MAR. 30.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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WALTER RANKIN PETERS,
WILLIAM PORTER, and
SYDNEY G. VINING
to be the Licensing Committee of the Special Licens-
ing District of Pukorokoro; and
DAVID SCANNELL,
LAWRENCE MARSHALL GRACE, and
GEORGE BLAKE
to be the Licensing Committee for the Special
Licensing Districts of East Taupo and West Taupo.
THOMAS DICK.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 28th March, 1882.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
DANIEL BRADSHAW
to be a Member of the Licensing Committee for the
District of Havelock (Marlborough), vice W. E.
Dive, resigned.
THOMAS DICK.

Cadet appointed.

General Survey Office,
Wellington, 15th March, 1882.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
FREDERIC WILLIAM NORTON
to be a Cadet in the Survey Department of New
Zealand. Appointment to date from the 1st March,
1882.
JOHN HALL,
(for the Minister of Lands.)

Promotion and Appointment of Volunteer Officers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 28th March, 1882.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned promotions and
appointments:-
Southland Regiment of Hussars.
Rev. Sydney Calvert Jackson Grime to be Honorary
Chaplain. Date of commission, 14th January, 1882.
City Guards (Christchurch) Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Nathaniel Wolfe to be Captain.
Sub-Lieutenant Frederick Wyatt Frances to be
Lieutenant.
Date of commissions, 15th November, 1881.
Wellington Naval Brigade.
Henry Samuel Fitzherbert to be Lieutenant. Date
of commission, 25th September, 1881.
H. A. ATKINSON.

Resignation of Volunteer Officer.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 28th March, 1882.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commission held
by the under-mentioned officer:-
Wellington Guards.
Honorable Captain George Randall Johnson. Date
of resignation, 14th March, 1882.
H. A. ATKINSON.

Resignation of Clerk in the Registrar-General's Office.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 28th March, 1882.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by
Mr. WILLIAM WITHERS
of his office as a Clerk in the Registrar-General's
Department.
THOMAS DICK.

Arrangements for First Elections, &c., Clinton Town
District, County of Clutha.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 27th March, 1882.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
ROBERT DARLING, Esq.,
to be the Returning Officer to conduct the first
elections of five Commissioners for the Town District
of Clinton, as constituted under "The Town Districts
Act, 1881;" also to appoint Saturday, the 29th April,
1882, to be the day, and the Schoolhouse, Clinton, to
be the place, for holding such first elections; also
to appoint Saturday, the 6th May, 1882, at 11 o'clock
in the forenoon, to be the time, and the said School-
house, Clinton, to be the place, at which the first
meeting of the Commissioners shall be held.
THOMAS DICK.

Warden for Wairoa Highway District, County of
Patea, elected.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 27th March, 1882.

NOTICE has been received at this office that
ALEXANDER HOWIE, Jun.,
was, on the 4th instant, duly elected a Member for
No. 5 Ward, Wairoa Highway District, vice T. W.
Fisher.
G. S. COOPER,
Under-Secretary.

Member of Takaka Highway District elected (Nelson).

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 27th March, 1882.

IN conformity with "The (Nelson) Highways Act,
1872," it is hereby notified that, on the 20th
instant,
JOHN ROSE
was duly elected a Member of the Takaka Highway
Board, vice A. McDonald, resigned.
G. S. COOPER,
Under-Secretary.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 24th March, 1882.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
issue Letters of Naturalisation, under "The
Aliens Act, 1880," in favour of the under-mentioned
person, viz. :-

Name. Occupation. Residence.
Francis Henry Schneider Platelayer The Hinds.
THOMAS DICK.