THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 195

Committee of Management of the Dunedin Hospital
appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 11th February, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

The Honorable Sir JOHN LARKINS CHEESE
RICHARDSON,
ALFRED ROWLAND CHETHAM-STRODE, Esq.,
JOHN CARGILL, Esq.,
ROBERT GILLIES, Esq.,
JAMES FULTON, Esq.,
HENRY HOUGHTON, Esq.,
ROBERT WILSON, Esq.,
CHARLES S. REEVES, Esq.,
P. C. NEILL, Esq., and
His Worship the MAYOR for the time being of
the City of Dunedin,
to be a Committee of Management of the Dunedin
Hospital; and to appoint

ALFRED ROWLAND CHETHAM-STRODE, Esq.,
to be the Chairman of such Committee.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Returning Officer for Ridings in County of Selwyn
appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 11th February, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

GEORGE LESLIE LEE, Esq.,
to be Returning Officer for the election of Members
of the Selwyn County Council, within the Ridings of
Upper Waimakariri and Ellesmere.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 12th February, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the under-mentioned gentlemen to be
the Deputies of the Registrars of Marriages and of
Births and Deaths for the districts set opposite their
names:-

Name. District.
THOMAS WILLIAM KING FOSTER ... Feilding.
JAMES THOMSON REYBURN ... Whangarei.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Justices of the Peace appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 8th February, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

GEORGE CLIFF, Esq., Mayor of Timaru, and
RICHARD WESTALL CAPSTICK, Esq., Mayor of
Milton,
to be Justices of the Peace under "The Municipal
Corporations Act, 1876." These appointments date
from the 11th December last.

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

Clerk of Warden's Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 11th February, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

PAUL ADOLPHUS FREDERICK BIRCH, Esq.,
to be Principal Clerk at Kumara of the Warden's
Court for the District of Westland.

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

Volunteer Officer transferred.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th February, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
transfer

Lieutenant FRANK PELL
from the North Dunedin Rifle Volunteers to the
Napier Artillery Volunteers.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Appointment of Volunteer Officers.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th February, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned appointments,
viz.,-

In the Bay of Plenty Cavalry Volunteers.
Sub-Lieutenant John Forsyth Connelly to be
Lieutenant. Date of commission, 30th June,
1877.
Arthur Parkinson to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 30th June, 1877.

In the North Dunedin Rifle Volunteers.
Sub-Lieutenant Robert Pollock to be Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 16th January, 1878.
John Allen to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 16th January, 1878.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Resignation of Volunteer Officers.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th February, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commissions held
by the undermentioned officers, viz.,-

Sub-Lieutenant W. McKay, Hampden Rifle
Volunteers.
Sub-Lieutenant A. Y. Smith, Oamaru Rifle
Volunteers.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Agent and Inspector under "Westland and Nelson
Coal Fields Administration Act, 1877," appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 9th February, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to appoint

THOMAS MACKAY, Esq.,
to be Agent for the Crown and Inspector under
"The Westland and Nelson Coal Fields Adminis-
tration Act, 1877," from the 1st of January, 1878.

J. MACANDREW.