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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 25

Maclaggan Street, Dunedin, vice J. B. Stoney, Esq.,
transferred.
THOMAS DICK,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

Justice of the Peace appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 1st April, 1881.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
EDMUND JOHN SCHLOTEL, Esq.,
Mayor of North-East Valley, to be a Justice of the
Peace under "The Municipal Corporations Act,
1876."
THOMAS DICK,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

Interpreter licensed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 6th April, 1881.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
license.
HENRY WALKER MITCHELL, Esq.,
of Taupo, to act as Interpreter under "The Native
Land Court Act, 1880."**
THOMAS DICK,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

Appointment of Cemetery Trustee.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 30th March, 1881.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
The Rev. WILLIAM KATTERNS
to be a Trustee to provide for the maintenance of
the Kaikoura Suburban Cemetery, in conjuction
with the other persons appointed by warrant under
the hand of His Excellency, dated the 20th January,
1881.
WALTER W. JOHNSTON,
(for the Minister of Lands.)

Promotion of Volunteer Officer.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 6th April, 1881.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the following promotion:-
Manchester Rifle Volunteers.
Sub-Lieutenant Hector James Booth to be Lieu-
tenant. Date of commission, 14th January, 1881.
WALTER W. JOHNSTON.

Resignation of Volunteer Officer.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 6th April, 1881.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commission held
by the under-mentioned officer:-
Southland Hussars.
Lieutenant Frank Woodward, C Troop. Date of
resignation, 22nd March, 1881.
WALTER W. JOHNSTON.

Resignation of Cemetery Trustee.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 6th April, 1881.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of

ARTHUR ORMSBY, Esq.,
as a Trustee of the Timaru Cemetery.
J. HALL,
(for the Minister of Lands.)

Despatches. - German Consul at Christchurch. -
Assenting to Acts, 1880.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 6th April, 1881.
THE following despatches, received from Her
Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the
Colonies, are published for general information.
THOMAS DICK.

(New Zealand-No. 3.) Downing Street, 25th January, 1881.
SIR,-I have the honor to inform you, with reference
to Despatch No. 72 of the 21st of October last, from
the Officer Administering the Government of New
Zealand, that the Queen's Exequatur, empowering
Dr. Julius von Haast to act as German Consul at
Christchurch, received Her Majesty's signature on
the 18th instant, and that the notification of Her
Majesty's approval of this appointment has appeared
in the Gazette of the 21st.
I have, &c.,
KIMBERLEY.
The Officer Administering the
Government of New Zealand.

(New Zealand-No. 2.) Downing Street, 23rd January, 1881.
SIR,-I have the honor to inform you that Her
Majesty will not be advised to exercise her powers of
disallowance with respect to the following Acts of
the Legislature of New Zealand, transcripts of which
accompanied Chief Justice Prendergast's Despatch
No. 59, of the 10th September last:-
No. 1. "An Act to validate certain Proclamations;"
No. 2. "An Act to apply a Sum of Money out of the Public
Account to the Service of the Year ending the Thirty-
first day of March, One thousand eight hundred and
eighty-one;"
No. 3. "An Act to apply a Sum of Money out of the Public
Account to the Service of the Year ending the Thirty-
first day of March, One thousand eight hundred and
eighty-one;"
No. 4. "An Act to provide for the Further Detention, for a
Limited Time, of certain Natives now in Custody in
Her Majesty's Gaols (Temporary);"
No. 5. "An Act for raising the Sum of Two Hundred Thousand
Pounds by Treasury Bills, and for extending the Cur-
rency of certain Treasury Bills;"
No. 6. "An Act to authorize the Detention for a limited Time
of certain Native Prisoners;"
No. 7. "An Act to apply a Sum of Money out of the Public
Account to the Service of the Year ending the Thirty-
first day of March, One thousand eight hundred and
eighty-one;"
No. 8. "An Act to amend 'The Land Transfer Act, 1870;"
No. 9. "An Act to amend 'The Census Act, 1877;"
No. 10. "An Act to consolidate the Laws of New Zealand
relating to Aliens;"
No. 11. "An Act for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals;"
No. 12. "An Act to consolidate certain Laws affecting Trade
and Commerce;"
No. 13. "An Act to consolidate the Laws regulating the Im-
portation, Sale, and other Disposition of Arms, Gun-
powder, and Warlike Stores;"
No. 14. "An Act to consolidate the Law for the Protection of
the Property of Married Women in certain cases;"
No. 15. "An Act for compensating the Families of Persons
killed by Accidents;"
No. 16. "An Act for consolidating the Law relating to Juries;"
No. 17. "An Act to consolidate the Laws relating to Building
Societies;"
No. 18. "An Act to consolidate the Law for the Protection of
Animals and for the Encouragement of Acclimatiza-
tion Societies;"
No. 19. "An Act to consolidate the Law relating to Securities
affecting Personal Chattels;"