THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1861

every day during which he shall so offend, be liable |
to a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds. Such
Inspector shall not be liable for any loss or damage
occasioned to such owner by any act of such Inspec-
tor, unless such damage shall be occasioned by his
wilful neglect or default.

REMOVAL OF SHEEP FROM ONE DISTRICT TO

ANOTHER.

Section 40. It shall not be lawful for any person
to introduce by land any sheep from a clean district
into any other district, or from an infected district
into an infected district, unless he shall hold a clean
certificate for such sheep, and unless he shall have
given to the Inspector of the district into which they
are to be introduced at least seven days' previous
notice of his intention so to introduce them, stating
in such notice the number of such sheep, and the
point at which and the day on which it is intended
they shall cross the boundary of the district. Every
person offending against the provisions of this section
shall be liable to a penalty of not less than ten pounds
nor exceeding one hundred pounds.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Section 57. Every occupier of any run exceeding
five hundred acres in extent and not substantially
fenced, who shall muster his flock or flocks for either
of the purposes of dipping or dressing, or cutting and
tailing, or ear-marking, or shearing, or removal from
the run, shall, twenty-four hours at least before yard-
ing the same, give personal notice to the occupiers of
all the adjoining runs of his intention so to yard his
sheep.

Section 68. If any Inspector shall be satisfied that
any sheep in a district are infected with lice he shall
take such steps in the matter as to him shall seem
best for the cleansing of such sheep, for which pur-
pose he shall, and may, if the sheepowner neglects to
cleanse his sheep, exercise all the powers granted to
him by this Act, as if the said sheep were infected
with scab, and shall have power to declare them in-
fected sheep; and all sheepowners and other persons
shall, if the Inspector shall have declared the sheep
to be infected sheep, be liable, in respect of sheep
infected with lice, in the same manner as if such
sheep were infected with scab.

Clerk of Warden's Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 20th December, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

WILLIAM EDWARD SESSIONS, Esq.,
to be Principal Clerk at Dunedin of the Warden's
Court for the Otago Gold Fields.

JOHN SHEEHAN.

Clerk in Deeds Registry appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 24th December, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

HENRY CHARLES CHEESMAN, Esq.
to be a Clerk in the Deeds Registry, Wellington,
from the 1st proximo.

J. BALLANCE,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

Justices of the Peace appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 24th December, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

George Cliff, Esq., Mayor of Timaru;

Albert Cracroft Fookes, Esq., Mayor of New
Plymouth ;
Gabriel Hodges, Esq., Mayor of South Dunedin ;
Robert Hogg, Esq., Mayor of Balclutha ;
Frederick Allan Learmonth, Esq., Mayor of
Hokitika ;
William McCullough, Esq., Mayor of Thames ;
Richard Nancarrow, Esq., Mayor of Grey-
mouth ; and
John Helier Vautier, Esq., Napier,
to be Justices of the Peace for the colony.

J. BALLANCE,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

Resignation of Volunteer Officer.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 24th December, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commission held
by the under-mentioned officer :—
Lieutenant B. D. O'Halloran, K Battery, New
Zealand Regiment Artillery Volunteers.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Appointment in the Surveyor-General's Department.

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

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

CHARLES EDWARD STANLEY FORBES, Esq.,
to be a Draughtsman in the Surveyor-General's De-
partment. The appointment to date from 4th May,
1878.

J. BALLANCE,
(for the Minister of Lands.)

Mining Registrar appointed.

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

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

WILLIAM EDWARD SESSIONS, Esq.,
to be a Mining Registrar for the Hindon Mining
District, Provincial District of Otago, from the 21st
instant.

J. BALLANCE.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.
No. 35 of 1878.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 20th December, 1878.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from
the Superintendent of Marine Surveys at Cal-
cutta, is published for general information.

J. BALLANCE.

BAY OF BENGAL—COAST OF BURMA.—EXHIBITION
OF BLUE LIGHTS AND MAROONS AT KRISHNA
SHOAL LIGHT-VESSEL.

NOTICE is hereby given that, on and after 1st Novem-
ber, 1878, the light-vessel stationed off the Krishna
Shoal, in the Gulf of Martaban, will exhibit every
night, between sunset and sunrise, a blue light every
half hour, and a maroon at the intermediate quarter
hours.

By direction of the Government of India.

A. DUNDAS TAYLOR,
Comdr. (late I. N.),
Superintendent, Marine Survey of India.
Marine Survey Department,
Calcutta, 2nd November, 1878.