MAY 4.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 657

collection and management thereof vested in me by
the said in part recited Act, to be held and exercised
by him from time to time as he shall think fit, so long
as he shall hold the said office of Commissioner of
Customs.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Honorable Arthur Hamilton Gordon,
Knight Grand Cross of the Most Dis-
tinguished Order of Saint Michael and
Saint George, Her Majesty's High
Commissioner for the Western Pacific,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-
Admiral of the same; at Christchurch,
this twenty-ninth day of April, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-two.

FRED. WHITAKER.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Clerks of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 2nd May, 1882.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

JOHN STEWART KENNEDY

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committees for the
Districts of Green Island and Kaikorai, vice W.
Somerville; and

DANIEL SHEA LAWLOR

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the Dis-
trict of Wallacetown, vice P. Grant.

THOMAS DICK.

Trustee of Dunedin Sinking Fund appointed.

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

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

HUGH MCNEILL, Esq.,

to be a Trustee of the Sinking Fund of the Borough
of the City of Dunedin, vice the Hon. J. Paterson,
resigned.

THOMAS DICK.

Deputy-Commissioner of Stamps appointed.

Head Office, Stamp Department,
Wellington, 1st May, 1882.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

JAMES JOHN TURNBULL, Esq.,

to be Deputy-Commissioner of Stamps and Registrar
of Joint-Stock Companies at Blenheim, as from the
1st instant.

H. A. ATKINSON.

Registrar under "The Sale of Poisons Act, 1871,"
appointed, Marlborough.

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

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

JAMES JOHN TURNBULL, Esq., R.M.,

to be a Registrar under "The Sale of Poisons Act,
1871," for the Provincial District of Marlborough.

THOMAS DICK.

Deputy-Registrar of Deeds appointed.

Head Office, Stamp Department,
Wellington, 1st May, 1882.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

THOMAS DUFFY, Esq.,

to be Deputy-Registrar of Deeds for the Deeds
Registration District of Marlborough.

H. A. ATKINSON.

Registrar of Electors appointed.

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

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

ARCHIBALD REID URE, Esq.,

to be Registrar of Electors, under "The Registration
of Electors Act, 1879," for the Electoral Districts of
Roslyn, Dunedin West, Dunedin East, Dunedin
Central, Dunedin South, Peninsula, and Caversham,
vice W. J. Hall, Esq., resigned.

THOMAS DICK.

Wharfinger for Tairua Wharves appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 1st May, 1882.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of
the provisions of section 13 of "The Harbours
Act, 1878," been pleased to appoint

JAMES HARDEN

to be Wharfinger for the wharves belonging to the
Union Steam Saw, Moulding, Sash, and Door Com-
pany (Limited), which are situated on the Tairua
River, in the Provincial District of Auckland.

H. A. ATKINSON.

Additional Public Vaccinator appointed, Drury
District.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 29th April, 1882.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

Mrs. AGNES BLAIR

to be an additional Public Vaccinator, under "The
Public Health Act, 1876," for the Drury District.

THOMAS DICK.

Promotion and Appointment of Volunteer Officers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 3rd May, 1882.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned promotion and
appointments:-

Wanganui Rifle Volunteers.
Robert Hughes to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 23rd January, 1882.

No. 1 Temuka Rifle Volunteers.
Henry William Campbell to be Honorary Assistant-
Surgeon. Date of commission, 19th April, 1882.

Wellington Guards.
Sub-Lieutenant Henry Thomas Blundell to be
Lieutenant. Date of commission, 13th April,
1882,

JOHN BRYCE.