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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

for the District of Westland, vice J. M. Batham, Esq.,
transferred.
These appointments to date from the 1st April
next.

CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Examiner of Titles appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 17th March, 1875.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

JAMES MEACHAM BATHAM, Esq.,
to be Examiner of Titles for the District of Auckland,
vice T. Kissling, Esq., promoted.
This appointment to date from the 1st April next.

CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Registrar of Supreme Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 17th March, 1875.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

FREDERICK GEORGE MORGAN, Esq.,
to be Registrar at Hokitika of the Supreme Court,
vice J. M. Batham, Esq., transferred.
This appointment to date from the 1st April next.

CHARLES. C. BOWEN.

Coroner resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 19th March, 1875.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by

WILLIAM B. C. CHRISTY, Esq., J.P.,
of Leeston, of his appointment as a Coroner within
the Colony.

CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Visiting Justice resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 19th March, 1875.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by

WILLIAM JEFFERY, Esq., J.P.,
of his appointment as a Visiting Justice of the Prison
at Picton.

CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Coroner appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 24th March, 1875.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

CHARLES JAMES BRIDGE, Esq., J.P.,
of Southbridge, Canterbury, to be a Coroner within
the Colony.

CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 24th March, 1875.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by

WILLIAM HENRY HUNTER, Esq.,
of Porangahau, Hawke's Bay, of his appointment as
a Justice of the Peace for the Colony.

CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Justices of the Peace appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 23rd March, 1875.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

ARTHUR D'OYLEY BAYFIELD, Esq., of Reefton,
Nelson;
WILLIAM CUMINE, Esq., of Horse Shoe Bush,
Otago;
JOHN RICHARD GORTON, Esq., of Oxford, Canter-
bury;
PATRICK KENNEY MCCAUGHAN, Esq., of Want-
wood Station, Mataura, Otago;
PHILIP OAKDEN, Esq., of Tapui Downs, Otago;
FREDERICK WAYNE, Esq., of Akatore, Otago;
CHARLES JAMES WILSON, Esq., of Shag Point,
Otago; and
ALFRED COOKE YARBOROUGH, Esq., of Hokianga,
Auckland,
to be Justices of the Peace for the Colony.

CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Appointment of Volunteer Officer.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 24th March, 1875.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to make the under-mentioned appointment

in

The Invercargill Grammar School Cadets.
James Ewart Hannah to be Captain. Date of com-
mission, 9th March, 1875.

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

Resignation of Volunteer Officers.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 24th March, 1875.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commissions held
by the under-mentioned officers, viz.,-

Lieut. J. B. McIntyre, Auckland Artillery Vol-
unteers.
Sub-Lieut. J. Hoskin, No. 2 Company, Hauraki
Rifle Volunteers.

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

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 24th March, 1875.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the services of

The Invercargill Grammar School Cadets.
Date of acceptance, 16th October, 1874.

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

Interpreter appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 17th March, 1875.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

ROBERT RODGER STRANG SHAND, Esq.,
to be an Interpreter under the 12th section of "The
Native Land Act, 1873."

H. A. ATKINSON,
(in the absence of the Native Minister).