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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 80

Appointments of Assessors under "The Property As- sessment Act, 1879," and its Amendments.

Property Tax Office,
Wellington, 25th September, 1882.

H
IS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to appoint the following
gentlemen herein named to be Assessors under "The
Property Assessment Act, 1879," and its amend-
ments, within the districts set above their names
respectively, that is to say,—

1. In the Auckland Property Assessment District.
   William Alphonso Smith, of Whangarei; Joseph
   Mallabond, of Parua Bay; George Moor, of Wark-
   worth; Thomas Seaman, of Lake, North Shore; John
   Swinnerton Duke and Joseph Warren, both of
   Newton; William Dennison, of Newmarket: John
   Bollard, of Whau; John Mellsop, of Waiuku; James
   Mellsop, of Mauku; Thomas Cheeseman, Henry
   Greensmith Wade, and Joseph Newman, all of Auck-
   land; William Robert Franklin, of Coromandel; John
   Gordon, of Otahuhu; James Smith and Edwin Wise
   Hollis, both of Thames; John Hunt, of Piako;
   Jonathan Brown, of Tauranga; James Baird Hay, of
   Papakura.

2. In the Hawke's Bay Property Assessment District.
   Charles William Ferris, of Gisborne; Herbert
   Joseph Williams and James William Witty, both of
   Wairoa; Henry Arrow, of Waipawa; John Collinge,
   of Hastings.

3. In the Wellington Property Assessment District.
   Newton King, James Kidd, James Caddy Davies,
   William Bolland Davies, Thomas Hempton, all of New
   Plymouth; Edward Olson and Richard Price, both
   of Inglewood; George Victor Bate, of Hawera;
   Wilson Milne, of Waverley; Edward Nolloth Liffiton
   and John Notman, both of Wanganui; Robert John
   Harris and Joseph Harris, both of Marton; Ernest
   Stephen Thynne, of Foxton; Hugh Lind Sherwill and
   Hector Booth, both of Feilding; William Skeet, of
   Greytown; Alexander Svend Dreyer, Frederick
   Jagerhorn, and Joseph Iorns, all of Masterton;
   Alexander McHutchon, of Castlepoint; Thomas
   Telford, of Tenui; James Ames, of Wellington;
   Robert North Keeling, of Palmerston North; Walter
   Bock, of Gladstone; Thomas Robinson, of Makara;
   Henry Damant, of Hutt.

4. In the Nelson Property Assessment District.
   John Octavius Western and William Syms, both of
   Picton; Arthur Henry Passau, of Kaikoura; Robert
   Pattie, of Riwaka; Joshua Bird, of Wakefield; Her-
   man Meyer and Bunter Clapcott, both of Hokitika;
   Alexander Cameron, of Ross; William Rout, of
   Nelson; John Tucker Robinson, William Douslin,
   and Thomas Atkinson Dickens, all of Blenheim;
   Horatio Nelson Firth, of Havelock.

5. In the Canterbury Property Assessment District.
   James Campbell, of Christchurch; Edward Samuel
   Latter, of Duvauchelle's Bay; John Reynolds Will-
   cox, of Lyttelton; John Whitelaw, Jasper Pyne
   O'Callaghan, and Edmund Tipping, all of Christ-
   church; Charles William Comer, of Spreydon; John
   Taylor, of Templeton; Robert Dott Pullar, of Upper
   Ashburton; Robert James Dickenson, of Cust;
   Charles Edward Dudley and Edward Revell, both of
   Kaiapoi; William Anthony Benn, of Amberley;
   William Thomas Champion Mills, of Heathcote;
   Max Whatman and Robert Aherne, both of Rangiora.

6. In the Waitaki Property Assessment District.
   William Henry Sherwin Roberts, of Waipahi;
   Ernest Fredrich Diehl and Wriothesley John Andrew

Maude, both of Oamaru; Caleb Ezekiel Sherratt, of
Geraldine; Thomas Roberts and Francis Worcester
Stubbs, both of Timaru; Robert Irvine, of Peel
Forest; Frederick William Marchant, of Burke's
Pass.

7. In the Otago Property Assessment District.
   John McCartney, of Portobello; George Prain, of
   Mosgiel; Alexander Ironside, of Balclutha; Thomas
   Hughan, of Waihola; Philip Uren, of Lawrence;
   Richard Bowden Martin, John Gray, George Thomas
   Clarke, Joseph Lowe Shaw, and Andrew Hogg, all of
   Dunedin; David Henry Miller and John Stone, both
   of Mornington; Martin Pearce, of Caversham;
   Thomas Brookes, of Milton; Jabez Burton, of Rox-
   burgh; George Byron King, of Lawrence; John
   Stewart Dickie and George Fache, both of Clyde.

8. In the Southland Property Assessment District.
   William Russell, of Ryal Bush; Lewis Longuet, of
   Invercargill; Ian Simson Simson, of Gore; Henry
   McLean, of South Invercargill; Nicholson John
   Burrows, of Campbelltown; Henry Boston Cassels,
   of Riverton; Gideon Frederick de Joux, of North
   Invercargill; Charles William Brown, of Invercar-
   gill.

H. A. ATKINSON.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 27th September, 1882.

H
IS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to make the under-men-
tioned appointments:---

Waimea Rifle Volunteers.
William Norris Franklyn to be Captain. Date of
commission, 4th September, 1882.

Masterton School Rifle Cadet Volunteers.
William Thomas Grundy to be Captaiu. Date of
commission, 22nd March, 1882.

Greytown School Rifle Cadet Volunteers.
Thomas Porritt to be Captain. Date of commission,
22nd March, 1882.

JOHN BRYCE.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 27th September, 1882.

H
IS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to accept the resigna-
tion of the commission held by the under-mentioned
officer :—

Taranaki Rifle Volunteers.
Sub-Lieutenant William Francis Brooking. Date of
resignation, 2nd September, 1882.

JOHN BRYCE.

Member of Pangatotara Highway Board, Nelson,
elected.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 13th September, 1882.

I
N conformity with "The (Nelson) Highways Act,
1872," it is hereby notified that, on the 9th
instant,

JOHN BRERETON
was duly elected a Member of the Pangatotara
Highway Board, vice D. H. Jennings, resigned.

G. S. COOPER,
Under-Secretary.