THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 245

1876,” it is enacted that the Governor may, on the
petition of any of the Councils of any of the Corpora-
tions mentioned in the Third Schedule to the said
Act, extend any Part or Parts of the said Act to the
Corporation the Council of which shall petition, and
thereupon the Part or Parts of the said Act so ex-
tended shall have the force of law within such Cor-
poration: And whereas the Council of the Corpora-
tion of Oamaru (being a Corporation mentioned
or referred to in the Third Schedule to the said Act)
has petitioned His Excellency the Governor to extend
Parts XII. and XIII. of the said Act to the said
Corporation:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in
exercise and pursuance of the power and authority
conferred upon him by the said Act, doth hereby ex-
tend Parts XII. and XIII. of the said Act to the
said Corporation.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this twenty-eighth day of Feb-
ruary, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-seven.

D. REID.

Extending certain Parts of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1876,” to the Corporation of Green Island.

NORMANBY, Governor.

WHEREAS by the three hundred and fifty-ninth
section of “The Municipal Corporations Act,
1876,” it is enacted that the Governor may, on the
petition of any of the Councils of any of the Corpora-
tions mentioned in the Third Schedule to the said
Act, extend any Part or Parts of the said Act to the
Corporation the Council of which shall petition, and
thereupon the Part or Parts of the said Act so ex-
tended shall have the force of law within such Cor-
poration: And whereas the Council of the Corpora-
tion of Green Island (being a Corporation mentioned
or referred to in the Third Schedule to the said Act)
has petitioned His Excellency the Governor to extend
Parts VII., XI., XII., and XIII. of the said Act to
the said Corporation:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in
exercise and pursuance of the power and authority
conferred upon him by the said Act, doth hereby ex-
tend Parts VII., XI., XII., and XIII. of the said
Act to the said Corporation.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this twenty-eighth day of Feb-
ruary, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-seven.

D. REID.

Clerk of Assessment Court appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 23rd February, 1877.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

WILLIAM OGILVIE DUTHIE, Esq.,

to be Clerk of the Assessment Court for the Penin-
sula Road District, Otago.

D. REID,
(in the absence of the Colonial Secretary).

Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 28th February, 1877.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

WILLIAM HOWSE WORKER, Esq.,

to be Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages,
and also Vaccination Inspector, for the District of
Albertland, as the same is defined in Proclamation
of the 8th day of May, 1873, and published in the
New Zealand Gazette of the 9th day of May, 1873.

D. REID,
(in the absence of the Colonial Secretary).

Mayor elected.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 24th February, 1877.

IT is hereby notified, that, in conformity with clause
3 of “The Otago Municipal Corporations Em-
powering Act, 1865,” the name of the following
person has been sent in to this office by the Town
Clerk as having been elected Mayor for the place
set opposite his name:—

LOUIS WILLIAM BUSCH ... Naseby.

D. REID,
(in the absence of the Colonial Secretary).

Resident Magistrate appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 22nd February, 1877.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

DUNCAN MACFARLANE, Esq., J.P.,

of Jackson’s Bay, to be a Resident Magistrate for
the District of Okarito, with jurisdiction to £20.

D. REID,
(for the Minister of Justice).

Chairman of Licensing Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 22nd February, 1877.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

WILLIAM LAWRENCE SIMPSON, Esq., R.M.,

to be Chairman of the Licensing Courts for the Dis-
tricts of Cardrona and Arrow, vice H. A. Stratford,
Esq., and to be Chairman of the Licensing Courts for
the Districts of Queenstown and Town of Queens-
town, vice R. Beetham, Esq.

D. REID,
(for the Minister of Justice).

Certificated Accountant in Bankruptcy appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 27th February, 1877.

IT is hereby notified, that District Judge Harvey
appointed, on the 17th instant,

WILLIAM HAYES, Esq.,

of Lawrence, to be a Certificated Accountant in
Bankruptcy under “The Debtors and Creditors Act,
1876,” for the District Court of the District of the
Otago Gold Fields helden at Lawrence.

D. REID,
(for the Minister of Justice).

Resident Magistrate appointed to exercise Extended Jurisdiction.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 28th February, 1877.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint