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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Gaoler, &c., appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 18th December, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
Constable HENRY GORDON
to be Gaoler, and
JANE GORDON
to be Matron, of the Prison at Clyde.
JOHN SHEEHAN.

Gaoler, &c., appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 18th December, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JAMES PIERPOINT
to be Gaoler, and
ANNIE PIERPOINT
to be Matron, of the Prison at Lawrence.
JOHN SHEEHAN.

Overseer of Gaol appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 18th December, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
ALEXANDER HATTIE
to be Overseer of the Prison at Wellington.
JOHN SHEEHAN.

Warder appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 18th December, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
FRANCIS GRIMLEY HARTNETT,
to be Warder of the Prison at Wanganui.
JOHN SHEEHAN.

Justices of the Peace appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 18th December, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the under-mentioned gentlemen to be
Justices of the Peace, under "The Municipal Corpo-
rations Act, 1876," viz.,-
Henry Brett, Esq., Mayor of Auckland.
James Walter Waller, Esq., Mayor of Onehunga.
Henry Thomson, Esq., Mayor of Christchurch.
Henry Green Watkins, Esq., Mayor of Akaroa.
Frederick Allen Learmouth, Esq., Mayor of Hoki-
tika.
Richard Nancarrow, Esq., Mayor of Greymouth.
Gabriel Hodges, Esq., Mayor of South Dunedin.
Joseph Reid Dodson, Esq., Mayor of Nelson.
Thomas Williams, Esq., Mayor of Picton.
Alexander Innes, Esq., Mayor of Arrowtown.
Thomas Corbet De Lacy, Esq., Mayor of West
Harbour.
Isaac Green, Esq., Mayor of North East Valley.
JOHN SHEEHAN.

Justices of the Peace re-appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 18th December, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
re-appoint the under-mentioned gentlemen to
be Justices of the Peace, under "The Municipal
Corporations Act, 1876," viz.,-
William Fitzgerald Crawford, Esq., Mayor of
Gisborne.
Arthur Standish, Esq., Mayor of New Plymouth.
George Mathew Snelson, Esq., Mayor of Pal-
merston North.
John Wesley Ellen, Esq., Mayor of Kaiapoi.
Robert Rutherford, Esq., Mayor of Caversham.
Robert Church, Esq., Mayor of Maori Hill.
James Kilgour, Esq., Mayor of Roslyn.
Stephen Noble Brown, Esq., Mayor of Cromwell.
George Booth, Esq., Mayor of Sydenham.
JOHN SHEEHAN.

Member of Licensing Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 19th December, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
EDWARD MURPHY, Esq., J.P.,
to be a Member of the Licensing Court for the
District of Poverty Bay.
JOHN SHEEHAN.

Supposed Incendiarism.—Offer of Reward and Free
Pardon to Accomplice.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 19th December, 1877.
NOTICE. Whereas, on the 27th day of November,
ultimo, the Store of Roulston McIlroy, situate
at Kumara, was set on fire:
This is to notify that His Excellency the Governor
will grant a free pardon to any person implicated in
the said act, not being the principal offender, who
shall give such information as will lead to the appre-
hension and conviction of any one or more of the
other offenders.
JOHN SHEEHAN.

Resignation of Volunteer Officers.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 19th December, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commissions
held by the under-mentioned officers, viz.,-
Lieut.-Colonel Sir J. L. C. Richardson, Otago
Militia and Volunteers.
Lieutenant E. Scott, Wellington (City) Rifles.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Commission revoked.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 19th December, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
revoke the commission held by
Major WILLIAM GORDON,
as Inspector of Volunteers, in accordance with clause
10 of "The Volunteer Act, 1865."
G. S. WHITMORE.