THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 873
Member of Executive Council resigned.

Executive Council Chamber,
Wellington, 7th December, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by
The Hon. Sir DONALD MCLEAN, K.C.M.G.,
of his seat in the Executive Council.
By command.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Registration and Returning Officer appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 13th December, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
RICHMOND BEETHAM, Esq.,
to be the Registration and Returning Officer for the
election of Members of the House of Representatives
for the Districts of Napier and Clive.
DANIEL POLLEN.

Registration Officer appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 13th December, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
GEORGE LESLIE LEE, Esq.,
to be the Registration Officer for the election of
Members of the House of Representatives for the
Districts of City of Christchurch, Heathcote, and
Avon.
DANIEL POLLEN.

Deputy Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages
appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 8th December, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JOHN WINSTANLEY WILKIN, Esq.,
to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Births, Deaths,
and Marriages for the District of Invercargill, as the
same is defined in Proclamation of the 2nd day of
May, 1876, and published in the New Zealand Gazette,
No. 27, of the 11th day of May, 1876.
DANIEL POLLEN.

Deputy Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages
appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 13th December, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
WILLIAM DONALDSON, Esq.,
to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Births, Deaths,
and Marriages for the District of Mangapai, 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.

Returning Officer for Wangapeka Riding appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 11th December, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JOHN PERCY, Esq.,
Returning Officer for the Riding of Wangapeka, in
the County of Waimea, vice George Gillow, Esq.,
resigned.
DANIEL POLLEN.

Returning Officer for Orepuki Riding appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 14th December, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
WALTER JOHN SERCOMBE, Esq.,
Returning Officer for the Riding of Orepuki, in the
County of Wallace, vice Henry Hirst, Esq., resigned.
DANIEL POLLEN.

Registrars of Births, Deaths, and Marriages
appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 8th December, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to appoint the under-mentioned gentlemen to
be the Registrars of Births, Deaths, and Marriages,
and also Vaccination Inspectors, for the Districts set
opposite their names, as the same are defined in
Proclamation of the 27th day of November, 1876, and
published in the New Zealand Gazette, No. 64, of the
30th day of November, 1876.
DANIEL POLLEN.

Name. District.
JAMES PHILLIPS SIMPSON, Esq. Waimea.
PAUL ADOLPHUS FREDERICK BIRCH, Esq. Kumara.

Public Vaccinator appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 13th December, 1876.
IT is hereby notified, that, under the provisions of
"The Public Health Act, 1876," His Excellency
the Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-
mentioned gentleman to be a Public Vaccinator, to
perform gratuitous vaccination in accordance with
the provisions of the said Act, and any regulations
made or to be made thereunder, for the district
mentioned in the Schedule hereto, and set opposite
his name.
DANIEL POLLEN.

SCHEDULE.
A. ALESSANDRI—Waimea.

Resident Magistrate appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 11th December, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
ROBERT WARD, Esq., R.M.,
to be a Resident Magistrate for the District of Wanga-
nui, and to exercise the extended jurisdiction to
£100. This appointment dates from the 1st instant.
DANIEL POLLEN,
(for the Minister of Justice).