THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 661

Deputy Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages
appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 14th September, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
GEORGE ARNOLD BARKER, Esq.,
to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Births, Deaths,
and Marriages for the District of Arrow, 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.

Public Vaccinators appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 19th September, 1876.
IT is hereby notified that, under the provisions of
"The Public Health Act, 1872," His Excellency
the Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-
mentioned gentlemen to be Public Vaccinators, to
perform gratuitous vaccination in accordance with
the provisions of the said Act, and any Regulations
made or to be made thereunder, for the districts
mentioned in the Schedule hereto and set opposite
their names.

DANIEL POLLEN.

SCHEDULE.

PROVINCE OF WELLINGTON.
Name. District.
DANIEL JOHNSTON ... { Feilding and
Palmerston North.

PROVINCE OF OTAGO.
HORACE GOOCH BUTTON ... Clyde.

Letters of Naturalization issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 20th September, 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.
Anders Andersen Aaskov Labourer ... Dunedin.
Hans Pedersen Stocke... Settler ... Norsewood,
Hawke's Bay.
August Anderson Ditto ... Ditto.
Peter August Johanson Ditto ... Ditto.
Johannes Bengtson Ditto ... Ditto.
Franz Bartoff Ditto ... Ditto.
Sebastian Hulena Ditto ... Ditto.
Friedrich August Fischer Ditto ... Ditto.
Martin Gurzinsky Ditto ... Ditto.
Carl Leopold Ditto ... Ditto.
Hermann Brüske Ditto ... Ditto.
Gottfried Feierabend Ditto ... Ditto.
Friedrich Adrian Ditto ... Ditto.
Jacob Scheffler... Ditto ... Ditto.
Christoffer Christoffersen Ditto ... Ditto.
Lars Larsen Ditto ... Ditto.
Ole Gundersen... Ditto ... Ditto.
Ole Christoffersen Ditto ... Ditto.
Hans Andersen Ditto ... Ditto.
Hans Jacobsen Ditto ... Ditto.
Olaus Olsen Nordbye Ditto ... Ditto.
Engebret Engebretsen... Ditto ... Ditto.
Ole Olsen Ditto ... Ditto.
Ole Larsen Labourer ... Ditto.
Edward Andersen Laur- Settler ... Seventy-Mile
vig Bush, Hawke's
Bay.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Member of Licensing Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 16th September, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
WILLIAM COUPER, sen., Esq.,
to be a member of the Licensing Court for the
District of Ngaruroro, vice E. Towgood, Esq., re-
signed.

CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Clerk of Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 19th September, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
CALEB EZEKIEL SHERRATT, Esq.,
to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate's Court at
Geraldine, and to be Clerk of the Licensing Courts
for the Districts of Geraldine and Mount Peel, vice
R. M. Buchanan, Esq.

CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Appointment of Volunteer Officers.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 20th September, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to make the under-mentioned promotions and
appointments, viz.,-

In the Canterbury Engineer Volunteers.
Lieutenant James Godfrey Warner to be Captain.
Date of commission, 6th July, 1876.
Sub-Lieutenant John Anderson, jun., to be Lieu-
tenant. Date of commission, 6th July, 1876.

In the No. 2 Company, Hauraki Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Frederick Williams Paul to be Captain.
Date of commission, 25th August, 1876.
James Stormont Small to be Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 25th August, 1876.

In the Kaiwarawara Rifle Volunteers.
Sub-Lieutenant Charles Thompson to be Captain.
Date of commission, 18th May, 1875.
Robert Yeatts to be Lieutenant. Date of commis-
sion, 18th May, 1875.
Jonah Harris to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 18th May, 1875.

In the Canterbury High School Cadets.
Walter Johnson to be Captain. Date of commission,
30th August, 1876.

DONALD MCLEAN.

Resignation of Volunteer Officer.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 20th September, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to accept the resignation of the commission
held by
Captain W. H. Hazard, No. 2 Company, Hauraki
Rifle Volunteers.

DONALD MCLEAN.

Interpreter appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 14th September, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
The Rev. JAMES WEST STACK,
of Christchurch, to be an Interpreter under the 12th
section of "The Native Lands Act, 1873."

DONALD MCLEAN.