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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 19

on the ninth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eleventh day of February, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

Returning Officer for Native Licensing District, Upper Wanganui, appointed.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the provisions of “The Licensing Act, 1881,” and “The Licensing Act Amendment Act, 1882,” I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

ROBERT WARD, Esquire,

to be the Returning Officer for the Native Licensing District of Upper Wanganui.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eleventh day of February, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.

JOHN BRYCE.

Warrant appointing D. A. Tole to perform Duties and exercise Powers under “The Timber Floating Act, 1873,” within the Provincial District of Auckland.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

WHEREAS by the twelfth section of “The Abolition of Provinces Act, 1875,” it is, among other things, enacted that in every Act of the General Assembly, except such as relate to the election of Superintendents and Provincial Councils, and to the audit of provincial accounts and matters of a like kind, the word “Superintendent” should, with respect to any provincial district, mean the Governor or any person or persons whom the Governor might from time to time appoint as in the said Act particularly mentioned:

And whereas it is expedient under the hereinbefore in part recited Act that some person should be appointed for the Provincial District of Auckland to perform the duties and exercise the powers imposed upon and assigned to the Superintendent by an Act of the General Assembly intituled “The Timber Floating Act, 1873:”

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of every power and authority enabling me in that behalf, do hereby appoint

DANIEL AUSTIN TOLE, Esquire,

the Commissioner of Crown Lands at Auckland, to perform the duties and exercise the powers which, prior to “The Abolition of Provinces Act, 1875,” were performed or exercisable by the Superintendent of the Province of Auckland under the provisions of “The Timber Floating Act, 1873,” within the said province.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this thirteenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.

H. A. ATKINSON.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 12th February, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

GEORGE WILLIAM CAMPBELL MACDONALD

to be the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths, and also Vaccination Inspector, for the District of Otepopo.

THOMAS DICK.

Registrar of Electors for Waikouaiti and Moeraki Districts appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 11th February, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

GEORGE FREEMAN HEWLINGS, Esq.,

to be Registrar of Electors, under “The Registration of Electors Act, 1879,” for the Electoral Districts of Waikouaiti and Moeraki, vice J. W. Murdoch, Esq., deceased.

THOMAS DICK.

Returning Officer appointed, Waikouaiti District.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 11th February, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

GEORGE FREEMAN HEWLINGS, Esq.,

to be the Returning Officer, under “The Regulation of Elections Act, 1881,” for the Electoral District of Waikouaiti, vice J. W. Murdoch, Esq., deceased.

THOMAS DICK.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 12th February, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned gentlemen to be the Deputies of the Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts respectively set opposite their names:—

Name. District.
ALFRED WHARRIE SHAVE Hastings.
GEORGE JENOUR.. Cromwell.
ABRAHAM ABSOLUM Ross.

THOMAS DICK.

Licensed Interpreter appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 13th February, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM WHITE,

of Mercury Bay, to act as Interpreter under “The Native Land Court Act, 1880.”

JOHN BRYCE.

Crown Solicitor appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 11th February, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM MORTON PURKISS, Esq.,

of Hokitika, to be Crown Solicitor for the District of Westland, vice W. Perkins, Esq., resigned.

EDWD. T. CONOLLY.

Crown Prosecutors appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 11th February, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM MORTON PURKISS, Esq.,

to be Crown Prosecutor at Hokitika and Greymouth for the District of Westland, vice W. Perkins, Esq., resigned; and

WILLIAM REEVE HASELDEN, Esq.,

to be Crown Prosecutor at Reefton for the District of Westland, vice W. Perkins, Esq., resigned.

EDWD. T. CONOLLY.

Clerk of Resident Magistrate’s Court, &c., appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 11th February, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ARTHUR AUGUSTUS WINTERBURN

to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate’s Court and Principal Clerk of the Warden’s Court at Charleston, and Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Charleston, vice Thomas Short, transferred.

EDWD. T. CONOLLY.

Clerks of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 11th February, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned persons to be Clerks of the Licensing Committees for the districts set opposite their names respectively:—