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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

of Milton, to be the Officer, where and to whom the
fees and description required by the said "Dog
Nuisance Ordinance, 1862," shall be paid and de-
livered upon the registration of any dog intended to
be ordinarily kept in the County of Bruce.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this fifteenth day of November,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
seven.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Commissioner under Section 31, “Financial Arrange-
ments Act, 1876,” appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 16th November, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
a Commissioner under section 31 of "The Financial
Arrangements Act, 1876," to inquire into and deter-
mine the proportionate part of the moneys made
payable by the said Act to the districts included in
the county set opposite to his name:—

WILLIAM H. WALLIS, Esq., } County of
of Raglan. Raglan.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Members of the Tuhikaramea Highway Board
appointed.

NORMANBY, Governor.
WHEREAS at the first annual meeting of the
ratepayers of the Tuhikaramea Highway Dis-
trict, in the Provincial District of Auckland, held on
the twenty-fifth day of August last, the person ap-
pointed to be Chairman of the meeting summoned
for that date failed to attend, and the ratepayers
were unable to elect a Board of Trustees and Audi-
tors for the ensuing year, and it is expedient to ap-
point a District Board and Auditors, as is authorized
by the said Act:

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the
powers and authorities vested in me by the said Act,
and by "The Abolition of Provinces Act, 1875," do
hereby appoint

F. J. VICKERS,
F. W. LANG,
J. FREW,
E. B. Cox, and
JAMES WELLS,
to be the District Board of the Tuhikaramea High-
way District for the ensuing year.
And I do further appoint

ALLAN MACNAB TAYLOR, and
J. GLASSON,
to be Auditors of the aforesaid Highway Board for
the ensuing year.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this twelfth day of November,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
seven.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Members of Licensing Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 12th November, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JOHN MACAFFER, Esq., and
GEORGE FREDERICK RICHARDSON, Esq.,
to be Members of the Licensing Courts for the Dis-
tricts of Mataura, South Mataura, Lothian, and
Waimumu, vice Alexander McNab, Esq., and Alfred
Douglas, Esq., resigned.
JOHN SHEEHAN.

Warden elected, Manawatu Highway District.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 13th November, 1877.
NOTICE has been received at this office, under the
hand of Mr. James Linton, the Returning
Officer, that

Mr. JOHN DAVIES
was duly elected Warden for No. 7 Ward, Manawatu
Highway District, on the 18th September instant.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Clerk of Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 12th November, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to appoint
Constable JOSEPH ECCLESTON
to be Clerk at No Town of the Resident Magistrate's
Court and Warden's Court for the District of Nelson
South Gold Fields, vice W. Stephenson, transferred.
JOHN SHEEHAN.

Letters of Naturalization issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 14th November, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
issue Letters of Naturalization under "The
Aliens Act, 1866," in favour of the under-mentioned
persons, viz.,—

Name. Occupation. Residence.
Charles Marius Nielsen ... Gentleman Ross.
Philip Kippenberger Articled Law Timaru.
Clerk
Gabriel George Samuel Music Teacher New Ply-
Richter mouth.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Receiver of Gold Revenue at Naseby appointed.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 12th November, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
ALEXANDER JAMES WILLIS, Esq.,
to be Receiver of Gold Revenue at Naseby, in
the Provincial District of Otago, as from the 23rd
ultimo.
W. J. M. LARNACH.

Johannes Neilson, late of Eketahuna, Wairarapa West
County.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 14th November, 1877.
UNDER the provisions of "The Public Payments
without Probate Act, 1869," and the regula-
tions made thereunder, published in the New Zealand
Gazette of 1870, page 212, the Colonial Treasurer
intends to make a payment of money due the above-
named deceased to a person not being his legal
representative. All persons objecting to such pay-
ment being made must give notice to the Colonial
Treasurer, at Wellington, within one calendar month
from the date of the Gazette bearing this notice, when
their objections will be considered.
W. J. M. LARNACH.