THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 585

Kingdom; and Baron Mulgrave of New
Ross, in the County of Wexford, in the
Peerage of Ireland; a Member of Her
Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Coun-
cil; Knight Commander of the Most
Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and
Saint George; Governor and Commander-
in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony
of New Zealand and its Dependencies,
and Vice-Admiral of the same; and issued
under the Seal of the said Colony, at the
Government House, at Wellington, this
thirty-first day of May, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-seven.

DANIEL POLLEN.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Despatch from the Secretary of State. - Mr. Richard-
son to retain the title of Honorable.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 30th May, 1877.

THE following despatch from Her Majesty's Prin-
cipal Secretary of State for the Colonies is pub-
lished for general information.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Downing-street, 24th March, 1877.

MY LORD, -I have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of your Lordship's Despatch, No. 3, of the
10th January last, recommending that Mr. Richard-
son, who has held the office of Minister for Public
Works from 1872, should be permitted, on his retire-
ment from that office, to retain the title of Honor-
able.

In reply, I have to inform you that Her Majesty
has been graciously pleased to approve of Mr.
Richardson retaining the title of Honorable within
the Colony of New Zealand.

I have, &c.,
CARNARVON.

Governor the Most Honorable the Marquis
of Normanby, K.C.M.G. &c., &c.

Rangers under "Protection of Animals Act, 1873,"
appointed.

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

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the following persons to be Rangers
under "The Protection of Animals Act, 1873," for
the Provincial District of Auckland: -
Richard Parker.
William L. Martyn.
John Runciman.
John Fisher.
Robert Kirkwood.
Robert E. M. Campbell.
Henry C. Fergusson.
John Smith.
Captain Gilbert Mair.
William Jordan.
Captain William Alfred Clarke.
Sergeant Crosbie Kidd.
Constable Thomas Whelan.
Constable George Davoren.
Constable Joseph Swinburne Kelly.
R. W. Hammond.
E. B. Cox.
Peter Walker.
Captain Steele.
Captain Macpherson.
M. de Vere Hunt.

James Buckland.
R. J. Vercoe.
Constable William Joyce.
Detective Richard Doolan.
Constable James William Moar.
Constable Frederick Wild.
Constable William Brennan.
Constable Neil McLeod.
Constable William Bulford.
Special Constable Henry Parker.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Rangers under "Protection of Animals Act, 1873,"
appointed.

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

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the under-mentioned persons to be
Rangers under "The Protection of Animals Act,
1873," for the Provincial District of Hawke's Bay: -
THOMAS ALEXANDER HAYES,
DONALD KENNEDY, and
JAMES WALKER.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Judge of Assessment Courts for Counties of Hawke's
Bay and Waipawa appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 28th May, 1877.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
SAMUEL LOCKE, Esq., R.M.,
to be the Judge of the Assessment Courts for the
districts comprised within the Counties of Hawke's
Bay and Waipawa, vice Richmond Beetham, Esq.,
R.M., resigned.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Arrangements for First Elections, Borough of
Caversham.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 29th May, 1877.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JOHN CAMERON
to be Town Clerk of the Borough of Caversham, as
constituted by Proclamation of date 28th May in-
stant; and

WILLIAM MILNE
to be Returning Officer, to hold the first election of
Mayor, Councillors, and Auditors of the said Borough.
Also, to appoint Wednesday, the 27th day of June, for
the election of Mayor; and Friday, the 29th day of
June, for the election of Councillors; and Friday, the
13th day of July, for the election of Auditors. Also,
to appoint Tuesday, the 3rd day of July, for the first
meeting of the Council of the said Borough; and
the Schoolhouse, Caversham, to be the place of such
meeting.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Letters of Naturalization issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 31st May, 1877.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
issue Letters of Naturalization under "The