THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 835

force has expired, and it is desirable and expedient
to renew the same:
Now therefore, His Excellency the Administrator
of the Government, with the advice and consent of
the Executive Council, and in exercise and pursuance
of the power and authority aforesaid, doth hereby
direct that the said Order in Council shall be and
the same is hereby renewed.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Member of Executive Council appointed.

Executive Council Chamber,
Wellington, 16th December, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has this day been pleased to appoint
The Honorable CHARLES CHRISTOPHER BOWEN
to be a Member of the Executive Council of New
Zealand; and His Excellency directs it to be notified
that that gentleman has taken the necessary oaths.
By His Excellency's command.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Minister of Justice and Commissioner of Stamp
Duties appointed.

Private Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 16th December, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to make the following
appointment, viz.,-
The Honorable CHARLES CHRISTOPHER BOWEN
to be Minister of Justice and Commissioner of Stamp
Duties.
By His Excellency's command.

IRWIN C. MALING,
Lieut. 35th Regiment,
Private Secretary.

Private Secretary appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 14th December, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to appoint
IRWIN CHARLES MALING, Esq., Lieutenant, 35th
Regiment,
to be His Excellency's Private Secretary.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Aide-de-Camp and Extra Aide-de-Camp appointed.

Private Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 14th December, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to appoint
Lieutenant Lord HERVEY LEPEL PHIPPS,
New Zealand Militia, to be His Excellency's Aide-
de-Camp, and
Lieutenant RICHARD FREDERICK LE PATOUREL,
New Zealand Militia, to be His Excellency's Extra
Aide-de-Camp.

IRWIN C. MALING,
Private Secretary.

Appointment in New Zealand Militia.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 14th December, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to appoint
Lord Hervey Lepel Phipps to be a Lieutenant in
the New Zealand Militia. Date of commission
3rd December, 1874.

DANIEL POLLEN,
(in the absence of Sir Donald McLean).

Assistant Geologist appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 16th December, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment, in Council, has been pleased to appoint

SAMUEL HERBERT COX, Esq.,
Assistant Geologist for the Colony of New Zealand.
This appointment to date from the 20th August,
1874.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Resident Magistrates appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 15th December, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to appoint

GEORGE LILLY MELLISH, Esq., J.P.,
to be a Resident Magistrate for the District of
Christchurch, vice Charles Christopher Bowen, Esq.,
resigned, and

CALEB WHITEFOORD, Esq., J.P.,
to be a Resident Magistrate for the District of Kaia-
poi, and as such Resident Magistrates to exercise the
extended jurisdiction to one hundred pounds.
These appointments take effect from the 8th De-
cember instant.

H. A. ATKINSON,
Acting Minister of Justice.

Interpreter appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 12th December, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to appoint

HERBERT WILLIAM BRABANT, Esq.,
of Opotiki, to be an Interpreter under the 12th
section of "The Native Land Act, 1873."
Date of appointment, 26th November, 1874.

DANIEL POLLEN,
(in the absence of the Native Minister).

Interpreter appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 12th December, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to appoint

JOHN S. LARGE, Esq.,
of Te Wairoa, to be an Interpreter under the 12th
section of "The Native Land Act, 1873."

DANIEL POLLEN,
(in the absence of the Native Minister).