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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

has been created a highway district by the name of
the Waipukurau Highway District: And whereas
the powers vested in the Superintendent by the said
Act are now, by "The Abolition of Provinces Act,
1875," vested in the Governor: And whereas His
Excellency the Governer has received a requisition
signed by five voters of the Waipukurau District, in
the Provincial District of Hawke's Bay, requesting
him to bring the said Act into operation in the said
Waipukurau District:

Now, therefore, I, Hercules George Robert Robin-
son, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in
pursuance and exercise of every power and authority
enabling me in that behalf, do, by this notification,
bring "The Highways Act, 1871," into operation
within the Waipukurau Highway District, and do
declare that the first meeting of ratepayers under
the said Act shall be held at the Waipukurau Town
Hall, on the twenty-third day of August, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-nine, at two o'clock p.m.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this fifth day of August, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Inspector of Weights and Measures appointed,
Timaru District.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 1st August, 1879.

H IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
Constable RICHARD SULLIVAN
to be an Inspector of Weights and Measures for the
Timaru District, as defined in a Proclamation in the
New Zealand Gazette, dated the 11th October, 1871,
vice Constable Stephenson, resigned.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Waipukurau Hospital Committee appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 5th August, 1879.

H IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
The MEMBERS of the WAIPAWA COUNTY COUNCIL
to be ex officio Members of the Committee for the
management of the Waipukurau Hospital.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Clerk of Assessment Courts appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 6th August, 1879.

H IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
GEORGE ALFRED BUCK, Esq.,
to be Clerk to the Assessment Courts for the
Malvern, Malvern South, Malvern East, Upper
Waimakariri, Rakaia, Lake Coleridge, and Courtenay
Road Districts, vice W. H. Eyes, Esq.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Registration and Returning Officer appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 6th August, 1879.

H IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
HARRY KENRICK, Esq., R.M.,
to be Registration and Returning Officer for the
election of Members of the House of Representatives
for the Electoral District of Thames, vice W. Fraser,
Esq., resigned.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Registrars of Dogs appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 6th August, 1879.

H IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the under-mentioned persons to be
Registrars under "The Otago Dog Nuisance Ordi-
nance, 1862," for ridings in the County of Wai-
kouaiti:--

G. S. WHITMORE.

Public Vaccinators appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 5th August, 1879.

I T is hereby notified that, under the provisions of
"The Public Health Act, 1876," His Excellency
the Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-
mentioned gentlemen to be Public Vaccinators, to
perform gratuitous vaccination in accordance with
the provisions of the said Act and any regulations
made or to be made thereunder, for the district
mentioned in the Schedule hereto and set opposite
to their names respectively.

SCHEDULE.
Name. District.
CHRISTOPHER JAMES ALLEN, Mount Benger.
Esq., M.R.C.S., Edin.
ARTHUR R. DAPLYN, Esq. ... Waimea.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Visiting Justice appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 2nd August, 1879.

H IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
HARRY KENRICK, Esq., J.P.,
to be a Visiting Justice to the Prison at Thames,
vice William Fraser, Esq., resigned.
JOHN SHEEHAN.

Certificated Accountant in Bankruptcy appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 4th August, 1879.

I T is hereby notified that His Honor Mr. Justice
Williams has appointed
JAMES BROOK, Esq.,
of Dunedin, to be a Certificated Accountant in
Bankruptcy under "The Debtors and Creditors
Act, 1876."
JOHN SHEEHAN.

Clerk of Courts resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 4th August, 1879.

H IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by
Constable J. BUDGMAN