THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 653

Deputy Commissioners of Stamps appointed.

Head Office, Stamp Department,
Wellington, 13th May, 1879.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

ANDREW TURNBULL, Esq.,
to be a Deputy Commissioner of Stamps and Regis-
trar of Joint-Stock Companies at Nelson, as from the
1st May, 1879;

EDWIN BAMFORD, Esq.,
to be a Deputy Commissioner of Stamps and Regis-
trar of Joint-Stock Companies at New Plymouth, as
from the 28th April, 1879; and

FREDERICK GEORGE MORGAN, Esq.,
to be a Deputy Commissioner of Stamps and Regis-
trar of Joint-Stock Companies at Invercargill, on and
from the 1st June, 1879.

J. BALLANCE.

District Land Registrars appointed.

Head Office, Stamp Department,
Wellington, 13th May, 1879.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

ANDREW TURNBULL, Esq.,
to be District Land Registrar, Examiner of Titles,
and Registrar of Deeds for the Land and Deeds
Registration Districts of Nelson; date of appoint-
ment, 1st May, 1879;

EDWIN BAMFORD, Esq.,
to be Examiner of Titles, Deputy District Land
Registrar, and Deputy Registrar of Deeds, for the
Lands and Deeds Registration Districts of Taranaki;
date of appointment, 28th April, 1879;

FREDERICK GEORGE MORGAN, Esq.,
to be District Land Registrar, Examiner of Titles,
and Registrar of Deeds for the Land and Deeds Re-
gistration Districts of Southland; date of appoint-
ment, 1st June, 1879;

FREDERIC WILLIAM BROOKFIELD, Esq.,
to be Deputy District Land Registrar for the Land
District of Wellington; date of appointment, 1st
May, 1879;

WILLIAM STUART, Esq.,
to be Examiner of Titles for the District of Canter-
bury; date of appointment, 1st June, 1879.

J. BALLANCE.

Gold-Mining Lease cancelled.

Gold Fields Department,
Wellington, 10th May, 1879.
IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the
Governor has been pleased to pronounce the
under-mentioned gold-mining lease in the Nelson
South-West Gold Fields cancelled, and that the
ground is now open for application as if no lease of
the said ground had ever been applied for:—
William Evans and others; 10 acres 2 roods and
14 perches, District of Inangahua. No. 146R.

ROBERT STOUT,
Minister of Lands.

Receiver of Gold Revenue appointed.

Gold Fields Department,
Wellington, 10th May, 1879.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

WILLIAM EDWARD SESSIONS, Esq.,
of Dunedin, to be a Receiver of Gold Revenue under

"The Mines Act, 1877," for the Hindon Mining
District, Otago Gold Fields, as from the 21st De-
cember, 1878.

ROBERT STOUT,
Minister of Lands.

-Under Secretary for Mines appointed.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 13th May, 1879:
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

OLIVER WAKEFIELD, Esq.,
(Under Secretary for Gold Fields,) to be Under
Secretary for Mines, in accordance with "The Regu-
lations of Mines Act, 1874," from the 28th of
February, 1879.

ROBERT STOUT.

Cadet in Survey Department appointed.

General Survey Office,
Wellington, 12th May, 1879.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

GEORGE HENRY BULLARD
to be a Cadet in the Survey Department of New
Zealand. Appointment to date from 1st June,
1879.

ROBERT STOUT,
Minister of Lands.

Governor of Wellington College appointed.

Education Department,
Wellington, 14th May, 1879.
IN terms of "The Wellington College Act, 1877,"
His Excellency the Governor in Council has
been pleased to appoint

Colonel WILLIAM LECKIE
to be a Governor of the Wellington College, vice
Hon. P. A. Buckley, resigned.

J. BALLANCE.

School Commissioner appointed.

Education Department,
Wellington, 13th May, 1879.
PURSUANT to section 11 of "The Education
Reserves Act, 1877," His Excellency the Go-
vernor has been pleased to appoint

EDWARD SHAW, Esq., R.M.,
to be a School Commissioner for the Provincial
District of Taranaki, vice H. E. Kenny, Esq., resigned.

J. BALLANCE.

Appointments in the Land-Tax Department.

Land-Tax Department,
Wellington, 15th May, 1879.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the following appointments in the Land-
Tax Department:—

WALTER WILLIAM BODMAN
to be Chief Clerk in the Land-Tax Office, Auckland,
as from the 19th instant;

GEORGE FREDERICK COLIN CAMPBELL
to be a Clerk, and

JOHN MATTHEW KING
to be a Cadet, in the Commissioner's Office, Welling-
ton, as from 19th and 1st instant respectively.

J. BALLANCE.