THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 839

treaty not having as yet been concluded, the high
contracting parties, being desirous of prolonging the
duration of the treaty now in force, have named as
their Plenipotentiaries for this purpose-
Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland: Sir Horace Rumbold,
Baronet, Her Majesty's Minister Resident to the
Swiss Confederation; and
The Federal Council of the Swiss Confederation:
M. le Conseiller Fédéral Fridolin Anderwert, Chief
of the Federal Department of Justice and Police;
Who, after having communicated to each other
their full powers, found in good and due form, have
concluded the following convention:-
The duration of the treaty of the 31st March,
1874, between the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland and the Swiss Confederation, is prolonged
for twelve months, to date from the 22nd December,
1878.
Done at Berne, this thirteenth day of December,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.
The Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland-
HORACE RUMBOLD.
The Plenipotentiary of Switzerland-
ANDERWERT.
Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the
advice of her Privy Council, and in virtue of the
authority committed to her by the said recited Acts,
doth order, and it is hereby ordered, that the said
Acts shall apply in the case of Switzerland and of the
said treaty and protocol, and conventions with the
Swiss Confederation.
C. L. PEEL.

Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 11th June, 1879.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the under-mentioned gentlemen to be
the Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths,
and also Vaccination Inspectors, for the districts set
opposite their names, viz. :-
Name. District.
ALEXANDER LE GRAND CAMPBELL Aorere.
ALEXANDER MILLAR EYES Waimea.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Summons to Legislative Council.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 14th June, 1879.
HIS Excellency the Governor has, in Her Majesty's
name, summoned
The Honorable Sir WILLIAM FITZHERBERT,
K.C.M.G.,
of the Hutt, to the Legislative Council of New
Zealand, by writ of summons under the Seal of the
Colony.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Speaker of Legislative Council appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 14th June, 1879.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
The Honorable Sir WILLIAM FITZHERBERT,
K.C.M.G.,
to be Speaker of the Legislative Council of New
Zealand, vice the Honorable Sir John L. C. Richardson,
deceased.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Judge of Assessment Court for Borough of Napier
appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 14th June, 1879.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint HARRY EYRE KENNY, Esq., R.M.,
to be Judge of the Assessment Court for the Borough
of Napier.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Judges of Assessment Courts for certain Counties
appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 14th June, 1879.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the under-mentioned gentlemen to be
Judges of the Assessment Courts for the districts
comprised in the counties set opposite their names
respectively :-
DAVID SCANNELL, Esq. ... County of East Taupo.
DAVID SCANNELL, Esq. ... County of West Taupo.
HARRY EYRE KENNY, Esq. ... County of Hawke's Bay.
HARRY EYRE KENNY, Esq. ... County of Waipawa.
ALEXANDER LE GRAND } County of Collingwood.
CAMPBELL, Esq.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Letters of Naturalization issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 14th June, 1879.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
issue Letters of Naturalization under "The
Aliens Act, 1866," in favour of the under-mentioned
person, viz. :-
Name. Occupation. Residence.
Henry Marius Lyders ... Carpenter ... Dunedin.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Deputy District Judge appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 14th June, 1879.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
GEORGE WILLIAM HARVEY, Esq.,
Barrister, to be Deputy District Judge for the Dis-
trict of Dunedin.
G. S. WHITMORE,
(for the Minister of Justice)

Justices of the Peace appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 14th June, 1879.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
John Brown, Esq., of Tararu, Thames;
Frederick George Clayton, Esq., of Auckland ;
Henry Dodson, Esq., of Blenheim;
Andrew Ferguson, Esq., of Lawrence, Tuapeka;
Charles John Harrison, Esq., of Marton, Rangi-
tikei;
Robert Langdon, Esq., of Whareama, Wairarapa
East;
John MacHutcheson, Esq., of Blenheim;
Robert Bruce McKenzie, Esq., of Carnarvon,
Manawatu;