[1879.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Aliens Act, 1866," in favour of the under-mentioned
persons, viz.:-

JOHN HALL.

Commissioners of Kaiwarawara Local Board District,
County of Hutt, elected.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 4th November, 1879.

NOTICE has been received at this office, under the
hand of the Returning Officer, Mr. C. Thomp-
son, jun., that, on the 29th October last, the follow-
ing persons were duly elected to be Commissioners
of the Kaiwarawara Local Board District, County of
Hutt:-

DONALD DOUGLAS CAMERON,
EDWARD MARTIN TAYLOR,
WILLIAM THOMAS WYATT,
JONAH HARRIS, and
ROBERT YEATTS.

JOHN HALL.

Monday, the 10th November, a Public Holiday.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 6th November, 1879.

IT is hereby notified for general information that
Monday, the 10th day of November instant, will
be observed as a Public Holiday in honor of His
Royal Highness the Prince of Wales' Birthday, and
the departments of the General Government will be
closed accordingly.

JOHN HALL.

Assistant Clerk and Cadet, Resident Magistrates'
Courts, appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 31st October, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to appoint

FRANCIS JEFFREY
to be Assistant Clerk in the Resident Magistrate's
Court at Roxburgh, from the 1st instant; and

CLARENCE HERBERT PYKE
to be Cadet in the Resident Magistrate's Court at
Clyde, from the 1st ultimo.

WM. ROLLESTON.

Members of Licensing Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 5th November, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

DAVID PHILIP JAMES, Esq., M.R.C.S.E.,
to be a Member of the Licensing Court for the
Districts of Town of Hokitika, Waimea, and Kanieri,
vice F. Dermott, Esq., deceased; and

HENRY STOKES TIFFEN, Esq., J.P.,
to be a Member of the Licensing Courts for the
Districts of Town of Napier and Petane, vice J.
Buchanan, Esq., resigned.

WM. ROLLESTON.

Certificated Accountant in Bankruptcy appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 4th November, 1879.

IT is hereby notified that his Honor Mr. Justice
Williams has appointed

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GEORGE THOMAS CLARKE, of Dunedin, and
JOHN LAING, of Port Chalmers,
to be Certificated Accountants in Bankruptcy.

WM. ROLLESTON.

Sub-Assistant Surveyor appointed.

General Survey Office,
Wellington, 30th October, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

REDWOOD FELIX GOULTER, Esq.,
to be a Sub-Assistant Surveyor in the Survey Depart-
ment of New Zealand. Appointment dating from
the 29th October, 1879.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

Surveyor-General appointed.

General Survey Office,
Wellington, 4th November, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
promote

JAMES MCKERROW, Esq.,
Assistant Surveyor-General, to be Surveyor-General
of New Zealand; appointment dating from the 1st
November, 1879; vice J. T. Thomson, Esq., resigned.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

Inspector of Surveys appointed.

General Survey Office,
Wellington, 4th November, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

JAMES MCKERROW, Esq.,
to be Inspector of Surveys under the Native
Lands Acts; appointment dating from the 1st
November, 1879; vice J. T. Thomson, Esq., resigned.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

In re "The Public Payments without Probate Act,
1869."

ALFRED SEARLE, late of Kawakawa, Auckland,
Surveyor, deceased.

UNDER the provision of "The Public Payments
without Probate Act, 1869," and the regula-
tions made thereunder published in the New Zealand
Gazette, 1870, page 212, the Colonial Treasurer
intends to make a payment of money due to the
above-named deceased to persons not being his legal
representatives. All persons objecting to such pay-
ment being made must give notice to the Colonial
Treasurer, at Wellington, within one calendar month
from the date of the Gazette containing this notice,
when their objections will be considered.

H. A. ATKINSON,
Colonial Treasurer.

Gold-Mining Lease cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 5th November, 1879.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the
Governor has been pleased to pronounce the
under-mentioned gold-mining lease cancelled, and
that the ground is now open for application as if no
lease of the said ground had ever been applied for: ---

James Williams and others; 4 acres, District of
Grey, Nelson South-West Gold Fields. No. 90.

R. OLIVER.