THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 967

Trustee of the Havelock Cemetery, in the place of
the Rev. Thomas Lloyd Tudor, resigned.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Registration and Returning Officer appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 3rd July, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

FREDERICK GEORGE DOWNES, Esq.,
to be Registration and Returning Officer for the
Electoral District of Port Chalmers for the election
of Members of the House of Representatives, vice
T. A. Mansford, Esq., resigned.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Rangers under "Protection of Animals Act, 1873,"
appointed (Otago).

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 3rd July, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

JOHN BURK,
ANDREW CONNOR, and
GEORGE FREELING WELCH,
to be Rangers under "The Protection of Animals
Act, 1873," within the Provincial District of Otago.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Public Vaccinator appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 1st July, 1878.
IT is hereby notified that, under the provisions of
"The Public Health Act, 1876," His Excellency
the Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-
mentioned gentleman to be a Public Vaccinator, to
perform gratuitous vaccination in accordance with
the provisions of the said Act, and any regulations
made or to be made thereunder, for the district
mentioned in the Schedule hereto, and set opposite
his name.

SCHEDULE.
Name. District.
JACOB MONTEITH, Esq. Wellington.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Member of Licensing Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 2nd July, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

SAMUEL PARSONS, Esq.,
to be a Member of the Licensing Court for the
District of Poverty Bay, vice Charles Westrup, Esq.,
resigned.
J. BALLANCE,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

Clerk of Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 3rd July, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

WILLIAM WILLS, Esq.,
to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate's Court and
Licensing Court at Temuka, vice R. M. Buchanan,
Esq.
J. BALLANCE,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

Justice of the Peace appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 3rd July, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

HENRY BLACKETT, Esq.,
Mayor of Rangiora, to be a Justice of the Peace,
under "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1876."
J. BALLANCE,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 3rd July, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by

DANIEL ROLFE, Esq.,
of Port Chalmers, of his appointment as a Justice of
the Peace for the colony.
J. BALLANCE,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

Accountant in Bankruptcy appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 3rd July, 1878.
IT is hereby notified that His Honor Mr. Justice
Gillies has appointed

RICHARD GARLICK, Esq.,
of Auckland, Accountant, to be a Certificated
Accountant in Bankruptcy within the Northern
Judicial District.
J. BALLANCE,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

Appointment of Volunteer Officers.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 3rd July, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned appointments,
viz.:-

In the Thames Naval Volunteers.
Edward Thomas Wildman to be Captain. Date of
commission, 25th April, 1878.

In the Nelson (City) Rifle Volunteers.
Henry Hammond to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 11th July, 1876.

In the East Taieri Rifle Volunteers.
The Reverend John Mowat Sutherland to be Hono-
rary Chaplain.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Commission cancelled.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 3rd July, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
cancel the commission held by

Sub-Lieutenant Reginald Peacocke, Nixon Light
Horse Volunteers,
for absence without leave.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Designation of Volunteer Corps changed.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 3rd July, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
alter the designation of the Thames Scottish
Rifle Volunteers to

The No. 1 Company, Thames Scottish Rifle Volun-
teers;