MAY 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 535

The Road Board Office, Mount Somers, and
The Main Schoolhouse, Alford Forest,
to be the polling-places for the said road district;
and Friday, the 3rd day of June next, to be the day
upon which such first elections shall be held.
THOMAS DICK.

Chairmen of Licensing Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 10th May, 1881.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
ISAAC NEWTON WATT, Esq., R.M.,
to be Chairman of the Licensing Courts for the
Districts of Papakaio, Town of Oamaru, Kakanui,
Maerewhenua, Otepopo and Hampden, vice T. W.
Parker, Esq., R.M.; and
WILLIAM LAWRENCE SIMPSON, Esq., R.M.,
to be Chairman of the Licensing Court for the Dis-
trict of Town of Port Chalmers, vice I. N. Watt,
Esq., R.M.
THOMAS DICK.

Paroa, Arnold, and Clifton, vice W. S. Smith, Esq.,
resigned;
JOHN O'HAGAN, Esq., J.P.,
JOHN Gow, Esq., and
EDWIN ARTHUR SCOTT, Esq.,
to be Members of the Licensing Courts for the Dis-
tricts of Kumara and Greenstone, vice W. S. Smith,
Esq., T. G. Thomas, Esq., and J. Arnott, Esq.; and
WILLIAM HENRY SHERWOOD ROBERTS, Esq., J.P.,
to be a Member of the Licensing Courts for the Dis-
tricts of Papakaio, Town of Oamaru, Kakanui,
Maerewhenua, Otepopo, Hampden, and Ahuriri, vice
J. Udall, Esq., J.P., resigned.
THOMAS DICK.

Clerk of District Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 10th May, 1881.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
WILFRED RENNELL, Esq.,
to be Clerk at New Plymouth of the District Court
of Taranaki, from the 13th ultimo, vice F. H. C. S.
Baddeley, Esq.
THOMAS DICK.

Clerk of Resident Magistrate's Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 11th May, 1881.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
FREDERICK HENRY IBBETSON, Esq.,
to be Clerk at Hampden of the Resident Magistrate's
Court for the District of Nelson, from the 1st Janu-
ary last.
THOMAS DICK.

Clerk of Warden's Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 10th May, 1881.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
Constable HENRY BYRN
to be Principal Clerk at Collingwood of the Warden's
Court for the Golden Bay Gold Fields Mining Dis-
trict.
THOMAS DICK.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 11th May, 1881.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by
ROBERT JOSEPH LANAUZE, Esq.,
of Christchurch, of his appointment as a Justice of
the Peace for the colony.
THOMAS DICK.

Certificated Accountants in Bankruptcy appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 10th May, 1881.
HIS Honor Mr. Justice Gillies has appointed
Mr. EDWARD JOHN BRYANT and
Mr. WILLIAM INGLIS,
both of Dunedin, to be Certificated Accountants in
Bankruptcy.
THOMAS DICK.

Licensed Interpreters appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 9th May, 1881.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
license
JULES GEORGE WILSON, Esq., of Cambridge, and
R. C. L. REAY, Esq., of Tauranga,
to act as Interpreters under "The Native Land Court
Act, 1880," from the 2nd May, 1881.
WM. ROLLESTON.

Members of Licensing Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 11th May, 1881.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
ROGER WALKER, Esq.,
to be a Member of the Licensing Court for the Dis-
trict of Charleston, vice Walter Derbyshire, Esq.,
resigned;
THOMAS RONAYNE, Esq.,
to be a Member of the Licensing Courts for the Dis-
tricts of Town of Greymouth, Cobden, Coaldale,

Clerk in Education Department appointed.

Education Department,
Wellington, 9th May, 1881.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
WILLIAM HENRY RUSSELL, Esq.,
to be a Cadet in the Education Department. The
appointment is to date from the 10th February last.
THOMAS DICK.

Promotion and Appointments of Volunteer Officers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th May, 1881.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned promotion and
appointments:—
Hauraki Engineer Volunteers.
Daniel Ennis O'Sullivan to be Lieutenant. Date
of commission, 8th April, 1881.
Riverton Rifle Volunteers.
Sub-Lieutenant Robert Acheson to be Lieutenant,
Date of commission, 2nd May, 1881.