THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
1483

Clerk in Resident Magistrate's Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 30th October, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

CHARLES LEWIS WIGGINS

to be a Clerk in the Resident Magistrate's Court at
Timaru, vice E. J. Fairburn.

JOHN SHEEHAN.

Certificated Accountant in Bankruptcy appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 30th October, 1878.

MR. District Judge Weston has appointed

JAMES MILLER,
of Kumara, Westland, to be a Certificated Accountant
in Bankruptcy.

JOHN SHEEHAN.

Appointment of Volunteer Officers.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 30th October, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned appointments :--

In the Invercargill Artillery Corps.
John Robert Cuthbertson to be Captain. Date of
commission, 1st August, 1878.

In the Napier Engineer Corps.
Robert George Gibbons to be Captain. Date of com-
mission, 13th September, 1878.

In the Thames Scottish Battalion.
Captain William Fraser (New Zealand Militia) to be
Honorary Colonel. Date of commission, 1st Octo-
ber, 1878.
Major Thomas Leitch Murray (New Zealand Volun-
teers) to be Major. Date of commission, 1st Octo-
ber, 1878.
Edward Benjamin Cameron to be Sub-Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 1st October, 1878.
Captain Samuel Charles Schofield (New Zealand
Militia) to be Adjutant. Date of commission, 1st
October, 1878.
William Carpenter to be Quartermaster. Date of
commission, 1st October, 1878.
Honorary Assistant-Surgeon James Kilgour, M.D.,
to be Surgeon. Date of commission, 1st October,
1878.
Francis O'Flaherty, M.D., to be Honorary Assistant-
Surgeon. Date of commission, 1st October, 1878
Reverend Samuel James Neill to be Chaplain. Date
of commission, 1st October, 1878.

In the Invercargill Rifle Corps.
Captain William Edward Heywood (New Zealand
Militia) to be Captain. Date of commission, 19th
October, 1878.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Appointment of Immigration Officer.

Immigration Office,
Wellington, 24th October, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

Major CHARLES STAPP

to be Immigration Officer for the Provincial District
of Taranaki, and a Member of the Commission to
inspect and report upon the state and condition of
immigrants and immigrant ships upon their arrival
at the Port of New Plymouth, vice W. K. Hulke, Esq.

ROBERT STOUT,
Minister for Immigration.

Cadet appointed, Surveyor-General's Department.

General Survey Office,
Wellington, 17th October, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

ARTHUR TEMPLER

to be a Cadet in the Surveyor-General's Department.
The appointment dates from 7th October, 1878.

ROBERT STOUT,
Minister of Lands.

Cadet appointed, Surveyor-General's Department.

General Survey Office,
Wellington, 17th October, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

JAMES GEORGE WILSON

to be a Cadet in the Surveyor-General's Department.
The appointment dates from 1st October, 1878.

ROBERT STOUT,
Minister of Lands.

Cadet appointed, Surveyor-General's Department.

General Survey Office,
Wellington, 22nd October, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

FRANCIS DUTIHIE

to be a Cadet in the Surveyor-General's Department.
The appointment to date from 2nd October, 1878.

ROBERT STOUT,
Minister of Lands.

Agricultural Lease under Gold Fields Act cancelled.

Secretary for Gold Fields' Office,
Wellington, 24th October, 1878.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the
Governor has been pleased to pronounce the
under-mentioned agricultural lease under "The Gold
Fields Act, 1866," cancelled :--

No. 78. GEORGE WALE, 49 acres, Upper Buller,
Nelson, Nelson South-West Mining District.

ROBERT STOUT,
Minister of Lands.

Nelson South-West Mining District, Agricultural
Leases cancelled.

Secretary for Gold Fields' Office,
Wellington, 30th October, 1878.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Go-
vernor has been pleased to pronounce the under-
mentioned agricultural leases cancelled, and that the
ground is now open for application under the Agri-
cultural Leases Regulations, --

No. 33. ANDREW CRAIG, Sections 16 and 17,
Square 116, District of Grey, Nelson South-
West Mining District.

No. 73. ANDREW CRAIG, Section 15, Square 116,
District of Grey, Nelson South-West Mining
District.

ROBERT STOUT,
Minister of Lands.

Gold-Mining Leases in Westland forfeited and
cancelled.

Secretary for Gold Fields' Office,
Wellington, 29th October, 1878.

WHEREAS applications have at different times
been made under "The Gold Fields Act,