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to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and
Deaths, and also Vaccination Inspector, for the
District of Mount Cook.

THOMAS DICK.

United States Vice-Consul at Auckland provisionally
recognized.

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

IT is hereby notified that the United States Consul
at Auckland has reported that he has nominated

THOMAS T. GAMBLE, Esq.,

for the office of United States Vice-Consul at Auck-
land, and that His Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to recognize Mr. Gamble provisionally in
that capacity.

THOMAS DICK.

Chairman and Member of Canterbury Cattle Board
appointed.—Notice No. 88.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 23rd February, 1881.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

The Hon. JOHN THOMAS PEACOCK, M.L.C.,
to be Chairman of the Canterbury Cattle Board;
and also to appoint

HUGH MCILRAITH, Esq.,
to be a Member of the said Board, vice Robert
Wilkin, resigned.

THOMAS DICK.

Member of Licensing Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 21st February, 1881.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

JAMES MCCOSH CLARK, Esq., J.P.,
to be a Member of the Licensing Courts for the Dis-
tricts of Takapuna, Waitakerei, Newton, City of
Auckland West, City of Auckland North, City of
Auckland East, and Parnell; vice G. M. Mitford,
Esq., resigned.

THOMAS DICK,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

Clerk of Resident Magistrate's Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 21st February, 1881.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

FREDERIC JAMES BURGESS, Esq.,
to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate's Court at
Te Aroha.

THOMAS DICK,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

Certificated Accountant in Bankruptcy appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 21st February, 1881.

HIS Honor Mr. Justice Gillies has appointed

LOUIS ADOLPHUS DURRIEU,
of Auckland, to be a Certificated Accountant in
bankruptcy.

THOMAS DICK,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

Deputy District Land Registrar, Registrar of Deeds,
and Examiner of Titles appointed.

Head Office, Stamp Department,
Wellington, 19th February, 1881.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

FREDERIC WILLIAM BROOKFIELD, Esq.,
to be Deputy District Land Registrar, Registrar of
Deeds, and Examiner of Titles for the Land and
Deeds Registration District of New Plymouth, as
from the 19th instant, during the absence of Edwin
Bamford, Esq., on leave.

JOHN HALL.

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

Head Office, Stamp Department,
Wellington, 19th February, 1881.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

FREDERIC WILLIAM BROOKFIELD, Esq.,
to be Deputy Commissioner of Stamps and Registrar
of Joint-Stock Companies at New Plymouth, as from
the 19th instant, during the absence of Edwin Bam-
ford, Esq., on leave.

JOHN HALL.

Receiver of Gold Revenue and Mining Registrar
appointed.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 23rd February, 1881.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

ARTHUR DAVID HARVEY, Esq.,
to be a Receiver of Gold Revenue and Mining Regis-
trar, under "The Mines Act, 1877," for Naseby, in
the Otago Gold Fields, as from the 29th day of
January, 1881.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Mines.

Appointment of Volunteer Officers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 22nd February, 1881.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the following appointments:---
Taranaki Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Rev. Philip Walsh to be Honorary Chaplain. Date
of commission, 7th February, 1881.

New Zealand Torpedo Corps.
James Tait to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of commis-
sion, 13th August, 1881.

JOHN HALL.

Rifle Volunteer Corps disbanded.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 22nd February, 1881.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
disband, at their own request, the under-men-
tioned corps :---
The Forest Rifle Volunteers.
Date of disbandment, 31st December, 1880.
The Hamilton Rifle Volunteers.
Date of disbandment, 5th February, 1881.
The under-mentioned gentlemen therefore cease to
be officers in the Volunteer Force, their commissions
having lapsed under the provisions of "The Volunteer
Act, 1865:"--