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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 14

Coroner removed from Office.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 24th February, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to remove

CHARLES EMERSON TENNENT, Esq., M.D.,

from the office of Coroner within the Colony of New Zealand.

Jos. A. TOLE.

Additions to Offices at which Parnell and Newton Electoral Rolls can be inspected.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 27th February, 1885.

IN accordance with the provisions of “The Registration of Electors Act, 1879,” I hereby make the following additions to the offices at which the electoral rolls of the Parnell and Newton Electoral Districts shall be open for inspection.

Parnell Electoral District.

The Telephone Bureau, Parnell
The Telephone Bureau, Newmarket.
The Telephone Bureau, Upper Symonds Street.

Newton Electoral District.

The Telephone Bureau, Newton.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Arrangements for First Elections, Borough of Mosgiel.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 4th March, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to appoint

ROBERT FINDLAY, Esq.,

to be Town Clerk of the Borough of Mosgiel, and also Returning Officer to conduct the first elections of Councillors, Mayor, and Auditors of the said borough; also to appoint Thursday, the 2nd day of April, 1885, for the election of Councillors, and Saturday, the 4th day of April, 1885, for the election of Mayor, and Tuesday, the 7th day of April, 1885, for the election of Auditors, of the said borough; also to appoint Saturday, the 11th day of April, 1885, at 2 o’clock in the afternoon, to be the time, and the office of the late Mosgiel Town Board, Mosgiel, to be the place, for holding the first meeting of the Council of the said borough.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Arrangements for First Elections, Town District of Southbridge, County of Selwyn.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 4th March, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to appoint

LAWRENCE VIVIAN DESBOROUGH, Esq.,

to be the Returning Officer to conduct the first elections of seven Commissioners of the Town District of Southbridge, as constituted under “The Town Districts Act, 1881,” and the Acts amending the same; also to appoint Saturday, the 28th day of March, 1885, to be the time, and the Public Library, Southbridge, to be the place, for holding such first elections; and also to appoint Wednesday, the 1st day of April, 1885, at half-past 7 in the evening, to be the time, and the said Public Library at Southbridge to be the place, for holding the first meeting of the said Commissioners of the said town district.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Commission of Special Commissioner for Protected Territory, New Guinea.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 2nd March, 1885.

THE following letter and enclosure, received from Major-General Scratchley, are published for general information.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

NEW GUINEA PROTECTORATE.

Sydney, 29th January, 1885.

SIR,—I have the honour to forward, for the information of your Excellency and Government, two copies of my commission as Her Majesty’s Special Commissioner for the Protected Territory in New Guinea.

I have, &c.,

P. H. SCRATCHLEY,

His Excellency the Governor of New Zealand,

NEW GUINEA.

COMMISSION passed under the Royal Sign Manual and Signet, appointing Major-General Peter Henry Scratchley, R.E., C.M.G., to be Her Majesty’s Special Commissioner for the Protected Territory in New Guinea.

VICTORIA R.

VICTORIA, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen, Defender of the Faith, Empress of India: To our trusty and well-beloved Peter Henry Scratchley, Esquire, late Lieutenant-Colonel and Colonel of our Corps of Royal Engineers, Honorary Major-General of our Forces, Companion of our Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Greeting:

WHEREAS We have been pleased to take under our protection and jurisdiction the southern shore of New Guinea and the country adjacent thereto from the 141st meridian of east longitude, eastward as far as East Cape, including the islands adjacent thereto and in Goschen Straits, and southward of the said straits as far south and east as to include Kosman Island:

And whereas We are minded to make provision for the conduct of our affairs within the said Protectorate:

Now know you that We do, by this our commission, under our Sign Manual and Signet, appoint you, the said Peter Henry Scratchley, to be during our pleasure our Special Commissioner for the aforesaid Protectorate, and as such Special Commissioner to act in our name and on our behalf, and in all respects to represent our Crown and authority in matters occurring therein; and further to take all such measures and to do all such matters and things in the said Protectorate as in the interest of our service you may think expedient, subject to such instructions as you may from time to time receive from Us, or through one of our Principal Secretaries of State.

II. And We do require you, to the utmost of your power, to promote religion and civilization among the native inhabitants of the Protectorate, and you are especially to take care to protect them in their persons and in the free enjoyment of their lands and other possessions, and by all lawful means to prevent and restrain all violence and injustice which may in any manner be practised or attempted against them.

III. And We do hereby authorize and empower you, as occasion may require, to appoint all such officers as you may think necessary for our service in the said Protectorate, if provision shall have been made for their payment; and all such officers shall hold their offices during our pleasure.

IV. And We do hereby appoint that in the event of your death, incapacity, or absence, the powers and authorities hereby conferred shall, until our further pleasure be signified, become vested in our trusty and well-beloved Hugh Hastings Romilly, Esquire, or if he be absent or for any other reason be unable duly to exercise such powers and authorities, then in such person as our High Commissioner for the Western Pacific, or the person for the time discharging the function of such High Commissioner, shall appoint by an instrument under his hand and seal.

V. And We do hereby command and require all our officers and servants, and all other our loyal subjects, in New Guinea and its vicinity to be aiding and assisting unto you, the said Peter Henry Scratchley, in execution of this our commission, and unto any other person for the time being acting in execution thereof.

Given at our Court at Windsor, this twentieth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, in the forth-eighth year of our reign.

By Her Majesty’s command.

DERBY.

Bonus for Kerosene.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 18th February, 1885.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus will be paid for the production of kerosene under the following conditions:—

A bonus of sixpence per gallon will be paid on kerosene produced within the colony to an extent not exceeding 50,000 gallons, in quantities of not less than 10,000 gallons at a time; the kerosene to be of a quality approved of by Government, and to be sold at a fair average market price.

Conditions.

1. Notice of intention to claim the above bonus must be given in writing to the Colonial Secretary not later than the 31st December, 1885.
2. The claim must be made before the 30th June, 1886.
3. The first claimant who proves to the satisfaction of the Government that he has fulfilled all the conditions to be the recipient of the bonus,