THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1141

to be the District Board of the Ruarangi Highway
District for the ensuing year; and
THOMAS HUNTER and
JOHN SOLON
to be Auditors of the said Board for the ensuing
year.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Interpreter appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 8th August, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
A. F. PUCKEY, Esq.,
to be Interpreter to the Resident Magistrate's Court,
Thames, vice G. T. Wilkinson, Esq., resigned.
JOHN SHEEHAN.

District Judge resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 13th August, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by
CHARLES DUDLEY ROBERT WARD, Esq.,
of his appointments as District Judge for the Dis-
tricts of Tokomairiro and Clutha and Western Otago.
JOHN SHEEHAN.

District Judge appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 13th August, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
GEORGE WILLIAM HARVEY, Esq.,
Barrister, to be District Judge for the District of
Western Otago.
JOHN SHEEHAN.

Resident Magistrates appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 13th August, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JOHN ALLEN, Esq., R.M.,
to be a Resident Magistrate for the District of Blen-
heim, to exercise extended jurisdiction to £100; and
ISAAC NEWTON WATT, Esq., R.M.,
to be a Resident Magistrate for the District of
Oamaru, to exercise extended jurisdiction to £100.
JOHN SHEEHAN.

Justices of the Peace appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 13th August, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
WILLIAM REEVE HASELDEN, Esq., Mayor of
Westport,
to be a Justice of the Peace under "The Municipal
Corporations Act, 1876;"
ROBERT GLENN, Esq., Mayor of Naseby;
GEORGE LUMSDEN, Esq., Mayor of Invercargill;
WILLIAM MCINNES, Esq., Mayor of Port Chal-
mers;
and to reappoint
DAVID MURCHIE, Esq., Mayor of Riverton,
to be Justices of the Peace under "The Otago
Municipal Corporations Empowering Act, 1865."
JOHN SHEEHAN.

Coroners appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 13th August, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
WILLIAM LANE, Esq., of Whangaroa, and
THOMAS GRESHAM, Esq., of Te Awamutu,
to be Coroners within the colony.
JOHN SHEEHAN.

Members of Licensing Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 13th August, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JOSEPH BESWICK, Esq., J.P.,
to be a member of the Licensing Courts for the Dis-
tricts of Ashburton and Mount Somers, vice J. E.
Trevor, Esq., resigned;
JOHN GREENWOOD, Esq., J.P.,
to be a member of the Licensing Courts for the
Districts of Greymouth, Coaldale, Paroa, and Cob-
den, vice D. Lundon, Esq., resigned;
WILLIAM SIMPSON SMITH, Esq.,
to be a member of the Licensing Courts for the Dis-
tricts of Arnold, Clifton, and Greenstone, vice D.
Lundon, Esq., resigned;
JAMES BROWN GATLAND, Esq., and
DONALD BURRELL MCDONALD, Esq.,
to be members of the Licensing Court for the Dis-
trict of Coromandel, vice R. Kelly, Esq., and P. J.
Tierney, Esq., resigned.
JOHN SHEEHAN.

Examiner of Titles appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 13th August, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
FREDERICK WILLIAM BROOKFIELD, Esq.,
to be an Examiner of Titles for the District of Wel-
lington.
JOHN SHEEHAN.

Clerk of Licensing Court resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 13th August, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by
F. Y. HICKS
of his appointment as Clerk of the Licensing Court
for the District of Takaka.
JOHN SHEEHAN.

Appointment of Volunteer Officers.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 14th August, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned appointments, viz.:----
In the Nelson Artillery Volunteers.
Second Lieutenant Burton West to be Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 7th February, 1878.
His Lordship the Right Rev. Andrew Burn Suter,
D.D., to be Honorary Chaplain.
In the Napier Artillery Volunteers.
The Rev. George Mervyn D'Arcy Irvine to be
Honorary Chaplain.