THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 643

Registration and Returning Officer appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 11th September, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
THOMAS JACKSON, Esq.,
to be Registration and Returning Officer for the
election of Members of the House of Representatives
for the District of Franklin, vice Robert Clapham
Barstow, Esq., resigned.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Justices of the Peace appointed under "Otago Muni-
cipal Corporations Empowering Act, 1865."

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 13th September, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JEREMIAH JOSEPH EAGERTY, Esq., Mayor of
Green Island; and
ROBERT CHURCH, Esq., Mayor of Maori Hill;
to be Justices of the Peace under "The Otago Muni-
cipal Corporations Empowering Act, 1865."

CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Clerk of Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 9th September, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JOHN DONOVAN
to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate's Court at
Kawakawa.

CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Member of Licensing Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 13th September, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
FRANCIS ALEXANDER MONCKTON, Esq.,
to be a Member of the Licensing Courts for the
Districts of Waiau, Mount Pleasant, Jacob's River,
Town of Riverton, South Riverton Town, Waimatuku,
Heddon Bush, Orepuki, and Longwood, vice the
Hon. W. H. Nurse, M.L.C.

CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Appointment of Volunteer Officers.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th September, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to make the under-mentioned appointments,
viz.,-

In the No. 3 Company, Hauraki Rifle Volunteers.
Octavius Adolphus Field to be Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 18th July, 1876.

In the Blenheim Rifle Volunteers.
John Tucker Robinson to be Captain. Date of
commission, 17th August, 1876.
Francis John Carey to be Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 17th August, 1876.
Alfred Rogers to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 17th August, 1876.

In the Bruce Rifle Volunteers.
Donald Reid to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 7th June, 1875.

In the Picton Rifle Volunteer Cadets.
Percy Galbraith to be Captain. Date of commission,
7th July, 1876.

DONALD MCLEAN.

Resignation of Volunteer Officers.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th September, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commissions held
by the under-mentioned officers, viz.,-
Captain W. Falconer, Otepopo Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant F. Cock, No. 3 Company, Hauraki Rifle
Volunteers.
Sub-Lieutenant D. H. Bayldon, No. 3 Company,
Hauraki Rifle Volunteers.

DONALD MCLEAN.

Volunteer Corps disbanded.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th September, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
disband
The Stoke (Nelson) Rifle Volunteer Cadets.

DONALD MCLEAN.

J. D. Baird, Esq., appointed to mark out and survey
Roads through Native Lands, Wellington.

Native Office,
Wellington, 5th September, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
J. D. BAIRD, Esq.,
to mark out and survey roads passing through lands
granted under the provisions of "The Native Land
Act, 1873," on the West Coast of the Province of
Wellington.

DONALD MCLEAN.

Trust Commissioner appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 6th September, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to appoint
HENRY BOWMAN SEALY, Esq.,
of Napier, to be a Trust Commissioner under "The
Native Lands Frauds Prevention Act, 1870," for the
Hawke's Bay District, as proclaimed in the New
Zealand Gazette, No. 1, of the 5th January, 1872.

DONALD MCLEAN.

T
NOTICE TO MARINERS.

No. 26 of 1876.
Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 9th September, 1876.
THE following Notice to Mariners, received from
the Portmaster, Brisbane, is published for
general information.

GEO. MCLEAN.

NEW HARBOUR, TRINITY BAY.
THE following information, relative to the new Har-
bour in Trinity Bay, has been received from the
Harbour Master at Port Hinchinbrook.
The entrance to the river is shown on the Ad-
miralty Chart, and lies south-west from False Cape.
In the channel over the bar there is 9 feet at low
water, with a rise of 12 feet at springs.