1574

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 102

HERBERT SOUTHEY ... Ngaire.
FREDERICK PANETI ... Waimate.
GEORGE VICTOR BATE ... Hawera.
WALTER W. JOHNSTON,
(in absence of the Colonial Secretary.)

Returning Officers appointed for County Elections.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 22nd November, 1881.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the under-mentioned persons to be
Returning Officers to conduct the election of County
Councillors for the ridings of the Counties of Manu-
kau, Marlborough, and Ashley, placed opposite to
their respective names:—

County of Manukau.
WILLIAM GEORGE PRING ... Whau Riding.

County of Marlborough.
JOSHUA GREEN ... Picton Riding.

County of Ashley.
HAROLD HYDE FENTON ... Kowai Riding.
ROBERT WRIGHT ... Eyreton Riding.
CALEB WHITEFOORD ... Cust Riding.

These appointments to date from the 1st Novem-
ber, 1881.

WALTER W. JOHNSTON,
(in absence of the Colonial Secretary.)

Arrangements for First Elections, Borough of St.
Albans, County of Selwyn.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 24th November, 1881.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
WILLIAM FORD BEATSON, Esq.,
to be Town Clerk of the Borough of St. Albans, and
also Returning Officer to conduct the first elections
of Mayor, Councillors, and Auditors of the said
borough; also to appoint Wednesday, the 21st
December next, for the election of Mayor, and
Thursday, the 22nd December next, for the election
of Councillors, and Friday the 23rd December next,
for the election of Auditors of the said borough;
also to appoint Tuesday, the 3rd January next, at
noon, to be the time for the first meeting of the
Council of the said borough; and the Avon Road
Board Office to be the place for such first meeting.

R. OLIVER,
(in absence of the Colonial Secretary.)

Resident Magistrates and Warden appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 23rd November, 1881.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
OSWALD CURTIS, Esq., R.M.,
to be Resident Magistrate for the District of Colling-
wood, with jurisdiction to £50, and to be a Warden
of all Wardens' Courts in the Golden Bay Mining
District, vice Frank Guinness, Esq., J.P., resigned;
also to appoint
HENRY WIRGMAN ROBINSON, Esq., R.M.,
to be a Resident Magistrate for the District of
Oamaru, with jurisdiction to £100, and to be Chair-
man of the Licensing Courts for the Districts of
Papakaio, Town of Oamaru, Kakanui, Maerewhenua,
Otepopo, Hampden, and Ahuriri, from the 12th
proximo, vice Isaac Newton Watt, Esq., J.P., re-
tired.

R. OLIVER,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

Deputy-Commissioner of Stamps and Registrar of
Joint-Stock Companies appointed.

Head Office, Stamp Department,
Wellington, 17th November, 1881.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
EDWIN BAMFORD, Esq.,
to be Deputy-Commissioner of Stamps and Registrar
of Joint-Stock Companies at Napier.
WM. ROLLESTON.

Land Transfer Officers appointed.

Head Office, Stamp Department,
Wellington, 24th November, 1881.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JAMES MEACHAM BATHAM, Esq.,
to be District Land Registrar for the Land and
Deeds Registration District of Canterbury;
EDWIN BAMFORD, Esq.,
to be District Land Registrar, Registrar of Deeds,
and Examiner of Titles for the Land and Deeds
Registration District of Hawke's Bay; and
REGINALD BAYLEY, Esq.,
to be Deputy-Registrar of Deeds and Assistant Land
Registrar for the Land and Deeds Registration Dis-
trict of New Plymouth.
WM. ROLLESTON.

Trustees of Dunedin Savings Bank appointed and
resigned.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 10th November, 1881.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
nominate
JAMES BROWN, Esq.,
WILLIAM LANGLANDS, Esq.,
PERCIVAL CLAY NEILL, Esq.,
EDMUND EDWARD COLSTON QUICK, Esq.,
ALEXANDER RENNIE, Esq., and
JOHN ROBERTS, Esq.,
all of Dunedin, to be Trustees of the Dunedin Savings
Bank, vice Frederick Richardson, Henry Tewsley,
and James A. Wallcott (deceased), Mr. William
Mason (left the district), and the Hon. James Paterson
(in ill-health).

WALTER W. JOHNSTON,
(in the absence of the Colonial Treasurer.)

Officer appointed to superintend the Survey and Ad-
measurement of Ships at Wellington.

Customs Department,
Wellington, 10th November, 1881.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JAMES TYETH HART,
of Her Majesty's Customs, to superintend the Survey
and Admeasurement of Ships, under the provisions of
"The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854," at the Port of
Wellington.
JOHN HALL,
Commissioner of Customs.

Trust Commissioner appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 22nd November, 1881.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
GEORGE AUGUSTUS PREECE, Esq.,