THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1281

extend the time within which the votes of the rate-
payers and owners of property in the proposed rail-
way district may be taken for a period of thirteen
days computed from the expiration of the said period
of sixty days.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this eighteenth day of Septem-
ber, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-eight..
J. MACANDREW.

Warrant altering Fees to be paid for Survey of
Steamers.

NORMANBY, Governor.

WHEREAS by the seventh section of "The Steam
Navigation Act, 1866," it is enacted that the
Governor shall have power to alter, increase, or
diminish the amount of fees to be paid for the survey
of steamers:

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, do hereby order that, from and after
the first day of September next, in lieu of the fees
now payable for the half-yearly survey of steamers of
the tonnage specified in the Schedule hereto, the fees
specified in such Schedule shall be paid for the half-
yearly survey of steamers.

SCHEDULE.
Vessels under 20 tons register
Vessels from 20 to 30 tons register
Vessels from 30 to 60 tons register
£ s. d.
1 10 0
2 2 0
3 3 0

—in lieu of those fixed by the Schedule to the said
Act.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this eighteenth day of Septem-
ber, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-eight.
G. GREY.

Registration and Returning Officer appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 16th September, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
RICHMOND BEETHAM, Esq.,
to be Registration and Returning Officer for the
election of Members of the House of Representatives
for the Electoral Districts of Timaru, Geraldine, and
Gladstone, vice B. Woollcombe, Esq., resigned.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Inspectors of Weights and Measures appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 17th September, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
Constable WILLIAM THEOBALD RAYMOND
to be an Inspector of Weights and Measures for the
Hawke's Bay District; also to appoint
CHARLES ALLISON, Jun.,
to be an Inspector of Weights and Measures for
the District of Christchurch; also to appoint
Constable PATRICK O'SULLIVAN
to be an Inspector of Weights and Measures for the
Borough of Hokitika and the County of Westland,
vice Constable James Douglas, resigned; also to
appoint
PATRICK O'NEILL,
Sergeant, Armed Constabulary Force, to be an In-
spector of Weights and Measures for the Mount Ida

District, vice T. M. Smith, transferred; and also to
appoint
FRANCIS THOMAS HEWIT BULLEN,
Sergeant, Armed Constabulary Force, to be an In-
spector of Weights and Measures for the Dunstan
District, vice J. McNally, transferred.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Resident Magistrate appointed to administer "The
Slaughterhouses Act, 1877."

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 17th September, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JOHN ALLEN, Esq., R.M.,
to be the Resident Magistrate who, acting together
with any two Justices of the Peace, shall be charged
with the administration of "The Slaughterhouses
Act, 1877," within that portion of the County of
Marlborough lying to the north of the River Wairau.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Letters of Naturalization issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 17th September, 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.
August Johnson ... Sailor Napier.
Julius Kelpe ... Carter Westport.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Public Vaccinators appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 18th September, 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 gentlemen to be Public Vaccinators, to
perform gratuitous vaccination in accordance with
the provisions of the said Act, and any regulations
made or to be made thereunder, for the districts
mentioned in the Schedule hereto, and set opposite
their names respectively.
G. S. WHITMORE.

SCHEDULE.
THOMAS LEAHY, Esq., M.B. ... Dunstan.
FREDERICK WILLIAM CAMPBELL, Esq. ... Ahaura.

Member of Waiohine Board of Conservators elected.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 17th September, 1878.

NOTICE has been received at this office, under
the hand of Mr. Thomas Frethey, the Pre-
siding Officer for the election of Members of the
Board of Conservators of the Waiohine River Dis-
trict, that
THOMAS JACKSON
has been duly elected a Member of the said Board.
G. S. WHITMORE.