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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

ward them to the Chairman of the Exhibition Com-
mission at Wellington, by whom they will be
collected and transmitted to Sydney; but no ex-
hibits can be received later than the 30th June,
1879.

After the Exhibition is closed, the exhibits will be
either returned to exhibitors free of expense, or sold
or otherwise disposed of in Sydney, at the desire of
the exhibitors; but the Government undertakes no
responsibility for loss or damage, either in transit or
during exhibition, or in regard to the price to be
realized if sold, nor will they guarantee the safe
remittance of the money.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Resident Magistrate appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 17th February, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

HARRY KENRICK, Esq., R.M.,
to be a Resident Magistrate for the District of
Wairoa, with jurisdiction to £50.

JOHN SHEEHAN.

Clerk of Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 17th February, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

ARTHUR SANDYS BROOKE FORSTER, Esq.,
to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate's Courts at
Palmerston and Feilding, and Clerk of the Licensing
Court for the District of Palmerston.

JOHN SHEEHAN.

Appointment of Volunteer Officers.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th February, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to make the under-mentioned appointments :—
South District Rifles.

Charles Samson to be Captain. Date of commission,
8th March, 1878.
James Miller to be Lieutenant. Date of commission,
8th March, 1878.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Amalgamation of Corps.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 12th February, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
form the No. 1 and 2 Waikari Rifle Volunteers
into a united body for military and financial pur-
poses, under the command of Captain Thomas
Chalmers Reid; and to authorize No. 2 Waikari
Rifles to form part of the 1st Battalion Otago Rifle
Volunteers.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Resignation of Volunteer Officers.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th February, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commissions held
by the under-mentioned officers :—

Lieutenant John Anderson, Canterbury Engineer
Volunteers.
Honorary Assistant-Surgeon F. de Lisle, F Battery
of Artillery.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Manager of Hokitika Savings Bank resigned and
appointed.

Treasury,
Wellington, 18th February, 1879.

IT is hereby notified for general information that
the Trustees of the Hokitika Savings Bank have
accepted the resignation by Archibald Scott, Esq., of
his appointment as Manager of that institution, and
have appointed

WILLIAM DUNCAN, Esq.,
to be Manager; and that His Excellency the Governor
has been pleased to signify his approval of this ap-
pointment.

G. GREY,
(for the Colonial Treasurer.)

Authority to Frank.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 14th February, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
authorize

WILLIAM MOUAT HANNAY, Esq.,
the Secretary of Railways for the Middle Island,
to frank, free from the payment of postage, letters
and parcels posted on the public service.

J. T. FISHER,
Postmaster-General.

Member of the Bluff Harbour Board appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 17th February, 1879.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Go-
vernor has, in pursuance of the provisions of
section 41 of "The Harbours Act, 1878," appointed

JOHN ROBERT CUTHBERTSON, Esq., J.P.,
to be a Member of the Bluff Harbour Board.

G. GREY.

Special Claim Grant under the Gold Fields Act
cancelled.

Secretary for Gold Fields' Office,
Wellington, 18th February, 1879.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the
Governor has been pleased to pronounce the
under-mentioned grant of a special claim cancelled:—

No. 814. Alexander Campbell. 16 acres 2 roods
and 10 perches, District of Grey, Nelson South-
West Gold Fields.

J. T. FISHER,
(in the absence of the Minister of Lands.)

Application for Registration of a Trade Mark.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 18th February, 1879.

NOTICE is hereby given that Messrs. MACASSEY,
KETTLE, and BRIDGES, of Dunedin, in the
colony of New Zealand, have applied, on behalf of