78
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Returning Officer for Rangiora Riding appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 16th January, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
EDWARD O'HARA CANAVAN
Returning Officer for the Election of Members of the
Collingwood County Council, within the Riding of
Rangiora.
G. S. WHITMORE.

ROBERT CAMPBELL FERGUSON, Esq., Mayor of
Tapanui,
to be Justices of the Peace under "The Municipal
Corporations Act, 1876."
J. T. FISHER,
(in absence of the Minister of Justice).

Visiting Justices appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 10th January, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
WILLIAM MASON, Esq., J.P., and
HENRY ALDBOROUGH STRATFORD, Esq., R.M.,
to be Visiting Justices of the Prison at Queenstown.
G. S. WHITMORE,
(in absence of the Minister of Justice).

Health Officer, Port Chalmers, appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 16th January, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
DANIEL MCCALLUM
(Piermaster at Port Chalmers) to be a Health Officer
at Port Chalmers, under section 105 of "The Public
Health Act, 1876."
G. S. WHITMORE.

Clerk of Licensing Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 11th January, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
HERBERT CROSS, Esq.,
to be Clerk of the Licensing Court for the District
of Charleston, vice C. H. W. Bowen, Esq., resigned.
G. S. WHITMORE,
(in absence of the Minister of Justice).

Letters of Naturalization issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 16th January, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
issue Letters of Naturalization under "The
Aliens Act, 1866," in favour of the under-mentioned
persons, viz.,-

Name. Occupation. Residence.
Anders Mattisen ... Settler ... Tokatoka, Kai-
para.
Thomas Frederick Geertsen Gardener ... Hutt.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Assistant Land Registrar appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 11th January, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
AUGUSTUS PHILIP MASON, Esq.,
to be Assistant Land Registrar under "The Land
Transfer Act, 1870," for the District of Wellington.
JOHN SHEEHAN.

Member of Licensing Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 18th December, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
PHILLIP THRELKELD, Esq.,
to be a Member of the Licensing Courts for the Dis-
tricts of Mandeville and Town of Kaiapoi, vice James
Freeman Fletcher, Esq., resigned.
JOHN SHEEHAN.

Appointment of Constabulary Officers.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th January, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned appointments, viz.,-

In the Armed Constabulary Force.
Robert Clarke Shearman, to be Inspector and First-
class Superintendent. Date of commission, 1st
November, 1867.
Thomas King Weldon to be Inspector, and First-
class Superintendent. Date of commission, 1st
November, 1867.
Thomas Broham to be Inspector, and First-class
Superintendent. Date of commission, 16th April,
1870.
Frederick Atcheson to be Inspector, and Second-
class Superintendent. Date of commission, 2nd
November, 1867.
William Charles Lyon to be Inspector, and Second-
class Superintendent. Date of commission, 4th
November, 1867.
John McIntosh Roberts to be Inspector, and
Second-class Superintendent. Date of commission,
15th November, 1868.
Arthur Tuke to be Inspector, and Second-class
Superintendent. Date of commission, 7th June,
1869.
William Henry James to be Inspector, and Second-
class Superintendent. Date of commission, 1st
July, 1870.

Certificated Accountant in Bankruptcy appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 28th December, 1877.
IT is hereby notified that His Honor Mr. Justice
Gillies has been pleased to appoint
PETER MCTAVISH, Esq.,
of Auckland, to be a Certificated Accountant in
Bankruptcy for the Northern Judicial District.
J. T. FISHER,
(in absence of the Minister of Justice).
NOTE.—This notice is inserted in lieu of that published in
page 29 of this year's Gazette.

Justices of the Peace appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 10th January, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
ROBERT WHYTE, Esq., Mayor of Westport, and