JUNE 22.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 871

be Public Valuers under "The Friendly Societies
Act, 1877," until the 30th June, 1883 :-
GEORGE LESLIE, Russell Street, Dunedin.
PETER BLACK, London Street, Dunedin.
THOMAS DICK.

Members of Civil Service Examination Board
appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 20th June, 1882.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JAMES MCKERROW, Esq., and
ANGUS McGREGOR, Esq., M.A.,
to be Members of the Civil Service Examination
Board, under "The Civil Service Act, 1866," vice J.
Woodward, Esq., deceased, and the Rev. B. W. Har-
vey, resigned.
THOMAS DICK.

Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 20th June, 1882.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
SAMUEL DEIGHTON, Esq., R.M., and
EDWARD REGINALD CHUDLEIGH, Esq., J.P.,
to be the Licensing Committee for the Special
Licensing District of Chatham Islands.
THOMAS DICK.

Clerk of Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 20th June, 1882.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
RICHARD WILLIAM RAYNER
to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate's Court for
the Chatham Islands.
THOMAS DICK.

Certificated Accountant in Bankruptcy appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 20th June, 1882.
HIS Honor Mr. Justice Gillies has appointed
Mr. ARTHUR DUNBEBIN BENNETT,
of Auckland, to be a Certificated Accountant in
Bankruptcy.
THOMAS DICK.

Volunteer Officers promoted and appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st June, 1882.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned promotions and
appointments :-
I Battery of Artillery.
Second-Lieutenant John Harkness Rice to be Lieu-
tenant. Date of commission, 11th May, 1882.

Riverton Rifle Volunteers.
John Reid to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 28th February, 1882.

Invercargill Rifle Volunteers.
Sub-Lieutenant Henry Vincent Haddock to be Lieu-
tenant. Date of commission, 20th December,
1881.

Palmerston North Rifles.
Lieutenant George Marsh to be Captain.
James Carroll to be Sub-Lieutenant.
Date of commissions, 9th June, 1882.
JOHN BRYCE.

Officer Commanding Lake Volunteer District resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st June, 1882.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of Major Hugh Finn,
as Officer in Command of the Lake Volunteer District.
JOHN BRYCE.

Notice of proposed Loan, Borough of Masterton.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 16th June, 1882.
THE following notice, received from his Worship
the Mayor of Masterton, is published in accord-
ance with section 145 of "The Municipal Corporations
Act, 1876."
THOMAS DICK.

Council Chambers,
Masterton, 13th June, 1882.
SIR,-I have the honor to inform you that a poll was
taken on the 10th June instant, upon the proposal
of the Borough Council to raise the sum of £400 by
way of special loan upon the security of the borough
library rates, as provided in section 7 of "The Public
Libraries Act, 1869," and Part X. of "The Municipal
Corporations Act, 1876," and that the result was as
follows:-
For the proposal ... ... ... 205
Against ... ... ... 26
Informal ... ... ... 3
Majority for ... ... ... 179
The number of votes given for the proposal exceeding
one-half the number of burgesses, I have declared
the proposal duly carried.

I have, &c.,
A. BISH,
Mayor.
The Hon. Colonial Secretary, Wellington.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 20th June, 1882.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
issue Letters of Naturalisation, under "The
Aliens Act, 1880," in favour of the under-mentioned
persons, viz. :-

Name. Occupation. Residence.
Peter Rosengren ... Engineer Lyttelton.
Yok Won ... Storekeeper Cromwell.
Joan Vukota ... Fishmonger Lyttelton.
Johann Ludwig Carl Labourer Havelock.
Brinck
THOMAS DICK.

Bonuses on Colonial Industries.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 20th June, 1882.
NOTICE is hereby given that the following
bonuses will be paid on articles produced in the
Colony of New Zealand, as under :-