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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Prison Surgeon appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 16th March, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
ROBERT BURNS, Esq. F.R.C.S.E.,
to be Surgeon to the Prison at Dunedin. This
appointment dates from the 1st instant.
CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Member of Licensing Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 20th March, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
WILLIAM DOLLINGS ANDREW, Esq.,
to be a Member of the Licensing Courts for the
Districts of Wataroa, Town of Okarito, Weheka,
and Haast, vice James Coles, Esq., resigned.
H. A. ATKINSON,
(for the Minister of Justice).

Coroner appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 20th March, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
MATTHEW PRICE, Esq., R.M.,
of Hokitika, to be a Coroner within the colony.
H. A. ATKINSON,
(for the Minister of Justice).

Clerk of Resident Magistrate's Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 20th March, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JAMES MCLEAN CLARK
to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate's Court at
Coromandel. This appointment dates from the 1st
November, 1875.
H. A. ATKINSON,
(for the Minister of Justice).

Clerk of Resident Magistrate's Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 20th March, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
BATEMAN THOMAS MISSEN
to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate's Court at
Akaroa, vice R. A. Buchanan.
H. A. ATKINSON,
(for the Minister of Justice).

Certificated Accountant in Bankruptcy appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 20th March, 1877.
IT is hereby notified, that Mr. District Judge Har-
vey appointed, on the 29th January, 1877,
GEORGE FREDERICK NEWMARCH, Esq.,
of Naseby, to be a Certificated Accountant in Bank-
ruptcy under "The Debtors and Creditors Act,
1876," for the District Court of the District of the
Otago Gold Fields, holden at Naseby.
H. A. ATKINSON,
(for the Minister of Justice).

Accountant for Constructed Railways appointed.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 21st March, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the following appointment in the Public
Works Department :-
FREDERICK BACK,
Accountant in the Constructed Railways Office at
Wellington, from 13th March, 1877.
J. D. ORMOND.

Promotion of Militia Officers.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st March, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned promotions, viz.,-
In the New Zealand Militia.
Captain William Douglas Hall Baillie, to be Major.
Date of commission, 5th March, 1877.
Captain Edward Pearce, to be Major. Date of com-
mission, 6th March, 1877.
H. A. ATKINSON,
(for the Native Minister).

Resignation of Volunteer Officers.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st March, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commissions held
by the under-mentioned officers :-
Captain E. Pearce, Wellington Artillery Volun-
teers.
Captain G. W. Brodrick, Queenstown Cadets.
H. A. ATKINSON,
(for the Native Minister).

Whangarei Harbour.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

No. 9 of 1877.

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 20th March, 1877.
NOTICE is hereby given, that a Black Buoy has
been placed on the end of Mair Bank, Whan-
garei Heads, in 6 feet of water at low water. Also,
that the Red Buoy on Snake Bank has been shifted,
and placed on the extreme end of the bank, in 12
feet of water at low water.
GEO. MCLEAN.

Commissioner under "The New Zealand Company's
Land Claimants Ordinance, 1851," and "The Lost
Land Orders Act, 1861," appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 15th March, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JAMES PILLANS MAITLAND, Esq.,
to be Commissioner under "The New Zealand Com-
pany's Land Claimants Ordinance, 1851," and Com-
missioner under "The Lost Land Orders Act, 1861,"
for the Provincial District of Otago, in lieu of John
T. Thomson, Esq., resigned.
GEO. MCLEAN.