THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

"The New Zealand University Act, 1874," and "The
New Zealand University Act 1874 Amendment Act,
1875," the body corporate established by "The New
Zealand University Act, 1870," has been reconstituted,
and declared to be a University, consisting of a
Chancellor, a Vice-Chancellor, Fellows, and Gradu-
ates, and as such has been incorporated and made a
body politic, with perpetual succession, under the
name of "The University of New Zealand," with
power to grant the several degrees of Bachelor and
Master in Arts, and Bachelor and Doctor in Law,
Medicine, and Music: And whereas our Right Trusty
Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, Knight
Commander of Our Most Distinguished Order of
Saint Michael and Saint George, now Our Governor
and Commander-in-Chief in and over Our said colony,
hath moved Us to grant Letters Patent requiring all
Our subjects to recognize the degrees given under
the said recited Acts, in the same manner as if the
said degrees had been granted by an University of
the United Kingdom: Now know ye, that We, taking
the premises into consideration, and deeming it to be
the duty of Our Royal Office, for the promotion of
sonnd learning, to hold forth to all classes and
denominations of Our faithful subjects, without any
distinction whatsoever through Our dominions, en-
couragements for pursuing a regular and liberal
course of education, and considering that many
persons do prosecute or complete their studies in the
Colony of New Zealand, on whom it is just to confer
such distinctions and rewards as may induce them to
persevere in such their laudable pursuits, do, by
virtue of Our prerogative and of Our special grace,
certain knowledge, and mere motion, by these pre-
sents, for Us, Our heirs and successors, will, grant,
and declare that the degrees of Bachelor and Master
in Arts, and Bachelor and Doctor in Law, Medicine,
and Music, hereafter to be granted or conferred by
the said University of New Zealand, shall be recog-
nized as academic distinctions and rewards of merit,
and be entitled to rank, precedence, and considera-
tion in Our United Kingdom and in Our Colonies
and Possessions throughout the World, as fully as if
the said degrees had been granted by any University
of Our said United Kingdom: And We further will
and ordain that no variation of the constitution of
the said University which may at any time or from
time to time be made by an Act of the General
Assembly of New Zealand, shall, unless the standard
of knowledge now established, or a like standard in
the opinion of Our Governor for the time being, duly
proclaimed in Our said colony, be not preserved as a
necessary condition for obtaining the aforesaid degrees
therein, in any manner annul, abrogate, circumscribe,
or diminish the privileges conferred on the said
University by these Our Letters Patent, nor the
ranks, rights, privileges, and considerations conferred
by such degrees: And, lastly, We do hereby, for Us,
Our heirs and successors, grant and declare that
these Our Letters Patent, or the enrolment or exem-
plification thereof, shall be in and by all things valid
and effectual in the law, according to the true intent
and meaning of the same, and shall be construed and
judged in the most favourable and beneficial sense for
the best advantage of the said University, as well as
in all Our Courts or elsewhere, notwithstanding any
non-recital, uncertainty, or imperfection in these Our
Letters Patent.

In witness whereof we have caused these Our
Letters to be made Patent. Witness Ourself at
Westminster, the 29th day of July, in the fortieth
year of Our reign.

By Warrant under the Queen's Sign-Manual.
C. ROMILLY.

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Mayor elected.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 6th January, 1877.

IT is hereby notified, that, in conformity with clause
133 of "The Municipal Corporations Act,
1867," the name of the following person has been
been sent in to this office as having been elected
Mayor for the place set opposite his name :-

JOHN MUNRO-Westport.

CHARLES C. BOWEN,
(for the Colonial Secretary).

Public Vaccinator appointed.

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

IT is hereby notified, that, under the provisions of
"The Public Health Act, 1876," His Excellency
the Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-
mentioned gentleman to be a Public Vaccinator, to
perform gratuitous vaccination in accordance with
the provisions of the said Act, and any regulations
made or to be made thereunder, for the district men-
tioned in the Schedule hereto, and set opposite his
name.

CHARLES C. BOWEN,
(for the Colonial Secretary).

SCHEDULE.
ALBERT ISAAC GARLAND, Esq., L.R.C.P.E.-Oamaru.

Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages appointed.

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

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

FRANCIS MORRIS DEIGHTON, Esq.,
to be the Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages,
and also Vaccination Inspector, for the District of
Rangitikei, as the same is defined in Proclama-
tion 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,
(for the Colonial Secretary).

Deputy District Land Registrar appointed.

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

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

THOMAS COTTER, Esq.,
to be Deputy District Land Registrar for the Dis-
trict of Auckland.

CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Clerk of Resident Magistrate's Court appointed.

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

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

WILLIAM SOMERVILLE, Esq.,
to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate's Court in
Maclaggan Street, Dunedin.

CHARLES C. BOWEN.