Ост. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1311

every person so appointed shall hold office during
the Governor's pleasure:

Now, therefore, I, Arthur Hamilton Gordon,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in
pursuance of the power and authority vested in
me by the said Act, do hereby appoint the under-
mentioned persons to be Returning Officers for the
election of Members of the House of Representa-
tives for the electoral district placed opposite their
respective names:-

James Hamlyn Greenway ... Bay of Islands.
Robert Mair ... Marsden.
Matthew Angove ... Rodney.
Thomas Seaman ... Waitemata.
Robert Cartwell Rawlinson ... Auckland North.
Edward Smyth Willcocks ... Auckland West.
Thomas Cotter ... Auckland East.
John James Dixon.. ... Newton.
William Francis Lodge ... Parnell.
Samuel Yeoman Collins ... Eden.
William George Pring O'Cal- Manukau.
laghan
William Shanaghan ... Franklin North.
Thomas Jackson ... Franklin South.
Albert James Allom ... Coromandel.
Harry Kenrick ... Thames.
William Nicholas Searancke... Waikato.
Thomas Kirk ... Waipa.
Henry Clapcott ... Hutt.
Fortunatus Evelyn Wright ... Stanmore.
Orfeur George Parker ... Coleridge.

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

THOMAS DICK.

Member of Executive Council appointed.

Executive Council Chamber,
Wellington, 18th October, 1881.
H
IS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased this day to administer
the oath of office to
The Honorable RICHARD OLIVER.
He is sworn a Member of the Executive Council of
New Zealand.
F. P. MURRAY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Resident Magistrate, Nelson, appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 18th October, 1881.
H
IS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to appoint
OSWALD CURTIS, Esq.,
to be a Resident Magistrate for the District of
Nelson.
THOMAS DICK.

Clerk of Warden's Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 18th October, 1881.
H
IS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to appoint
WILLIAM ALFRED BARTON, Esq.,

to be Principal Clerk at Greymouth of the Warden's
Court for the Nelson South-West Mining District.
THOMAS DICK.

Chairman of Licensing Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 19th October, 1881.
H
IS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to appoint
GEORGE LILLY MELLISH, Esq.,
to be Chairman of the Licensing Courts for the Dis-
tricts of Avon, Riccarton, City of Christchurch North-
west, City of Christchurch South-west, City of Christ-
church North-east, City of Christchurch South-east,
Heathcote, Springs, Lincoln, Halswell, Spreydon,
Templeton, and Courtenay, vice John Nugent Wood,
Esq.
THOMAS DICK.

Certificated Accountant in Bankruptcy appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 18th October, 1881.
H
IS Honor Mr. Justice Gillies has appointed
Mr. DANIEL BIRRELL MCDONALD,
of Auckland, to be a Certificated Accountant in
Bankruptcy.
THOMAS DICK.

Deputy Property-tax Commissioner appointed for
various Districts.

Property-tax Department,
Wellington, 18th October, 1881.
H
IS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to appoint
CHARLES MELVILLE CROMBIE
to be Deputy Property-tax Commmissioner, under
"The Property Assessment Act, 1879," and "The
Property Assessment Act Amendment Act, 1881,"
for each and all of the following property assessment
districts:-
The Auckland Property Assessment District.
The Hawke's Bay Property Assessment District.
The Nelson Property Assessment District.
The Canterbury Property Assessment District.
The Waitaki Property Assessment District.
The Otago Property Assessment District.
The Southland Property Assessment District.
H. A. ATKINSON,
Colonial Treasurer.

Receiver of Gold Revenue and Mining Registrar
appointed.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 19th October, 1881.
H
IS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to appoint
WILLIAM ALFRED BARTON, Esq.,
to be a Receiver of Gold Revenue and Mining
Registrar at Greymouth for Cobden and Barrytown,
in the Nelson South-West Mining District, as from
the 1st September, 1881.
WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Mines.