THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
939

Rangers appointed under "Protection of Animals
Act, 1873" (Otago).

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 4th July, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JOHN CROSBIE BANNATYNE and
JOHN EDGAR
to be Rangers under "The Protection of Animals
Act, 1873," within the Provincial District of Otago.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Registration and Returning Officer appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 4th July, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to appoint
WILLIAM FRASER, Esq., R.M.,
to be Registration and Returning Officer for the
Electoral District of Thames for the election of
Members of the House of Representatives, vice J.
Keddell, Esq., resigned. Appointment to date from
24th June, 1879.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Resident Magistrate appointed to administer "The
Slaughterhouses Act, 1877."

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 8th July, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
HARTLEY MCINTIRE, Esq., R.M.,
to be the Resident Magistrate who, acting together
with any two Justices of the Peace, shall be charged
with the administration of "The Slaughterhouses
Act, 1877," within that portion of the County of
Marlborough lying to the south of the River Wairau.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Oath of Office as Member of Legislative Council ad-
ministered to Hon. Sir W. Fitzherbert.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 8th July, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs to be
notified that he has this day administered to
The Honourable Sir WILLIAM FITZHERBERT,
K.C.M.G.,
the oath of office as a Member of the Legislative
Council of New Zealand.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Trustees for Awhea Rabbit District elected.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 8th July, 1879.

NOTICE has been received at this office, under the
hand of the Returning Officer, Mr. William
Skeet, that the under-mentioned persons have been
duly elected as Trustees for the Awhea Rabbit Dis-
trict, County of Wairarapa East:-

CHARLES PHARAZYN,
EDWARD JOSHUA RIDDIFORD,
JOHN TULLY,
WILLIAM WRATTEN, and
WILLIAM A. HODGE.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Member of Masterton Highway Board elected.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 8th July, 1879.

NOTICE has been received at this office, under the
hand of the Returning Officer, Mr. R. Wilsone,
that
DONALD DONALD
has been elected a Member for No. 6 Ward of the
Masterton Highway District, vice F. G. Moore,
resigned.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Letters of Naturalization issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 7th July, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
issue Letters of Naturalization under "The
Aliens Act, 1866," in favour of the under-mentioned
persons, viz.:-

Name. Occupation Residence.
Hendrich Gelderblom ... Baker ... Invercargill.
Henry Hanssen ... Labourer ... Lyttelton.
Johannes Henry Seidelin... Gardener ... Dunedin.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Chairman of Licensing Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 3rd July, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
CHARLES BROAD, Esq., R.M.,
to be Chairman of the Licensing Courts for the Dis-
tricts of Town of Greymouth, Coaldale, Paroa,
Arnold, Clifton, Greenstone, and Cobden, vice W.
H. Revell, Esq., transferred; and
WILLIAM HORTON REVELL, Esq., R.M.,
to be Chairman of the Licensing Courts for the Dis-
tricts of Buller, Lyell, and Charleston, vice C. Broad,
Esq., transferred.

JOHN SHEEHAN.

Clerk of Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 8th July, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
ALBERT JAMES ALLOM, Esq.,
to be Clerk at Thames of the District Court of
Auckland, of the Resident Magistrate's Court for
the District of Hauraki, of the Warden's Court for
the Hauraki Gold Fields, and of the Licensing
Courts for the Districts of Hauraki and Thames, from
the 1st instant, vice J. B. Stoney, Esq., transferred.

JOHN SHEEHAN.

Warden appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 8th July, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
FRANK BIRD, Esq., R.M.,
to be a Warden under "The Mines Act, 1877," of
all Wardens' Courts within the Provincial District of
Westland.

JOHN SHEEHAN.