SEPT. 2.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

1263

And whereas, by warrants under the hand of the
Governor, certain places were appointed polling-
places for the election of members of the House of
Representatives for the Electoral District of Wakaia,
one of which places was appointed a principal polling-
place for the said district:
And whereas it is expedient to abolish the same:
Now know ye that I, Sir Hercules George Robert
Robinson, the Governor of New Zealand, in pur-
suance of the power and authority in me vested by
the said Act, do hereby abolish all the polling-places
for the election of members of the House of Repre-
sentatives for the Electoral District of Wakaia, and
do also hereby abolish the above-mentioned principal
polling-place for the said district.
And I do hereby appoint the following places to be
polling-places for the said electoral district for the
election of members of the House of Representatives,
namely:---
The Courthouse, Switzer's.
Mr. Frank Smith's House, Waikaka.
The Schoolhouse, Nokomai.
The Courthouse, Roxburgh West.
The Courthouse, Tapanui.
The Schoolhouse, Moa Flat.
Mr. James Forbes's House, Potter's Gully.
Mr. Stevenson's Store, Horse-shoe Bend.
The Schoolhouse, Wakaia Flat.
McKay's Hall, East Gore.
The Schoolhouse, Knapdale.
The Schoolhouse, Crookston.
The Schoolhouse, South Glenkenich.
The Schoolhouse, Dunrobin.
The Schoolhouse, Waipahi.
And I do further appoint the polling-place herein-
after specified to be the principal polling-place for
such district, namely:---
The Courthouse, Switzer's.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this first day of September,
one thousand eight hundred and eighty.
THOMAS DICK.

Members of Titirangi Highway District, County
of Waitemata, appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th August, 1880.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to appoint

WILLIAM PUGH,
JOHN PORTER,
THOMAS MATHIESON,
EDWARD WOONTON, and
JOHN BOYD

to be Members of the District Board of the Titirangi
Highway District for the ensuing year.
THOMAS DICK.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 1st September, 1880.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the under-mentioned gentleman to be
Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths,
and also Vaccination Inspector, for the district set
opposite his name:---
Name. District.
ARCHIBALD MCKELLAR ... Winton.
THOMAS DICK.

Justice of the Peace appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 1st September, 1880.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

ARCHIBALD GRANT REID, Esq.,
Mayor of West Hawksbury, to be a Justice of the
Peace under "The Otago Municipal Corporations
Empowering Act, 1865."
WM. ROLLESTON.

Governors of Southland High Schools appointed.

Education Department,
Wellington, 28th August, 1880.

IN accordance with "The Southland Boys' and Girls'
High Schools Act, 1877," His Excellency the
Governor has been pleased to appoint

GEORGE LUMSDEN, Esq., and
FREDERICK WENTWORTH WADE, Esq.,
to be Members of the Board of Governors of the
Southland Boys' and Girls' High Schools, vice H.
Jaggers, Esq. and J. P. Joyce, Esq., whose period of
office has expired.
WM. ROLLESTON.

Appointments and Promotion of Volunteer Officers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 31st August, 1880.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned appointments and
promotion:--

Southland Hussars.
Patrick Kinney McCaughan to be Captain. Date of
commission, 17th May, 1880.

Wellington Naval Brigade.
Alexander Robert Hislop to be Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 25th February, 1880.
Rowland Shipney Waterhouse to be Sub-Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 25th February, 1880.

Torpedo Corps.
Sub-Lieutenant John Gell to be Lieutenant. Date
of commission, 13th August, 1880.

JOHN BRYCE.

Resignation of Volunteer Officer.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 31st August, 1880.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commission held
by the under-mentioned officer:----

Waimea Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant John McIntosh. Date of resignation,
18th August, 1880.

JOHN BRYCE.

Resignation of Volunteer Officer.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 1st September, 1880.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commission held
by the under-mentioned officer:---

Waiuku Cavalry Volunteers.
Lieutenant John Thomas Mellsop. Date of re-
signation, 14th August, 1880..

WM. ROLLESTON.