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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Registration and Returning Officers appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 3rd March, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the under-mentioned gentlemen to be
Registration and Returning Officers for the Election
of Members of the House of Representatives for the
Districts set opposite their names, viz.,—
THOMAS ANSTEY MANSFORD, Esq.—Port Chalmers.
CHARLES BROAD, Esq.—Buller.
H. A. ATKINSON,
(in the absence of the Colonial Secretary).

Provincial Returning Officer appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 3rd March, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
EDWARD SHAW, Esq.,
to be Returning Officer for the Election of Members
of the Provincial Council of the Province of Nelson
for the District of Grey.
H. A. ATKINSON,
(in the absence of the Colonial Secretary).

Revising Officers appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 8th March, 1876.
IT is hereby notified that His Honor Mr. Justice
Williams has reported that he has appointed the
following gentlemen to be Revising Officers for the
Electoral Districts set opposite their names re-
spectively:—
City of Dunedin.
Waitaki.
Dunstan.
Mount Ida.
Waikouaiti.
Port Chalmers.
Roslyn.
WILLIAM MATTHEW HODGKINS, Caversham.
Esq.,
Taieri.
Bruce (or Toko-
mairiro).
Tuapeka.
Clutha.
Wakatipu.
Waikaia.
JOHN TURNBULL, Esq.,
Invercargill.
Riverton.
Mataura.
Wallace.
H. A. ATKINSON,
(in the absence of the Colonial Secretary).

Chairmen of Licensing Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 7th March, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JOSIAH HILL HUDSON, Esq., J.P.,
to be Chairman of the Licensing Court for the
District of Mahurangi, vice J. J. Symonds, Esq.,
R.M.; and
EDWARD SHAW, Esq., R.M.,
to be Chairman of the Licensing Courts for the
Districts of Lyell, Inangahua, and Town of Reefton,
vice C. Broad, Esq., R.M. These appointments date
from the 29th ultimo.
H. A. ATKINSON,
(for the Minister of Justice).

Member of Licensing Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 7th March, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JOHN REID, Esq., J.P.,
to be a Member of the Licensing Courts for the
Districts of Papakaio, Town of Oamaru; Kakanui,
Maerewhenua, Otepopo, and Hampden, vice H. J.
Miller, Esq., J.P. These appointments date from
the 29th ultimo.
H. A. ATKINSON,
(for the Minister of Justice).

Clerks of Licensing Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 7th March, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
GEORGE WARIN, Esq.,
to be Clerk of the Licensing Court for the District
of Mahurangi; and
WALTER GEORGE WALKER, Esq.,
to be Clerk of the Licensing Courts for the Districts
of Avon, Riccarton, City of Christchurch North-
west, City of Christchurch South-west, City of
Christchurch North-east, City of Christchurch South-
east, Heathcote, Springs, Lincoln, Halswell, Spreydon,
Templeton, Courtenay, South Malvern, East Malvern,
Malvern, Upper Waimakariri, Lake Coleridge, Rakaia,
and Ellesmere, vice F. de C. Malet, Esq. These ap-
pointments date from the 29th ultimo.
H. A. ATKINSON,
(for the Minister of Justice).

Instructions from Board of Trade relative to particu-
lars to be registered by Captain of a Ship concern-
ing Births and Deaths at Sea.

Customs Department,
Wellington, 6th March, 1876.
THE following Board of Trade circular, containing
instructions to officers in British possessions
abroad relative to certain provisions of "The Births
and Deaths Registration Act, 1874," is published
for general information.
H. A. ATKINSON.

Board of Trade, Marine Department,
December, 1875.

INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFICERS IN BRITISH
POSSESSIONS ABROAD.

BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRATION ACT, 1874.
Section 54 with Schedule of 37 and 38 Vict. c. 88,
(Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1874,) which
came into operation on 1st January, 1875, repeals
sections 273 and 282 of "The Merchant Shipping
Act, 1854," so far as they relate to the entry of any
birth or death. It also repeals section 16 of "The
Passengers Act, 1855," from "and the said Master
shall note in writing" down to "An Act for regis-
tering Births, Deaths, and Marriages in England,"
and section 100 of the same Act from "such Emigra-
tion or Customs Officer" to the end of the section,
which sections thus repealed provided for the inser-
tion of particulars of births and deaths in the pas-
senger lists and their transmission to the Registrar-
General of Births, Deaths, and Marriages.
Section 54 and Schedule are reprinted, and the
sections thus affected are annexed in extenso, the
portions repealed being shown by italics.
Section 37 (1) of the same Act provides for the