MAY 18.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

road, 275 links; and towards the West by Section
No. 6 of said block, 751 links.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this ninth day of May, one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-one.
WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

Season for Killing Hares in North Canterbury
extended.

ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.
WHEREAS by a warrant made under "The Ani-
mals Protection Act, 1880," dated the twenty-
ninth day of March, one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-two, and published in the New Zealand
Gazette of the thirtieth day of March, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-two, it was notified, amongst
other things, that hares might be taken or killed
within the North Canterbury District from the first
day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-
two, until the thirty-first day of July, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-two: And whereas it is
expedient to extend the time for killing or taking
hares within the said district:
Now, therefore, I, Arthur Hamilton Gordon, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise
of the powers vested in me by the said "Animals
Protection Act, 1880," and "The Animals Protection
Act Amendment Act, 1881," do hereby notify that
hares may be taken or killed within the North
Canterbury District until the thirty-first day of
August, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this seventeenth day of May,
one thousand eight hundred and eighty-
two.
THOMAS DICK.

Member of Executive Council appointed.

Executive Council Chamber,
Wellington, 18th May, 1882.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
administer the oath of office to
The Honorable RICHARD OLIVER.
He is sworn a Member of the Executive Council of
New Zealand.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Returning Officer, Onewhero Riding, County of
Raglan, appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 12th May, 1882.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
THADDEUS VICARS FITZPATRICK
to be the Returning Officer to conduct the election
of County Councillors for the Onewhero Riding,
County of Raglan.
THOMAS DICK.

Justice of the Peace appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 6th May, 1882.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
NOBLE MCMILLIN, Esq.,
Mayor of Tapanui, to be a Justice of the Peace under
"The Municipal Corporations Act, 1876."
THOMAS DICK.

Visiting Justice appointed.

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 11th May, 1882.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JOSEPH NEWMAN, Esq., J.P.,
of Auckland, to be a Visiting Justice of Her
Majesty's Gaol, Mount Eden, Auckland.
THOMAS DICK.

Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 16th May, 1882.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the under-mentioned persons to be
the Licensing Committees for the districts set oppo-
site their names respectively :—

Committee.
James Robertson, jun.
Henry C. Gibson
Joseph Conder
Henry Samuel Andrews
James Wills
Henry Campbell
H. Francis Willmott
Thomas Archie
Max Heinrich Behrens
George Hanson
William Gordon
William McAllister
John S. Miller
Jonas Naylor
Walter Miller
James Alexander Little
Augustus Thomas
William McCaw
William Cameron
Robert Palmer
James Sutherland
Henry Scott
George Lindsay
Robert Murray

District.
Mangere.
Hawea.
Kingston.
Mount Stuart.
Tokomairiro.

THOMAS DICK.

Clerks to Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 12th May, 1882.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the under-mentioned persons to be
Clerks to the Licensing Committees for the districts
set opposite their names respectively :—

Clerks.
William Matravers...
Henry Graham
Albert John Francis
Alexander Pirie
Andrew Rankin
Charles Wedge
Robert Francis Mullan
Zoffany Claude Horne
William Sydney Munday
John Denehar Familton

Districts.
Tauranga and Waimapu.
Waitoa.
Courtenay.
Moeraki.
Musselburgh.
Waverley, Linden, and Sunny-
side.
Wareatea North.
Westport Central.
Westport South.
Hampden.

THOMAS DICK.

Returning Officer under Licensing Act appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 12th May, 1882.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint