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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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Judges of Native Land Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 13th October, 1880.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to appoint

HENRY ALFRED HOME MONRO, Esq., and
JOHN JERMYN SYMONDS, Esq.,

to be Judges of the Native Land Court under "The
Native Land Court Act, 1880," from the 1st instant.

WM. ROLLESTON.

Appointment of Officer to command Oamaru
Volunteer District.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 12th October, 1880.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to appoint

Major GEORGE SUMPTER, N.Z. Volunteers,

to command the Volunteer Force in the Oamaru
District.

JOHN BRYCE.

Appointment of Volunteer Officers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 12th October, 1880.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to make the under-men-
tioned appointments:---

3rd Battalion Otago Rifle Volunteers.
Major George Sumpter to be Major. Date of
appointment, 1st September, 1880.

Napier Rifle Volunteers.
James Meecham Batham to be Captain. Date of
commission, 1st May, 1880.
Roope Brooking to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 1st May, 1880.

JOHN BRYCE.

Appointment of Officers under "The Native Land
Court Act, 1880."

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 8th October, 1880.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to appoint

Adam James Dickey, Esq.,
to be Registrar ;

John C. Q. Austin, Esq.,
Walter Grey, Esq., and
Herbert F. Edger, Esq.,
to be Clerks of Court;

Edward Hammond, Esq.,
William Swanson, jun., Esq., and
Henry H. Lawry, Esq.,
to be Interpreters;

Wi Mita Hikairo, Esq.,
to be Permanent Assessor;

William Bridson, Esq.,
James Mackenzie, Esq., and
Retimana Pouroumati, Esq.,
to be Clerks, under "The Native Land Court Act,
1880."

WM. ROLLESTON.

Receiver of Gold Revenue and Mining Registrar
appointed.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 13th October, 1880.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to appoint

JOHN SMITH HICKSON, Esq.,

to be a Receiver of Gold Revenue and Mining Regis-
trar under "The Mines Act, 1877," at Blenheim, for
Wairau Valley, in the Pelorus and Wairau Mining
District, as from the 4th day of September, 1880.

R. OLIVER.

Appointments in Railway Department.

Railway Department,
Wellington, 13th October, 1880.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to make the following
appointments:---

JOSEPH PRIME MAXWELL
to be General Manager of the New Zealand Rail-
ways; and

WILLIAM MOWAT HANNAY
to be Assistant General Manager of the New Zea-
land Railways. The above appointments to date
from the 12th October, 1880.

R. OLIVER.

Railway Department,
Wellington, 13th October, 1880.

WITH reference to the above notice of appoint-
ments in the Railway Department, it is hereby
notified for public information that, consequent on
the abolition of the offices of Commissioners of Rail-
ways for the North and Middle Islands, the functions
heretofore appertaining to these offices will for the
future devolve on the General Manager for New
Zealand Railways.

R. OLIVER.

Auditor of certain Local Bodies, Westland,
appointed.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 8th October, 1880.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Admin-
istrator of the Government has been pleased to
appoint

WILLIAM ALEXANDER SPENCE

to be an Auditor for the purposes of "The Harbours
Act, 1878;" an Auditor for the County of West-
land; and an Auditor for the Road Districts of
Kanieri and Arahura; to hold office during pleasure.

H. A. ATKINSON.

German Consul at Christchurch provisionally
recognized.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 13th October, 1880.

IT is hereby notified that Her Majesty's Principal
Secretary of State for the Colonies has in-
structed His Excellency the Administrator of the
Government to recognize provisionally the appoint-
ment of

Professor JULIUS VON HAAST
as Consul for the German Empire at Christchurch.

THOMAS DICK.