Clerks of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 7th February, 1885.

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:—

EBENEZER PIPER .. Otekaike.
EDMUND JOHN SCHLOTEL .. North-East Valley.

Jos. A. TOLE.

Members of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 9th February, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
ALFRED GINDERS, Esq., M.D., and
HENRY DUNBAR JOHNSON, Esq.,
to be Members of the Licensing Committee for the Special Licensing District of Thermal Springs.

Jos. A. TOLE.

Clerks of Resident Magistrates' Courts, &c., appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 11th February, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
WALTER MARTIN
to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate's Court at Onehunga, and a Clerk in the Resident Magistrate's Court at Auckland, from the 3rd instant, vice W. G. P. O'Callaghan;

HENRY WILLIAMS BAKER
to be Clerk and Interpreter of the Resident Magistrate's Court at Wairoa, and Clerk of the Licensing Committees for the Districts of Waikaremoana and Clyde, from the 16th instant, vice Constable R. Kelly; and

WILLIAM GEORGE PRING O'CALLAGHAN
to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate's Court at Invercargill, from the 17th instant, vice A. C. Henderson.

Jos. A. TOLE.

Visiting Justice appointed.

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 2nd February, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
GEORGE FENWICK, Esq., J.P.,
to be a Visiting Justice of the prison at Dunedin.

Jos. A. TOLE.

Member of Timaru Harbour Board appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 7th February, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of the provisions of section 41 of “The Harbours Act, 1878,” been pleased to appoint
EDWARD ELWORTHY
to be a Member of the Timaru Harbour Board, the rate-payers of the Pareora District having neglected to elect one member as required by “The Timaru Harbour Board Act, 1882.”

Jos. A. TOLE,
(for the Minister having charge of the Marine Department.)

Commissioner of Crown Lands appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 9th February, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
THOMAS HUMPHRIES, Esq.,
to be Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Land District of Taranaki, to act during the absence on leave of C. D. Whitcombe, Esq., the present Commissioner. Date of appointment, 5th February, 1885.

Jos. A. TOLE,
(for the Minister of Lands.)

Immigration Officers appointed.

Immigration Office,
Wellington, 11th February, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned persons to be Immigration Officers for the districts noted opposite the name of each respectively; and to be Members of the several Commissions to inspect and report upon the state and condition of immigrants and immigrant ships upon their arrival at the ports noted, viz.:—

Name. District. Port.
WILSON HEAPS, Esq. .. Nelson .. Nelson.
EDWIN FRANCIS RICH, Esq.. Westland .. Hokitika.
JOHN BORRIE, Esq... .. Southland .. Bluff.
ROBERT THOMPSON, Esq. .. Taranaki .. New Plymouth.

Jos. A. TOLE,
(for the Minister of Immigration.)

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 10th February, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under “The Aliens Act, 1880,” in favour of the under-mentioned persons:—

Name. Occupation. Residence.
Jens Sigvertsen .. Farmer .. Mauriceville, Co. of Wairarapa East.
Jacob Schillerman .. Baker .. Black's Point, Reefton.
William Christian .. Farmer .. Waverley, County Adolph Kraack of Patea.
Johann Lampp .. Farmer .. Waimea East, Co. of Waimea.
Sing Lee .. .. Boardinghouse- keeper Tuapeka.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Road Board Elections.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 11th February, 1885.

THE following notices of the election of members of Road Boards are published in accordance with “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Manganui Road District, County of Taranaki:
William Mortlock.

Masterton Road District, County of Wairarapa East:
No. 5 Subdivision—
Edwin Meredith.

Despatch (Telegram).—French about to enforce Belligerent Rights in China.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 10th February, 1885.

THE following telegraphic despatch, received from Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published for general information.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Adelaide, S.A., 7th February, 1885.
To His Excellency the Governor of New Zealand.
SECRETARY OF STATE directs me by telegram to inform your Excellency that the French Government are about to instruct their naval forces in China to enforce belligerent rights, including right of search of neutral ships at sea for contraband of war.

GOVERNOR.

Water-race By-laws made by Oxford Road Board, County of Ashley.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 6th February, 1885.

THE following by-laws, made by the Oxford Road Board, are published for general information.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

OXFORD ROAD BOARD.—WATER-RACE BY-LAWS.

Interpretation.

In these by-laws the word “Board” means the Oxford Road Board.

The word “water-race” means and includes all races, aqueducts, culverts, and drains (whether opened or covered), sluices, reservoirs, dams, streams, wells, tanks, pipes, bridges, machinery, plant, buildings, and works (whether of the same kind or not), which are now or may hereafter be made, erected, or in any way belong to or be used in connection with the conveyance and supply of water by the Board for the use of the ratepayers and residents of the Oxford Road