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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

feet of timber, value £700, were destroyed; and
whereas at an inquest held on the 6th instant, at the
Bridge Hotel, Kaitangata, by J. G. Smith, Esquire,
Coroner, to inquire as to the origin of the said fire, the
jury returned the following verdict: "That the fire
was wilfully and maliciously caused by some person
or persons at present unknown:"

This is to notify that His Excellency the Governor
will grant a Free Pardon to any person implicated in
the said act, not being a principal offender, who
shall give such information as will lead to the appre-
hension and conviction of any one or more of the
other offenders.

CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Judge of Native Land Court appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 30th April, 1877.

H IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to appoint

THEOPHILUS HEALE, Esq.,
to be a Judge of the Native Land Court of New
Zealand.

DANIEL POLLEN.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

No. 13 of 1877.

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 25th April, 1877.

T HE following Notice to Mariners, received from
the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, Mel-
bourne, is published for general information.

DANIEL POLLEN,
(in absence of the Commissioner of Customs).

AUTOMATIC BUOY, SOUTH CHANNEL.

PILOTS, masters of vessels, and others navigating
Port Phillip Bay, are hereby informed that a trial is
about to be made of an automatic buoy, which will
be placed half a cable's length to the northward of
No. 15 buoy in the South Channel.

The buoy is pear shaped, and coloured dark red;
having what is said to be a continuously sounding
whistle on its top.

Mariners are cautioned not to mistake this trial
buoy for No. 15, which is black, with a staff and ball
on it.

CHARLES B. PAYNE,
Chief Harbour Master.

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Melbourne, 5th April, 1877.

Member of Auckland Harbour Board appointed.

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 28th April, 1877.

I T is hereby notified that His Excellency the
Governor has, under authority of the 7th sec-
tion of "The Abolition of Provinces Act, 1875,"
been pleased to reappoint

WILLIAM CRUSH DALDY, Esq.,
to be a member of the Auckland Harbour Board, as
provided in the 11th section of "The Auckland
Harbour Board Act, 1871;" and has fixed Thursday,
the 17th day of May next, for the election of a
member in room of a retiring elected member, the
place of election to be the Mechanics' Institute, at
Auckland.

DANIEL POLLEN,
(in absence of the Commissioner of Customs.)

Auditor under "The Lyttelton Harbour Board Act,
1876," appointed.

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 28th April, 1877.

I T is hereby notified that His Excellency the
Governor has, in pursuance of the 42nd section
of "The Lyttelton Harbour Board Act, 1876," been
pleased to appoint

JOHN OLLIVIER, Esq.,
to be Auditor for the purposes of that Act.

DANIEL POLLEN,
(in absence of the Commissioner of Customs).

Member of Timaru Harbour Board elected.

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 2nd May, 1877.

I T is hereby notified that the Geraldine Road Board
have elected

WILLIAM KENNETH MACDONALD, Esq.,
to be a Member of the Timaru Harbour Board, vice
William Postlethwaite, Esq., J.P., resigned.

DANIEL POLLEN,
(in the absence of Commissioner of Customs).

Honorary Cattle and Sheep Inspector for Port
Chalmers and Dunedin appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 27th April, 1877.

H IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

CHARLES G. HARVEY, Esq.,
of Dunedin, to be an Honorary Cattle and Sheep
Inspector for the Districts of Port Chalmers and
Dunedin, under the provisions of the 24th section of
"The Cattle and Sheep Ordinance, 1875," of the
former Province of Otago, as the said Ordinance is
validated by the Act of the General Assembly inti-
tuled "The Diseased Sheep Act, 1876."

D. REID,
Secretary for Crown Lands.

Application for Registration of a Trade Mark.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th April, 1877.

N OTICE is hereby given that Mr. RICHARD BLACK-
wood, of Little Collins Street West, in the City
of Melbourne, in the Colony of Victoria, has applied
on behalf of the firm of JOHN DE KUYPER & SON,
trading as Distillers, at Rotterdam, in Holland, to
register under "The Trade Marks Act, 1866," the
Trade Mark of which the following is a description,
viz.,-

Description of Trade Mark.
The name of "John de Kuyper & Son" arranged
in the form of an arch, underneath which, in a straight
line, is the word "Rotterdam," and over the arch is
the representation of an anchor.

Nature of the Article to which it is intended such
Trade Mark shall apply.
Casks containing "Geneva."

G. S. COOPER,
(for the Registrar of Trade Marks.)

OFFICIATING MINISTERS FOR 1877.---NOTICE No. 9.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 2nd May, 1877.

P URSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the
General Assembly of New Zealand, passed in
the eighteenth year of the reign of Her Majesty