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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Aliens Act, 1866," in favour of the under-mentioned
persons, viz.,—

DANIEL POLLEN.

Resident Magistrate appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 29th May, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
GEORGE AUGUSTUS PREECE, Esq., J.P.,
to be Resident Magistrate for the District of Opotiki,
vice H. W. Brabant, Esq., R.M., and F. E. Hamlin,
Esq., J.P., resigned; and to be a Resident Magistrate
for the District of Maketu, vice F. E. Hamlin, Esq.,
resigned; with jurisdiction to £50. These appoint-
ments date from the 24th instant.

CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Resident Magistrate appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 30th May, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
HERBERT WILLIAM BRABANT, Esq., R.M.,
to be a Resident Magistrate for the District of
Maketu, with jurisdiction to £50. This appointment
dates from the 24th instant.

CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Member of Licensing Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 30th May, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
WILLIAM PICKERING, Senr., Esq.,
to be a member of the Licensing Courts for the
Districts of Pelorus and Town of Havelock, vice
C. H. Mills, Esq., resigned.

CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Justice of the Peace appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 30th May, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JOHN DICKENSON JACKSON, Esq.,
Mayor of Onehunga, to be a Justice of the Peace
under "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1876."

CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Warders of Prisons appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 30th May, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
PATRICK MADIGAN and
WILLIAM HENRY HENDERSON
to be Warders of the Prison at Auckland, from the
21st instant and 1st proximo respectively, vice B. S.
O'Donnell, dismissed, and H. Matier, resigned; and
JOHN REARDON
to be a Warder of the Prison at Napier, from the
1st instant, vice M. Overnin, resigned.

CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Certificate of Execution.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 29th May, 1877.
THE following certificate and declaration are pub-
lished in conformity with the provisions of "The
Execution of Criminals Act, 1858."

CHARLES C. BOWEN.

I, THOMAS MOORE PHILSON, M.D., the Medical Officer
in attendance at the execution of Te Patui, alias Te
Patite Mohi, at the Gaol of Auckland, do hereby certify
and declare that I have this day witnessed the exe-
cution of the said Te Patui, alias Te Pati te Mohi, at
the said Gaol; and I do further certify and declare
that the said Te Patui, alias Te Pati te Mohi, was, in
pursuance of the sentence of the Supreme Court,
hanged by the neck until his body was dead.

Given under my hand, this twenty-third day
of May, 1877, at the Gaol of Auckland.

T. M. PHILSON, M.D.,
District Surgeon, Auckland.

We do hereby certify and declare that we have this
day been present when the extreme penalty of the
law was carried into execution on the body of Te
Patui, alias Te Pati te Mohi, convicted at the Criminal
Session of the Supreme Court held at Auckland on
the tenth day of April last, and sentenced to death;
and that the said Te Patui, alias Te Pati te Mohi,
was, in pursuance of the said sentence, hanged by
the neck until his body was dead.

Dated this twenty-third day of May, in the
year 1877, at the Gaol of Auckland.

T. M. Haultain, Sheriff.
B. L. O'Brien, Gaoler.
F. Riekorby, Turnkey.
J. H. Bratby.
Hugh McAnally.
Henry T. Garratt.
George Dickinson.
J. Young.
Jonas Abrams.
Arthur Dews.
John Strathern.
E. Hadrill.

Interpreters appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 30th May, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
RICHARD BOOTH, Esq., of Foxton, and
EDWARD F. J. CLARKE, Esq., of Tauranga,
to be Interpreters, under the 12th section of "The
Native Land Act, 1873."

DANIEL POLLEN.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.
No. 18 of 1877.

DUSKY SOUND, WEST COAST OF THE MIDDLE
ISLAND.

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 23rd May, 1877.
NOTICE is hereby given that Captain Fairchild, of
the Colonial Government Steamer "Hinemoa,"
has reported the existence of the under-mentioned
dangers in Dusky Sound, which are not marked on
the Admiralty Chart.

GEO. MCLEAN.