THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 5

Act, 1867," it is enacted that it shall be the duty of
the Town Clerk of every borough, as soon as con-
veniently may be after every election of a Mayor for
such borough, to give notice to the Colonial Secretary
for the time being of such election, and of the person
elected; and it shall be lawful for the Governor, if
he shall think fit, and if such person shall not then be
a Justice of the Peace, by Warrant under his hand,
published in the New Zealand Gazette, to appoint
such person to be a Justice of the Peace for the
colony; and it is also thereby enacted that in every
such appointment it shall be expressed that it is
made under the one hundred and thirty-third section
of the said Act; ; and it is further declared that such
appointment shall continue in force only during the
Mayoralty of such person, and the person so ap-
pointed shall not, by virtue of such appointment, be
authorized to sit or act as a Justice of the Peace
elsewhere than within the borough:

Now therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the
said power and authority in me vested in that behalf,
do hereby appoint

JOHN MUNRO, Esq.,

the person elected to be the Mayor of the Borough of
Westport, to be a Justice of the Peace under the one
hundred and thirty-third section of "The Municipal
Corporations Act, 1867."

Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Most Honorable George Augustus Con-
stantine, Marquis of Normanby, Earl
of Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby, and
Baron Mulgrave of Mulgrave, all in the
County of York, in the Peerage of the
United Kingdom; and Baron Mulgrave
of New Ross, in the County of Wexford,
in the Peerage of Ireland; a Member of
Her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy
Council; Knight Commander of the Most
Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and
Saint George; Governor and Commander-
in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony
of New Zealand and its Dependencies,
and Vice-Admiral of the same; at the
Government House at Wellington, this
fifth day of January, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-six.

CHARLES C. BOWEN,

Occupation &c. of New Guinea by British Subjects
will not be sanctioned by Her Majesty's Government.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 30th December, 1875.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs that notifi-
cation may be given hereby to all persons
interested, that, pending the consideration of certain
proposals made in Australia for the occupation of
New Guinea, Her Majesty's Imperial Government
will not sanction any occupation of that country or
recognize the right of British subjects to attempt to
land there with forces.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Registrar of Marriages &c. appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 30th December, 1875.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

GEORGE HENRY, Esq.,

to be Registrar of Marriages, and of Births, Deaths,

and Marriages, and also Vaccination Inspector, for
the District of Charleston, as the same is defined in
Proclamation of the 8th of May, 1873, and published
in the New Zealand Gazette, No. 28, of the 9th of
May, 1873.

CHARLES C. BOWEN,
(in the absence of the Colonial Secretary).

Deputy Registrars of Marriages &c. appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 30th December, 1875.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

EDWARD R. GOOD, Esq., and
JOHN ROBY, Esq.,

to be the Deputies of Registrars of Marriages, and of
Births, Deaths, and Marriages, for the Districts of
Rangiora and Waimea South respectively, as the
same are defined in Proclamation of the 8th of May,
1873, and published in the New Zealand Gazette,
No. 28, of the 9th of May, 1873.

CHARLES C. BOWEN,
(in the absence of the Colonial Secretary).

Notice of Election of Mayor.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 5th January, 1876.

IT is hereby notified that, in conformity with clause
133 of "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1867,"
the name of the under-mentioned person has been
sent in to this office by the Town Clerk as the name
of the person who has been elected Mayor of the
borough set opposite his name :--

WILLIAM HUTCHISON—Wellington.

CHARLES C. BOWEN,
(in the absence of the Colonial Secretary).

Letters of Naturalization issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 6th January, 1876.

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.,一

CHARLES C. BOWEN,
(in the absence of the Colonial Secretary).

Sheriff appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 3rd January, 1876.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

CHARLES BROAD, Esq.,

to be Sheriff for the District of Westland North, vice
J. Giles, Esq., resigned.
This appointment dates from the 1st instant.

CHARLES C. BOWEN.