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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

to be a Member of the Licensing Court for the Dis-
trict of Port Chalmers, vice J. Drysdale, Esq., J.P.,
resigned.
JOHN SHEEHAN.

Justices of the Peace appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 4th March, 1879.
HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to appoint
JAMES HURSE, Esq., of Kaiapoi, and
ALLAN MCDONALD, Esq., of Gisborne,
to be Justices of the Peace for the colony.
G. S. WHITMORE,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

Coroner appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 4th March, 1879.
HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to appoint
SAMUEL JOHNSON, Esq., J.P.,
of Blenheim, to be a Coroner within the colony.
G. S. WHITMORE,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

Clerk of Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 4th March, 1879.
HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to appoint
FRANCIS YARDE HICKS
to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate's Court at
Takaka, and Clerk of the Licensing Court for the
District of Takaka.
G. S. WHITMORE,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

Certificate of Execution.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 3rd March, 1879.
THE following certificate and declaration are pub-
lished in conformity with the provisions of
"The Execution of Criminals Act, 1858."
G. S. WHITMORE,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

I, HORACE G. BUTTON, M.R.C.S., the Medical Officer
in attendance at the execution of James Welsh, at
the Gaol of Invercargill, do hereby certify and de-
clare that I have this day witnessed the execution
of the said James Welsh, at the said gaol; and I do
hereby further certify and declare that the said
James Welsh was, in pursuance of the sentence of
the Supreme Court, hanged by the neck until his
body was dead.

Given under my hand, this nineteenth day of
February, in the year one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-nine, at the
Gaol of Invercargill.
HORACE G. BUTTON, M.R.C.S.,
Surgeon, H.M. Gaol.

We do hereby testify and declare that we have this
day been present when the extreme penalty of the
law was carried into execution on the body of James
Welsh, convicted at the criminal session of the
Supreme Court, held at Invercargill, on the four-

teenth day of December last, and sentenced to
death; and that the said James Welsh was, in pur-
suance of the said sentence, hanged by the neck
until his body was dead.

Dated this nineteenth day of February, in the year
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine, at the
Gaol of Invercargill.

W. Stuart, Sheriff.
Wm. Fraser, Gaoler.
D. McArthur, V.J.P.
James P. Joyce.
William G. Fox.
Thomas Trumble.
Septimus Myers.
A. Vialoux.
James McKillop, Warder.
David Sutherland, Warder.
John Anthony.

Under Secretary, Native Department, appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 3rd March, 1879.
HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to appoint
THOMAS WILLIAM LEWIS, Esq.,
to be Under Secretary in the Native Department,
from the 1st March, 1879.
JOHN SHEEHAN.

Chief Clerk, Record Clerk, Translator, and Inter-
preter, Native Department, appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 3rd March, 1879.
HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to make the following
appointments in the Native Department, from the
1st March, 1879:—
WILLIAM JOHNSTON MORPETH, Esq.,
to be Chief Clerk, promoted from Record Clerk;
WILLIAM RATTRAY, Esq.,
to be Record Clerk, promoted from extra Clerk;
GEORGE HENRY DAVIES, Esq.,
to be Translator, promoted from Interpreter; and
WILLIAM JAMES BUTLER, Esq.,
to be Interpreter.
JOHN SHEEHAN.

Under Secretary, Land Purchase Department,
appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 3rd March, 1879.
HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to appoint
RICHARD JOHN GILL, Esq.,
to be Under Secretary in the Land Purchase Depart-
ment, from the 1st March, 1879.
JOHN SHEEHAN.

Judge of Native Land Court appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 3rd March, 1879.
HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to appoint
THOMAS EDWARD YOUNG, Esq.,
to be a Judge of the Native Land Court of New
Zealand, from the 1st March, 1879.
JOHN SHEEHAN.