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Councillor which have occurred or which may here-
after occur in any County in which the whole of
the said Act is in force, and they shall cease to have
any operation upon the coming into force of voters'
rolls, as provided by "The Counties Act, 1876."

Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Most Honorable George Augustus Con-
stantine, Marquis of Normanby, Earl of
Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby, and Baron
Mulgrave of Mulgrave, all in the County
of York, in the Peerage of the United
Kingdom; and Baron Mulgrave of New
Ross, in the County of Wexford, in the
Peerage of Ireland; a Member of Her
Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Coun-
cil; Knight Commander of the Most
Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and
Saint George; Governor and Commander-
in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony
of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and
Vice-Admiral of the same; at the
Government House, at Wellington, this
eighth day of March, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
. and seventy-seven.

CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Returning Officer appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 2nd March, 1877.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

LOWTHER BROAD, Esq.,
Returning Officer for the election of Members of
the County Council within the Riding of Motueka.

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

Places of Deposit for Standard Weights and Measures.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 5th March, 1877.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased, in
exercise of the powers conferred upon him by
"The Weights and Measures Act, 1868," to direct
that the Authorized Copies of the Standard Weights
and Measures for the Districts of Auckland and the
Thames shall, for the future, be deposited at the
Constabulary Police Station at Auckland and Short-
land respectively.

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

Revising Officer appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 8th March, 1877.

IT is hereby notified that His Honor the Chief
Justice has reported that he has appointed

HENRY SAMUEL FITZHERBERT, Esq.,
to be Revising Officer for the Electoral Districts of
City of Wellington, the Hutt, Wellington Country,
Wairarapa, Manawatu, Rangitikei, and Wanganui.

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

Extension of Time for Election for Waipukurau
Riding.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 8th March, 1877.

IT is hereby notified, that, in exercise of the power
and authority contained in "The Counties Act,

1876," His Excellency the Governor, with the advice
and consent of the Executive Council, did, by an
Order in Council bearing date the eighth day of
March instant, and for the reasons therein particu-
larly mentioned, extend the time for the holding of
an election for the Waipukurau Riding, in the
County of Waipawa, from the eighteenth of February
ultimo to the ninth day of April, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-seven.

Dated this eighth day of March, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-seven.

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

Clerk in Land Transfer Department appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 1st March, 1877.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

JOHN ANDREW AMBROSE
to be a Clerk in the Land Transfer Office at Christ-
church. This appointment dates from the 1st February
ultimo.

CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Members of Licensing Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 3rd March, 1877.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

JAMES WOODBINE JOHNSON, Esq., J.P.,
to be a Member of the Licensing Court for the Dis-
trict of Poverty Bay, vice A. F. Hardy, Esq.; and
HUGH HORSLEY BEETHAM, Esq.,
to be a Member of the Licensing Court for the Dis-
trict of Town of Masterton, vice W. H. Beetham,
Esq., J.P.

CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Examiners of Titles appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 2nd March, 1877.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

HARTLEY MCINTIRE, Esq.,
to be Examiner of Titles for the District of Marl-
borough; and
ALFRED HASSALL KING, Esq.,
to be Examiner of Titles for the District of West-
land.
These appointments date from the 1st ultimo.

CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Deputy Sheriff resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 2nd March, 1877.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by

HARTLEY MCINTIRE, Esq.,
of his appointment as Deputy Sheriff for the District
of Hawke's Bay.

CHARLES C. BOWEN.