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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 104

to be Governors of the institution called the New
Zealand Institute.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this sixth day of December,
one thousand eight hundred and eighty-
one.

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

Polling-places for Longbeach Road District, County
of Ashburton, appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 6th December, 1881.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to appoint the under-mentioned places to be
polling-places for the election of Members for the
wards of the Longbeach Road District placed oppo-
site to each such polling-place respectively :-
No. 1 Ward ... Four-roomed Cottage at Winslow.
No. 2 Ward ... Flemington Schoolhouse.
No. 3 Ward ... Road Board Office.
No. 4 Ward ... Longlands Station.
No. 5 Ward ... Mr. Charles Pye's House.

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

Returning Officer for Waimea appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 6th December, 1881.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

THOMAS MACKAY, Esq.,
to be Returning Officer for the Electoral District of
Waimea, vice J. T. Catley, Esq., resigned.

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

Managers of Blueskin Cemetery, County of
Waikouaiti, appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 6th December, 1881.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

WILLIAM PULLAR and
ANDREW DRYSDALE
to be Managers of the Blueskin Cemetery, under
"The Otago Cemetery Reserves Management Ordi-
nance, 1864," vice A. Pullar and A. Dumars, resigned.

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

Appointing Pound and Poundkeeper, Kaituna Valley,
County of Marlborough.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 6th December, 1881.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the premises lately erected on Section
21, Kaituna Valley, County of Marlborough, owned
by Mr. William Farnell, and adjoining the public
highway, to be a Public Pound; and also to appoint

WILLIAM FARNELL
to be the Keeper of the said Public Pound.

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

Poundkeeper at Lincoln, County of Selwyn,
appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 6th December, 1881.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

MONTCRIFF KENE HORNE
to be the Keeper of the Public Pound at Lincoln,
known as the Lincoln Fair Company's Yards, under
"The Canterbury Trespass of Cattle Ordinance,
1872."

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

Appointment (Temporary) of Consul for Sweden and
Norway, at Christchurch.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 6th December, 1881.

IT is hereby notified that Her Majesty's Principal
Secretary of State for the Colonies has in-
structed His Excellency the Governor to recognize
the appointment of

FORTUNATUS EVELYN WRIGHT, Esq.,
to take temporary charge of the Swedish and Nor-
wegian Consulate at Christchurch, rendered vacant
by the resignation of W. Montgomery, Esq.

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

Chairman and Members of Licensing Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 3rd December, 1881.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

GEORGE AUGUSTUS PREECE, Esq., R.M.,
to be Chairman of the Licensing Court for the Dis-
trict of Poverty Bay, vice M. Price, Esq.;

RICHARD JAMES REYNOLDS, Esq.,
to be a Member of the said Court, vice P. Bourke,
Esq.; and

WILLIAM CREEKE, Esq.,
to be a Member of the Licensing Court for the Dis-
trict of East Cape, vice F. A. Green, Esq., resigned.

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

Appointment of Volunteer Officers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th December, 1881.

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

Southland Regiment of Hussars.
James Gardner to be Captain, A Troop.
George Crosbie to be Lieutenant, A Troop.
Date of commissions, 17th June, 1881.

Invercargill Central School Artillery Cadet Volunteers.
John Gurr to be Captain, vice Thomson, promoted.
Date of commission, 19th October, 1881.

R. OLIVER.

Appointment of Members of the Blueskin Recreation
Reserve Trust.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 24th November, 1881.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased, in
pursuance of section 5 of "The Blueskin
Recreation Reserve Act, 1876," to appoint

MAURICE JOEL, Esq.,
of Dunedin, to be a Member of the Blueskin Recrea-
tion Reserve Trust, in place of W. A. D. Pitt, Esq.,
who has been absent from the provincial district for
twelve months; and

JAMES MARSHALL, Esq.,
of Dunedin, to be a Member of the said Trust, in
place of Thomas Quayle, Esq., deceased.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.