THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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of his appointment as Clerk of the Resident Magis-
trate's Court at Okarito, and Clerk of the Licensing
Courts for the Districts of Wataroa, Town of
Okarito, Weheka, and Haast,
JOHN SHEEHAN.

District Judges appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 6th August, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
EDWARD HARDCASTLE, Esq.,
to be District Judge for the District of Wanganui,
vice E. Shaw, Esq., transferred; and
JOHN EDWIN MACDONALD, Esq.,
to be District Judge for the District of Auckland,
vice F. D. Fenton, Esq., resigned.
JOHN SHEEHAN.

Justices of the Peace appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 6th August, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
James Arkle, Esq., of Palmerston, Waikouaiti;
James Bell, Esq., of Wairoa, Manukau;
William Brown, Esq., of Palmerston, Waikouaiti;
Edwin Carter, Esq., of Clyde, Wairoa;
Peter Donald, Esq., of Nelson;
James Baird Hay, Esq., of Papakura, Manukau;
Samuel Kingdon, Esq., of Nelson;
Samuel Luke, Esq., of Otahuhu, Manukau;
Felix McGuire, Esq., of Hawera, Patea;
Robert Miller, Esq., of Owake Flat, Catlin's,
Clutha; and
John Oldham, Esq., of Suburban North, Waimea,
to be Justices of the Peace for the colony.
JOHN SHEEHAN.

School Commissioner appointed.

Education Department,
Wellington, 4th August, 1879.

THE Education Board of the District of Otago
has appointed
ALEXANDER CAMPBELL BEGG, Esq.,
a School Commissioner for the Provincial District of
Otago, vice Donald Reid, Esq., resigned.
G. GREY.

Interpreter appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 31st July, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to appoint
ROGER DELAMERE DANSEY, Esq.,
of Ohinemutu, to be an Interpreter under the twelfth
section of "The Native Land Act, 1873."
JOHN SHEEHAN.

Interpreter appointed.

Native Office
Wellington, 2nd August, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
ALFRED ANDREW F. ALLOM, Esq.,
of Cambridge, to be an Interpreter under the twelfth
section of "The Native Land Act, 1873," from the
16th May, 1879.
JOHN HEEHAN.

Notice of Times and Places for hearing Objections to
Valuations under "The Land-Tax Act, 1878."

VALUATION FOR NEW ZEALAND.

Wellington, 8th August, 1879.
IT is hereby notified that, in pursuance of the pro-
visions of "The Land-Tax Act, 1878," section
32, the objections to the valuation lists, and claims
for exemption from land-tax, will be heard at the
times and places under-mentioned.
J. SPERREY,
Commissioner.

AUCKLAND DISTRICT.
For the County of Whangarei.
At the Resident Magistrate's Courthouse, Whanga-
rei, on Monday, the 25th August, at 10 a.m.

CANTERBURY DISTRICT.
For the County of Geraldine and the Levels Road
District.
At the Borough Council Chambers, Timaru, on
Monday, the 25th August, at 10 a.m.

For the Avon Road District.
At the Resident Magistrate's Courthouse, Christ-
church, on Friday, the 29th August, at 10 a.m.

For the Borough of Sydenham.
At the Borough Council Office, Sydenham, on
Friday, the 22nd August, at 10 a.m.

For the West Eyreton District.
At the Resident Magistrate's Courthouse, Rangiora,
on Tuesday, the 26th August, at 10 a.m.

Post Offices opened as Government Insurance Offices.

Head Office,
Wellington, 5th August, 1879.
NOTICE is hereby given that the Post Offices at
the under-mentioned places have been opened
as Government Insurance Offices, from 1st instant :—
TINUI, County of Wairarapa East.
DUNTROON, County of Waitaki.
D. M. LUCKIE,
Commissioner.

OFFICIATING MINISTERS FOR 1879.—NOTICE No. 14.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 4th August, 1879.
PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the
General Assembly of New Zealand, passed in
the eighteenth year of the reign of Her Majesty
Queen Victoria, and intituled "The Marriage Act,
1854," the following names of Officiating Ministers
within the meaning of the said Act are published for
general information: —
Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.
The Reverend Archibald Alexander.
Primitive Wesleyan Connection.
The Reverend Thomas William Adamson.
WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

New Zealand Telegraph.

THE following list of telegraph stations through-
out the colony is published for general informa-
tion.
By order of the Telegraph Commissioner.
A. T. MAGINNITY,
Head Office, Wellington,
30th July, 1879.
Assistant Secretary.