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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Gaoler appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 3rd January, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
SAMUEL CHARLES PHILLIPS, Esq.,
to be Gaoler of the Prison at Lyttelton under "The
Prisons Act, 1873," vice Mr. Reston resigned.
CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Examiner of Titles appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 4th January, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
FREDERICK GEORGE MORGAN, Esq.,
to be an Examiner of Titles for the District of Can-
terbury.
CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Resident Magistrate appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 5th January, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
EDGAR HALL CAREW, Esq., R.M.,
to be a Resident Magistrate for the District of Clutha
(vice J. P. Maitland, Esq., transferred), and as such
to exercise extended jurisdiction to £100.
CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Coroner appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 5th January, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
GERARD GEORGE FITZGERALD, Esq., R.M.,
of Hokitika, to be a Coroner within the colony.
CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Sheriff appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 5th January, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
THEODORE MINET HAULTAIN, Esq., J.P.,
to be Sheriff for the District of Auckland. This
appointment to take effect from the 1st day of
February proximo.
CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Certificated Accountant in Bankruptcy appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 5th January, 1877.
IT is hereby notified that Mr. District Judge Broad
has appointed
ARTHUR WILLIAM SCAIFE, Esq.,
of Nelson, to be a Certificated Accountant in Bank-
ruptcy.
CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Offer of Reward for Capture of Horopapara.
£100 REWARD.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 8th January, 1877.
WHEREAS Horopapara, an aboriginal native,
was convicted on the 30th October last, at
the District Court at New Plymouth, of unlawfully
wounding, and was thereupon sentenced to penal
servitude for the term of three years: And whereas
the said Horopapara did, on the 6th instant, escape
from the Prison at New Plymouth: This is to notify
that a reward of One Hundred Pounds will be paid by
the Government of the Colony for such information
as shall lead to the apprehension of the said Horo-
papara.
CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Registrar &c. Court of Appeal appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 10th January, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
ALEXANDER SUTHERLAND ALLAN, Esq.,
of Wellington, to be Registrar, and
FREDERICK DE CARTERET MALET, Esq.,
of Christchurch, and
HENRY CHUDLEIGH WILMER, Esq.,
of Wellington, to be Deputy Registrars, of the Court
of Appeal of New Zealand.
CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Authority to Frank.-

General Post Office,
Wellington, 10th January, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
authorize
THE RESIDENT ENGINEER FOR PUBLIC WORKS,
Christchurch, and
THE TRAFFIC MANAGER OF THE CANTERBURY
RAILWAYS,
to frank, free from prepayment of postage, letters
and packets posted on the public service.
H. A. ATKINSON,
(for the Postmaster-General).

Appointment of Volunteer Officer.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th January, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to make the under-mentioned appointment:--
In the West Taieri Rifle Volunteers.
John Iveson to be Captain. Date of commission,
21st November, 1876.
H. A. ATKINSON,
(for the Native Minister).

Resignation of Volunteer Officer.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th January, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commission held
by
Captain A. M. Wix, Nelson City Rifle Volunteers.
H. A. ATKINSON,
(for the Native Minister).