1873," for the districts set opposite their names
respectively :-

Thomas Withers, for Taupo, vice W. E. Gudgeon.
John Alexander Smith, J.P., for the Town of
Napier, vice B. A. Ferard, J.P.
Thomas Tanner, J.P., for the Town of Napier, vice
R. H. McGregor, J.P.
John Parsons, J.P., for Petane, vice B. A. Ferard,
J.P.
Thomas Tanner, J.P., for Petane, vice R. H.
McGregor, J.P.
Edmund Tuke, J.P., for Petane, vice R. Stuart, J.P.
Frederick Nelson, J.P., for Ngaruroro, vice R. H.
McGregor, J.P.
Thomas Tanner, J.P., for Ngaruroro, vice B. A.
Ferard, J.P.
Edmund Tuke, J.P., for Ngaruroro, vice R. Stuart,
J.P.
John Milburn Stokes, J.P., for Waipawa, vice
C. J. Nairn, J.P.
John Mackersey, J.P., for Porangahau, vice C. J.
Nairn, J.P.
Julius Decimus Tripe, J.P., for Kai Iwi, vice T.
Waters, J.P.
Julius Decimus Tripe, J.P., for Town of Wanganui,
vice T. Waters, J.P.
Alexander McNab, J.P., for Mataura, vice J. A. R.
Menzies, J.P.
Alexander McNab, J.P., for South Mataura, vice
J. A. R. Menzies, J.P.
Alexander McNab, J.P., for Lothian, vice J. A. R.
Menzies, J.P.
Alexander McNab, J.P., for Waimumu, vice J. A. R.
Menzies, J.P.

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

Examiner of Titles appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 21st April, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

CHARLES MASTERMAN HENNING, Esq.,
to be an Examiner of Titles for the District of
Hawke's Bay under "The Land Transfer Act, 1870."

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

Justices of the Peace appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 21st April, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

THOMAS CALCUTT, Esq., of Goodwood, Otago;
HENRY MATTHEWS NATION, Esq., of Auckland;
WILLIAM OLDHAM, Esq., of Nelson;
CHARLES HENRY STREET, Esq., of Dunedin;
CHARLES DE VERE TESCHMAKER, Esq., of Kaka-
nui, Otago;
HENRY WESTON, Esq., of New Plymouth; and
FORTUNATUS EVELYN WRIGHT, Esq., of Christ-
church,
to be Justices of the Peace for the Colony.

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

Interpreters appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 20th March, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the under-mentioned persons to be
Interpreters under "The Native Land Act, 1873:"-

E. S. MAUNSELL, Esq.
EDWARD HAMMOND, Esq.
WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS,
(in the absence of Mr. McLean).

Inspector of Post Offices appointed.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 21st April, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

THOMAS ROSE, Esq.,
to be Inspector of Post Offices for the Colony of New
Zealand.
This appointment to have effect from the 29th
November, 1873.

JULIUS VOGEL.

Money Order and Savings Bank Offices opened.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1874..

IT is hereby notified for general information, that
a Money Order and Savings Bank Office has
been opened at

ALBANY STREET (Branch Office), DUNEDIN;
and that a Money Order and Savings Bank Office
will be opened at

TE AWAMUTU, AUCKLAND,
from the 1st May next.

By order.

W. GRAY,
(for the Secretary).

Commissions of Volunteer Officers lapsed.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st April, 1874.

REFERRING to the notice in Gazette No. 20, of the
9th April, that the "Napier Rifle Volunteers"
had been disbanded, it is notified that the under-
mentioned gentlemen have ceased to hold the rank of
officers in that corps; their commissions having,
under the provisions of "The Volunteer Act, 1865,"
lapsed:-

J. CLOSE, Esq., late Lieutenant.
J. M. WOOD, Esq., late Sub-Lieutenant.
WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS,
(in the absence of Mr. McLean).

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

No. 8 of 1874.

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 18th April, 1874.

THE following information relative to the position
of Ramos Island has been received from the
Marine Board at Sydney and is hereby published for
general information.

WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS,
Commissioner of Customs.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

Office of the Marine Board of New South Wales,
Sydney, 18th March 1874.
Ramos Island, Indispensable Straits.

THE following remarks by Navigating Lieut. John
Browne, which have been furnished by Com-