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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
commerce, with the proviso that there be attached | Deputy Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages,
one or more sound roots, adapted for a comparative
research.
The objects are required to be in a blossoming or
fruit-bearing condition.
Attention will be paid equally to objects of
spontaneous growth and those obtained from culture.
Thus drawn up by the organizing Committee,
Amsterdam, 14th August, 1875.
J. H. Krelage, Chairman.
F. W. Van Eeden.
C. Glijm.
H. F. R. Hubrecht.
C. A. J. A. Oudemans.
C. J. Van der Oudermeulen.
W. F. R. Suringar.
G. F. Westerman.
H. Groenewegen, Secretary.
The Committee will gratefully receive any pro-
posals or observations concerning their labours, as
marks of interest in their scheme.
H. GROENEWEGEN,
5, Oetewalerweg, Amsterdam.
Secretary.

Despatch from Secretary of State.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 25th July, 1876.
THE following Despatch from Her Majesty's
Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies is
published for general information.
DANIEL POLLEN.

[New Zealand, General.]
Downing Street, 11th May, 1876.
MY LORD,—I have received your Lordship's de-
spatch, No. 10, of the 11th March, in which you
recommend that Mr. William Hunter Reynolds, who
has retired from the Executive Council, after having
been a member for a period of over three years, may
receive the Queen's permission to retain the title of
Honorable; and I have the honor to acquaint you
that Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to
approve of Mr. Reynolds retaining the title of
Honorable within the Colony of New Zealand.
I have, &c.,
CARNARVON.
Governor the Most Honorable
the Marquis of Normanby, K.C.M.G.,
&c., &c., &c.

Registering Officer appointed under "The Miners
Rights Extension Act, 1872."

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 21st July, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
MATTHEW PRICE, Esq.,
to be Registering Officer under "The Miners Rights
Extension Act, 1872," for the Province of Westland.
DANIEL POLLEN.

Member of Central Board of Health, Westland,
appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th July, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
FITZHERBERT DERMOTT, Esq., M.D.,
to be a member of the Central Board of Health of
Westland, in the room of H. W. Maunsell, Esq., who
has left the colony.
DANIEL POLLEN.

appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th July, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
HERBERT LOGIE, Esq.,
to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Births, Deaths,
and Marriages for the District of Wangarei, as the
same is defined in Proclamation of the 8th day of May,
1873, and published in the New Zealand Gazette, No.
28, of the 9th day of May, 1873.
DANIEL POLLEN.

Revising Barrister of Friendly Societies appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 27th July, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
THOMAS SMITH DUNCAN, Esq.,
Revising Barrister, under "The Friendly Societies
Act, 1867," for the Province of Canterbury.
DANIEL POLLEN.

Revising Officer under "The Building and Land
Societies Act, 1866," appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 27th July, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
THOMAS SMITH DUNCAN, Esq.,
Revising Officer, under "The Building and Land
Societies Act, 1866," for the Province of Canterbury.
DANIEL POLLEN.

Mayors re-elected.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 25th July, 1876.
IT is hereby notified that, in conformity with clause
3 of "The Otago Municipal Corporations Act,
1865," the names of the following persons have been
sent in to this office by the Town Clerks as having
been re-elected Mayors for the places set opposite
their names, viz.,-
LOUIS WILLIAM BUSCH—Naseby.
BENJAMIN NAYLOR—Clyde.
JOHN BEIGHTON—Roxburgh.
THOMAS MCWILLIAM—Winton.
DANIEL POLLEN.

Letters of Naturalization issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th July, 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.,—

Name.
Occupation.
Residence.

Edmund Gustav Heyel- Law Clerk
... Dunedin.
mann
Paul Ah Chin
... Presbyterian
Mis- Lawrence.
sionary
James Edward Newcomb
Settler
Havelock,
Marlborough.
Manuel Joseph Silva
... Boatman
Auckland.
Nicholas Edward Her- Clerk
... Dunedin.
man Ehrenström

DANIEL POLLEN.