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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Justice of the Peace and Resident Magistrate

appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 16th September, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

HERBERT JOSEPH WILLIAMS, Esq.,
of Wairoa, to be a Justice of the Peace for the
colony, and a Resident Magistrate for the District
of Wairoa, from the 10th instant.
JOHN SHEEHAN.

Justices of the Peace appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 16th September, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

THOMAS BULLOCK, Esq.,
Mayor of Ashburton, to be a Justice of the Peace
under "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1876;"
and to reappoint

JAMES JAMIESON, Esq.,
Mayor of Gladstone, to be a Justice of the Peace
under "The Otago Municipal Corporations Em-
powering Act, 1865."
JOHN SHEEHAN.

Visiting Justice appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 16th September, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

CHARLES LAMBERT, Esq., J.P.,
to be a Visiting Justice of the Prison at Napier.
JOHN SHEEHAN.

Member of Licensing Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 16th September, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

HUGH JONES, Esq., J.P.,
to be a Member of the Licensing Court for the Dis-
trict of Buller, vice R. Whyte, Esq., deceased.
JOHN SHEEHAN.

Deputy Sheriff appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 16th September, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

RICHARD DAVIS, Esq.,
of Christchurch, to be Deputy Sheriff under "The
Sheriff's Act, 1858," for the District of Canterbury.
JOHN SHEEHAN.

Deputy Sheriff resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 16th September, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by

EDWARD LISTER GREEN, Esq.,
of his appointment as Deputy Sheriff for the District
of Auckland.
JOHN SHEEHAN.

Clerk of Warden's Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 16th September, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

HORATIO NELSON FIRTH
to be Principal Clerk at Havelock of the Wardens'
Courts within the Provincial District of Marlborough,
from the 1st instant.
JOHN SHEEHAN.

Clerk of Resident Magistrate's and Licensing Courts

appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 16th September, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

Sergeant DONALD BOYD
to be Clerk at Mataura of the Resident Magistrate's
Court for the District of Southland, and Clerk of
the Licensing Courts for the Districts of Mataura,
South Mataura, Lothian, and Waimumu, from the
1st ultimo, vice D. Mitchell, transferred.
JOHN SHEEHAN.

Certificated Accountant in Bankruptcy appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 16th September, 1878.
IT is hereby notified that His Honor Mr. Justice
Johnston has appointed

JOSIAH BIRCH, Esq.,
of Christchurch, and

JOSEPH FLETCHER, Esq.,
of Lyttelton, to be Certificated Accountants in
Bankruptcy within the Canterbury Judicial District;
and that Mr. District Judge Harvey has appointed

JOHN THOMSON, Esq.,
of Lawrence, and

BENJAMIN WILLOUGHBY, Esq.,
of Invercargill, to be Certificated Accountants in
Bankruptcy within the Districts of Otago Gold
Fields and Western Otago respectively.
JOHN SHEEHAN.

Gaolers appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 17th September, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

Constable JOHN WALTON and
Constable THOMAS DYER BROWN
to be Gaolers of the Prisons at Ahaura and Grey-
mouth respectively, from the 1st instant, vice T. D.
Brown and W. Stephenson, transferred.
JOHN SHEEHAN.

Appointment of Volunteer Officers.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th September, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned appointments, viz. :—

In the Cook County Rifle Volunteers.
James Benjamin Poynter to be Captain. Date of
commission, 14th July, 1878.
Thomas U'Ren to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 27th June, 1878.
G. S. WHITMORE.