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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Registration and Returning Officer appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 16th February, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
EDWARD HARDCASTLE, Esq.,
to be Registration and Returning Officer for the
election of Members of the House of Representatives
for the District of Wanganui. This appointment
dates from the 15th instant.
CHARLES C. BOWEN,
(in the absence of the Colonial Secretary).

Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 16th February, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
FERDINAND FALCK, Esq.,
to be the Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages,
and also Vaccination Inspector, for the District of
Wakatipu, 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.
CHARLES C. BOWEN,
(in the absence of the Colonial Secretary).

Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 19th February, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
ALEXANDER PROCTOR, Esq.,
to be the Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages,
and also Vaccination Inspector, for the District of
Waimate, 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.
CHARLES C. BOWEN,
(in the absence of the Colonial Secretary).

Deputy Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages
appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 19th February, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
ALEXANDER Ross, Esq.,
to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Births, Deaths,
and Marriages for the District of Manuherikia, 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.
CHARLES C. BOWEN,
(in the absence of the Colonial Secretary).

Rangers under "The Protection of Animals Act,
1876," appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 17th February, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the following persons to be Rangers
under "The Protection of Animals Act, 1876,"
viz.,-
Inspector Robert Bullen.
" William Stone Pardy.
Sergeant Jeremiah O'Connor.
" Michael Egan.

Sergeant Andrew Clark.
" Bernard Greene.
James Jackson.
" John Donovan.
Detective George Jeffery.
" Martin Grace.
" Samuel Brennan.
Constable Thomas Bullen.
" Richard Stapleton.
" Thomas Graham.
" William Walker.
" Michael Naughton.
" Joshua Hutchison.
" John Gannon.
" Patrick John McGovern.
" Charles Limmer.
" Jonas Abrams.
" Patrick Bourke.
CHARLES C. BOWEN,
(in the absence of the Colonial Secretary).

Revising Barrister appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 20th February, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
FRANCIS MORRIS PRESTON BROOKFIELD, Esq.,
to be a Revising Barrister under "The Building
Societies Act, 1876," for the District of Auckland.
CHARLES C. BOWEN,
(in the absence of the Colonial Secretary).

Clerk of Assessment Court appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 21st February, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JOSEPH HENRY BENNETT, Esq.,
to be Clerk of the Assessment Courts, under section
24 of "The Rating Act, 1876," for the City of
Christchurch Municipality; and for the Ashburton,
Upper Ashburton, Avon, Ellesmere, Halswell, Heath-
cote, Lincoln Road, Mount Somers, Rakaia South,
Riccarton, Spreydon, Springs, and Templeton Road
Districts; and also for the Christchurch Drainage
District.
D. REID,
(in the absence of the Colonial Secretary).

Letters of Naturalization issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 21st February, 1877.
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., —

CHARLES C. BOWEN,
(in the absence of the Colonial Secretary).