Nov. 8.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
1605

Regulation under "The Property Assessment Act, 1879."

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this second day
of November, 1883.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance of the power and authority vested in me
under "The Property Assessment Act, 1879," I, William
Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of
New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby make the
following regulation for the purposes of the said Act, that is
to say, the public notice directed to be given by section
seventy-six of the said Act shall be in the following form, and
shall be signed by the Property-Tax Commissioner:-

"Notice is hereby given that property-tax under 'The
Property-Tax Act, 1883,' for the year commencing on the
first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-
three, will be payable on Saturday, the first day of December
in the same year, and the places in each district where the
said tax shall be paid shall be any post office within such
district which is also a money order office; except in the
District of Wellington, in which district the tax shall be
paid at any such post office as aforesaid, and at the office
of the Property-Tax Commissioner, at the Government
Buildings, Wellington.

" [Signature.]
"Property-Tax Commissioner."
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Public Valuer under "The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,"
appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 31st October, 1883.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point
ALFRED GILPIN WIGGINS,
Wellington, to be a Public Valuer under "The Friendly
Societies Act, 1882," until the 30th June, 1884.

THOMAS DICK.

Deputy-Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 2nd November, 1883.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point
CHARLES WEBER WELLS
to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births
and Deaths for the District of Waitara.

THOMAS DICK.

Rangers under "Animals Protection Act, 1881," Canter-
bury and Otago, appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 2nd November, 1883.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point
THOMAS QUEALY, of Birdling's Flat, and
JAMES SMITH, of Greendale,
to be Rangers under "The Animals Protection Act, 1881,"
for the Canterbury District; also to appoint
MALCOLM FERGUSON and
MICHAEL SWEETALY
to be Rangers under the said Act for the Otago District.

THOMAS DICK.

Officers under "Salmon and Trout Act, 1867," appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 2nd November, 1883.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point
MALCOLM FERGUSON and
MICHAEL SWEETALY,
under "The Salmon and Trout Act, 1867," to be Officers for
the Management and Protection of Salmon and Trout within
the Provincial District of Otago,

THOMAS DICK.

Inspectors of Weights and Measures appointed, Otago.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 2nd November, 1883.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
Constable JOHN HANSON
to be an Inspector of Weights and Measures, under "The
Weights and Measures Act, 1868," and "The Weights and
Measures Act Amendment Act, 1873," for the District of
Dunedin; also to appoint
Sergeant WILLIAM BEATTY
to be an Inspector of Weights and Measures under the said
Acts for the District of Oamaru; also to appoint
Sergeant-Major SAMUEL MOORE
to be an Inspector of Weights and Measures under the said
Acts for the District of Lawrence; and also to appoint
Sergeant PATRICK FINNEGAN
to be an Inspector of Weights and Measures under the said
Acts for the District of Milton. Appointments to date from
the 1st December, 1883.

THOMAS DICK.

Resignation of Visiting Justices accepted.

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 1st November, 1883.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept
the resignations of
THOMAS HENRY POTTS, Esq., J.P., and
The Hon. EDWARD RICHARDSON, J.P.,
of their positions as Visiting Justices of the Prison at Lyttel-
ton.

EDWD. T. CONOLLY.

Visiting Justice appointed to Lyttelton Prison.

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 1st November, 1883.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point
HARRY ALLWRIGHT, Esq., M.H.R.,
to be a Visiting Justice of the Prison at Lyttelton.

EDWD. T. CONOLLY.

Assessor under "The Native Land Court Act, 1880,"
appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 2nd November, 1883.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
WAATA TIPA,
of Hauraki, to be an Assessor under "The Native Land
Court Act, 1880.”

JOHN BRYCE.

Member of Land Board appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 6th November, 1883.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point
FRANCIS HAMILTON, Esq.,
to be a Member of the Land Board of the Land District of
Nelson. Date of appointment, 2nd November, 1883.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

Volunteer Officers promoted and appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th November, 1883.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make
the under-mentioned promotion and appointment:-
Taranaki Rifle Volunteers.
Sub-Lieutenant Edward Nelson Lydeard O'Key to be Lieu-
tenant. Date of commission, 1st January, 1883.
Masterton Rifle Volunteers.
Joseph Williams to be Lieutenant. Date of commission,
10th September, 1883.

JOHN BRYCE.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th November, 1883.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commission of
Lieutenant James Miller, of the South District (Dunedin)
Rifle Volunteers.

JOHN BRYCE.