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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 16

second Monday in February last, as required by
section 32 of the above-mentioned Act.
H. A. ATKINSON.

Trustee for Kaitangata (Otago) Public Cemetery
appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 28th February, 1881.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

WILLIAM KELLEY, Esq.,
to be a Trustee under "The (Otago) Cemeteries
Management Ordinance, 1870," for the maintenance
of the Kaitangata (Otago) Cemetery, vice Andrew
Smaill, Esq., deceased.
WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

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

Head Office, Stamp Department,
Wellington, 1st March, 1881.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

CHARLES ALFRED ST. GEORGE HICKSON, Esq.,
to be Deputy Commissioner of Stamps and Registrar
of Joint-Stock Companies at Wellington, as from the
17th February ultimo, during the absence of F. W.
Brookfield, Esq., from the district.
H. A. ATKINSON.

Promotion and Appointment of Volunteer Officers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 2nd March, 1881.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned promotion and ap-
pointment:-

M Battery of Artillery.
Lieutenant Albert Eichardt to be Captain. Date of
commission, 25th January, 1881.

Lyttelton Naval Brigade.
John Thomas Rouse to be Honorary Assistant-Sur-
geon. Date of commission, 21st February, 1881.
WM. ROLLESTON.

Designation of Corps altered.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 2nd March, 1881.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
alter the designation of the New Zealand Tor-
pedo Corps to
The New Zealand Engineer Corps of Sub-Marine
Miners.
WM. ROLLESTON.

Trustees for Wainuioru Rabbit District, County of
Wairarapa East, elected.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 2nd March, 1881.
NOTICE has been received at this office, under the
hand of Mr. H. S. Mason, that on the 28th
ultimo the following persons were duly elected to be
Trustees of the Wainuioru Rabbit District, under
"The Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1880:"-

HUGH HORSLEY BEETHAM,
WALTER CLARKE BUCHANAN,
FREDERICK MOORE,
JOHN MARTIN, Jun., and
ROBERT MCLAREN.
THOMAS DICK.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 1st March, 1881.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under
"The Aliens Act, 1880," in favour of the under-
mentioned persons, viz. :-

Name. Occupation. Residence.
Gustav William Weymar Barman Queenstown.
Hans Hoff ... Carpenter ... Ravensbourne,
near Dunedin.
Rudolph Deberg ... Ironworker ... Rothesay, near
Dunedin.
THOMAS DICK.

Application for Registration of a Trade Mark.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 3rd March, 1881.
NOTICE is hereby given that HENRY WILLIAMS,
of Timaru, in the Colony of New Zealand,
Surgeon, has applied to register, under "The Trade
Marks Act, 1866," the trade mark of which the fol-
lowing is a description, viz. :-

Description of Trade Mark.
A demi eagle enclosed in a garter and buckle.,
Nature of the Article to which it is intended such
Trade Mark shall apply.
A patent medicine.
THOMAS DICK,
Colonial Secretary and Registrar of
Trade Marks.

Confirming Decision of Court of Inquiry into Collision
between s.s. "Kina" and cutter "Ellen Curran."

Marine Department,
Wellington, 1st March, 1881.
HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of
the provisions of section 244 of "The Shipping
and Seamen's Act, 1877," been pleased to confirm the
following decision of the Court of Inquiry into the
collision between the s.s. "Kina" and the cutter
"Ellen Curran." The collision occurred in Auck-
land Harbour on the 1st December, 1880. The
suspended certificate of Frank Hedges is a New
Zealand certificate of competency as master, home
trade No. 5,066.
H. A. ATKINSON.

THAT the cutter "Ellen Curran" was in no way to
blame, and only did, in holding on her course, what
she was bound to do.
That the steamship "Kina" was in the wrong-

1. In not keeping a good look-out:
2. In not porting her helm at once on observing
   the cutter so close to her, and thus passing under
   her stern, avoiding any collision:
3. The conduct of the master of the steamer,
   Frank Hedges, was most reprehensible in casting off
   the tow-line after the crew had returned to the
   cutter after the collision.
   And I adjudge and determine that the certificate of
   Frank Hedges, master of the steamer "Kina," be
   suspended for six months from the date hereof; and
   further that he be ordered to pay the sum of £11
   2s. 4d., the cost of this inquiry.
   Given under my hand this twenty-third day
   of December, one thousand eight hundred
   and eighty, at Auckland, New Zealand.
   ROBERT CLAPHAM BARSTOW,
   Resident Magistrate.

I concur in the above report.
W. FRAZER, Nautical Assessor.