DEC. 9.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1725

Manual and Signet, appoint you, the said Sir Arthur
Hamilton Gordon, until Our further pleasure shall
be signified, to be Our Governor and Commander-in-
Chief in and over Our Colony of New Zealand and
its Dependencies during Our will and pleasure,
with all and singular the powers and authorities
granted to the Governor and Commander-in-Chief
of Our said Colony in Our Letters Patent under
the Great Seal of Our United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminister,
the twenty-first day of February, 1879, in the forty-
second year of Our Reign, which said powers and
authorities We do hereby authorize you to exercise
and perform, according to such Orders and Instruc-
tions as Our Governor and Commander-in-Chief for
the time being hath already received, or as you may
hereafter receive from Us.

II. And, further, We do hereby appoint that, so
soon as you shall have taken the prescribed oaths
and have entered upon the duties of your office,
this Our present Commission shall supersede Our
Commission under Our Sign Manual and Signet,
bearing date the twenty-second day of February,
1879, appointing our Trusty and Well-beloved Sir
Hercules George Robert Robinson, Knight Grand
Cross of Our Most Distinguished Order of Saint
Michael and Saint George, to be Governor and
Commander-in-Chief of Our said Colony and its
Dependencies.

III. And We do hereby command all and singular
Our Officers, Ministers, and loving subjects in Our
said Colony and its Dependencies, and all others
whom it may concern, to take due notice hereof, and
to give their ready obedience accordingly.

Given at Our Court at Osborne House, Isle
of Wight, this seventh day of August,
1880, in the forty-fourth year of Our
Reign.

By Her Majesty's command.
KIMBERLEY.

Ranger under "The Amimals Protection Act, 1880,"
appointed (Wellington).

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 6th December, 1880.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JOSEPH ABBOTT
to be a Ranger under "The Animals Protection Act,
1880," within the Provincial District of Wellington.
THOMAS DICK.

Inspector of Prisons appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 7th December, 1880.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
ARTHUR HUME, Esq.,
to be Inspector of Prisons within the colony. This
appointment dates from the 18th September last.
WM. ROLLESTON.

Clerk of Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 7th December, 1880.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
WALTER MARTIN, Esq.,
to be Clerk at Ashburton of the District Court of
Christchurch, and Clerk of the Resident Magistrate's
and Licensing Courts at Ashburton.
WM. ROLLESTON.

Member of Licensing Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 7th December, 1880.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
Colonel WILLIAM LECKIE
to be a Member of the Licensing Courts for the
Districts of City of Wellington, Thorndon; City of
Wellington, Lambton; Te Aro; Karori-Makara; and
Porirua, vice T. Kebbell, Esq., resigned.
WM. ROLLESTON.

Appointment of Volunteer Officer.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 8th December, 1880.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned appointment:--
Wellington Guards.
Henry Thomas Blundell to be Sub-Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 9th September, 1880.
JOHN BRYCE.

Resignation of Member of the Auckland Domain
Board accepted.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 8th December, 1880.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of
JOHN BENJAMIN RUSSELL, Esq.,
as a Member of the Auckland Domain Board.
WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

Application for Registration of Four Trade Marks

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 4th December, 1880.

NOTICE is hereby given that EDWARD WATERS,
Patent Agent, of Melbourne, in the Colony of
Victoria, has applied, on behalf of WILLIAM CLARK,
of Mile-end, Glasgow, in the County of Lanark,
North Britain, Partner of and on behalf of the Firm
of JOHN CLARK, Jun., and COMPANY, Sewing Cotton
Manufacturers there, to register, under "The Trade
Marks Act, 1866," the trade marks numbered from
1 to 4, of which the following is a description, viz. :-

Description of Trade Marks.

No. 1 is an elephant standing on a bar, with the
words "Trade Mark" underneath.

No. 2 is a cross on which are the words, letters,
and figures, "Extra Quality, 6-Cord, 200 Yards," at
the top, and on each side are the words and letters,
"John Clark, Junr., and Co.," and on a shield at the
bottom the figures "90," or other figures to denote
the quality of the goods, all enclosed in a circle.

No. 3 are the words "Mile-end, Extra Quality,"
enclosed in a border, and outside of which is another
border.

No. 4 are the letters and inverted commas,
"M.E.Q.," above which is an elephant standing on
a bar.

Nature of the Articles to which it is intended such
Trade Marks shall apply.

Sewing cotton wound on spools or reels, and
sewing cotton not wound on spools or reels.

THOMAS DICK,
Colonial Secretary and Registrar
of Trade Marks.