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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Richard Harman Jeffares Reeves, Esq., of Reef-
ton, Inangahua;
Gustav August Herman Rockel, Esq., of Car-
narvon, Manawatu;
Henry Sanson, Esq., of Sandon, Manawatu;
Richard John Seddon, Esq., of Kumara, West-
land;
to be Justices of the Peace for the colony.
G. S. WHITMORE,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

Justice of the Peace appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 14th June, 1879.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
THOMAS WILLIAMS, Esq.,
Mayor of Picton, to be a Justice of the Peace under
"The Municipal Corporations Act, 1876."
G. S. WHITMORE,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

Sheriff appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 14th June, 1879.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
WILLIAM HORTON REVELL, Esq., R.M.,
to be Sheriff for the District of Westland North
from the 25th instant, vice C. Broad, Esq., trans-
ferred.
G. S. WHITMORE,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

Resident Magistrates appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 14th June, 1879.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
WILLIAM LAWRENCE SIMPSON, Esq., R.M.,
to be a Resident Magistrate for the District of
Dunedin, with jurisdiction to £100, during the
absence on leave of J. Bathgate, Esq., R.M.;
JACKSON KEDDELL, Esq., R.M.,
to be a Resident Magistrate for the District of Otago
Gold Fields, with jurisdiction to £100, during the
absence of W. L. Simpson, Esq., R.M.
G. S. WHITMORE,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

Chairmen of Licensing Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 14th June, 1879.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
WILLIAM LAWRENCE SIMPSON, Esq., R.M.,
to be Chairman of the Licensing Courts for the
Districts of Halfway Bush, North-East Valley,
Blueskin, Portobello, Peninsula, Caversham, Mor-
nington, City of Dunedin South Ward, City of
Dunedin High Ward, City of Dunedin Bell Ward,
City of Dunedin Leith Ward, Roslyn, Kaikorai and
Suburban, during the absence on leave of J. Bath-
gate, Esq., R. M.; and
JACKSON KEDDELL, Esq., R.M.,
to be Chairman of the Licensing Courts for the Dis-
tricts of Cromwell, Town of Cromwell, Teviot,
Alexandra, and Clyde, during the absence of W. L.
Simpson, Esq., R.M.
G. S. WHITMORE,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

Warden appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 14th June, 1879.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JACKSON KEDDELL, Esq., R.M.,
to be a Warden of all Wardens' Courts within the
Provincial District of Otago.
G. S. WHITMORE,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

Visiting Justices appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 14th June, 1879.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JOHN DUTHIE, Esq., J.P., and
JACKSON KEDDELL, Esq., J.P.,
to be Visiting Justices of the Prisons at Wanganui
and Clyde respectively.
G. S. WHITMORE,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

Member of Licensing Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 14th June, 1879.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
ALEXANDER FERGUSON, Esq.,
to be a Member of the Licensing Court for the Dis-
trict of Palmerston, vice J. T. Stewart, Esq., J.P.
G. S. WHITMORE,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

Clerk of Courts dismissed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 19th June, 1879.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
dismiss
CHRISTOPHER JOSEPH FRANK,
Clerk of the Resident Magistrate's and Warden's
Courts at No Town, &c., from the Civil Service.
J. BALLANCE,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

Progress Report of the New Zealand War Medal
Commissioner.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th June, 1879.
THE following report, relative to the issue to
officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of
the Colonial Forces, of the New Zealand War Medal,
is published for general information.
G. S. WHITMORE.

To His Excellency Sir HERCULES ROBINSON,
G.C.M.G., &c., &c.

MAY IT PLEASE YOUR EXCELLENCY, -

In compliance with the instructions conveyed by
the commission of the 3rd of September, 1872, I
have the honor to state that since the publication of
my last report I have examined all applications for
the New Zealand War Medal, which were from time
to time referred to me, and, having admitted the
correctness of the claims of officers and men of the
Colonial Forces whose names are recorded in the