THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 307

ALEXANDER BURGESS, Esq.,
to be Auditor of the Courts of Law Trust Accounts
for the District of Wanganui, vice E. Hardcastle,
Esq., R.M.
CHARLES C. BOWEN.

District Judge appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 14th March, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
HARRY EYRE KENNY, Esq.,
to be District Judge for the District of Taranaki,
and also for the District of Wanganui. These appoint-
ments to date from the 20th instant.
CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Crown Prosecutors appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 14th March, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
ARTHUR STANDISH, Esq.,
to be Crown Prosecutor for the District of Taranaki,
and
SAMUEL THOMAS FITZHERBERT, Esq.,
to be Crown Prosecutor for the District of Wanga-
nui, under "The District Courts Act, 1858." These
appointments to date from the 20th instant.
CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Clerks of District Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 14th March, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
CHARLES EDWARD RAWSON, Esq.,
to be Clerk at New Plymouth of the District Court
of Taranaki;
FREDERICK HERMAN CLINTON STUART BADDELEY,
Esq.,
to be Clerk at Carlyle of the District Court of Tara-
naki; and
GARLAND WILLIAM WOON, Esq.,
to be Clerk of the District Court of Wanganui.
These appointments to date from the 20th instant.
CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Registrar of Supreme Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 14th March, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
CHARLES EDWARD RAWSON, Esq.,
to be Registrar at New Plymouth of the Supreme
Court, vice H. E. Kenny, Esq., from the 20th instant.
CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Certificated Accountant in Bankruptcy appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 14th March, 1877.
IT is hereby notified, that His Honor Mr. Justice
Gillies has appointed

CLARENCE RENNELL, Esq.,
of New Plymouth, to be a Certificated Accountant
in Bankruptcy, within the Northern Judicial Dis-
trict.
CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Appointment of Volunteer Officer.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 12th February, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to make the under-mentioned appointment,
viz.,-
In the Christchurch Artillery Volunteers.
Joseph Thomas Strange to be Second Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 18th January, 1877.
CHARLES C. BOWEN,
(for the Native Minister).

Appointment of Volunteer Officers.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th March, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to make the under-mentioned promotion and
appointments, viz.,-
In the Wellington City Rifle Volunteers.
Edward Scott to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 18th May, 1876.

In the No. 1 Company, Clutha Rifle Volunteers.
James Willocks to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 29th April, 1876.

In the Invercargill Rifle Volunteers.
Alfred Frederick Dawson to be Sub-Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 9th November, 1876.

In the Queenstown Rifle Volunteers.
Sub-Lieutenant Alfred Clark to be Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 12th February, 1877.
John Spackman Aldred to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date
of commission, 12th February, 1877.

In the Arrow Rifle Volunteers.
William Jenkins to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 9th December, 1876.

In the Tokomairiro Grammar School Cadets.
William Malcolm to be Captain. Date of commis-
sion, 5th November, 1876.

In the Queenstown Rifle Volunteer Cadets.
Josiah Rogers to be Captain. Date of commission,
1st December, 1876.
H. A. ATKINSON,
(for the Native Minister).

Resignation of Volunteer Officers accepted.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th March, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commissions held
by the under-mentioned officers, viz.,-
Lieutenant G. H. Swan, Napier Artillery Volun-
teers.
Sub-Lieutenant A. Blackie, No. 1 Company, Clutha
Rifle Volunteers.
H. A. ATKINSON,
(for the Native Minister).