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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1379

Arrangements for First Elections, &c., Town District
of Linwood, County of Selwyn.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 2nd October, 1882.
HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to appoint
GEORGE LESLIE LEE, Esq.,
to be the Returning Officer to conduct the first elec-
tions of seven Members of the Board of Commissioners
of the Linwood Town District, as constituted under
"The Town Districts Act, 1881;" also to appoint
Saturday, the 28th October, 1882, at the Odd
Fellows' Hall, East Town Belt, Christchurch, to be
the time and place for holding such first elections;
also to appoint Thursday, the 2nd day of November,
1882, at 7 o'clock in the evening, at the Heath-
cote Road Board Office, to be the time and place for
holding the first meeting of the Commissioners.
H. A. ATKINSON,
(in absence of the Colonial Secretary.)

Local Patent Offices and Patent Office Agents
appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 3rd October, 1882.
HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to appoint the offices at
Auckland, Nelson, Christchurch, and Dunedin of the
Supreme Court to be Local Patent Offices; and
GEORGE WILLIAM BASLEY, Esq.,
HARRY CLINTON SALKELD BADDELEY, Esq.,
WILLIAM HENRY EYES, Jun, Esq., and
ARTHUR DAVID HARVEY, Esq.,
to be Patent Office Agents at those places respec-
tively.
H. A. ATKINSON,
(for the Colonial Secretary.)

Registrar of Electors appointed, Wakatipu.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 3rd October, 1882.
HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to appoint
JOHN SCOTT WORTHINGTON
to be Registrar of Electors, under "The Registration
of Electors Act, 1879," for the Electoral District of
Wakatipu, vice O. Mackin, resigned. Appointment
to date from the 1st September, 1882.
H. A. ATKINSON,
(in absence of the Colonial Secretary.)

Clerk of Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 29th September, 1882.
HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to appoint
Constable CHARLES HERBERT COLBORNE
to be Clerk at Tapanui of the Resident Magistrate's
Court for the District of Clutha, and Clerk of the
Licensing Committees for the Districts of Tapanui
and Borough of Tapanui, from the 13th instant, vice
Constable C. Conn, transferred.
H. A. ATKINSON,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 29th September, 1882.
HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to appoint

ALEXANDER ROSS DUFF
to be a Member of the Licensing Committee for the
District of Waikaremoana, vice G. S. Fraser,
deceased.
[This notice is published in lieu of one on page
1294 of the New Zealand Gazette of the 21st Septem-
ber, 1882, notifying appointment of Alexander Ross.]
H. A. ATKINSON,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

Members of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 3rd October, 1882.
HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to appoint
HENRY OVERTON,
to be a Member of the Licensing Committee for the
District of Ellesmere, vice C. T. Dudley, resigned;
and
ROBERT WILSON
to be a Member of the Licensing Committee for the
District of Wangaehu, vice J. Bruce, jun., resigned.
H. A. ATKINSON,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

Justice of the Peace appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 3rd October, 1882.
HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to appoint
WILLIAM EDINBOROUGH CHAMBERLAIN, Esq.,
Mayor of Feilding, to be a Justice of the Peace
under "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1876."
H. A. ATKINSON,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

School Commissioners appointed.

Education Department,
Wellington, 3rd October, 1882.
THE Education Board of the District of West-
land has appointed
GERHARD MUELLER, Esq.,
to be a School Commissioner for the Provincial Dis-
trict of Westland; and the Education Board of the
District of Otago has appointed
ALEXANDER C. BEGG, Esq.,
to be a School Commissioner for the Provincial Dis-
trict of Otago, under the provisions of "The Educa-
tion Reserves Act, 1877."
H. A. ATKINSON,
(for the Minister of Education.)

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

Property Tax Office,
Wellington, 2nd October, 1882.
HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to appoint the following
herein named to be Assessors under "The Property
Assessment Act, 1879," and its amendments, within
the districts set above their names respectively, that
is to say,-

In the Auckland Property Assessment District.
William Whitaker Ariell, of Paparoa; Samuel
Brooking, of Auckland; John Shepherd, of Port
Albert; Thadeus Vickers Fitzpatrick, of Newcastle;
Henry Clarke, of Onehunga; James Mansfield
Gelling and Kennedy Hill, both of Hamilton;
Edward Percy Dumergue, of Opotiki; William