JULY 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 847

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Nelson; and

THOMAS BROOKS

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Milton.

Jos. A. TOLE.

Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 4th July, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HENRY DOUGLAS JACKSON,
JOHN MCARTNEY,
JOHN PRATT,
JOHN SCOTT, and
FRANCIS TRASK

to be the Licensing Committee for the District of Nelson.

Jos. A. TOLE.

Native Assessor appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 4th July, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

TE WINITANA TUPOTAHI,

of Kihikihi, to be an Assessor under “The Native Land Court Act, 1880.”

J. BALLANCE.

Judge of Native Land Court appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 8th July, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

RICHARD JOHN GILL, Esq.,

to be a Judge of the Native Land Court.

J. BALLANCE.

School Commissioner appointed.

Education Department,
Wellington, 8th July, 1885.

PURSUANT to the provisions of “The Education Reserves Act, 1877,” and “The Education Reserves Act Amendment Act, 1882,” the Education Board of the District of Wanganui have appointed

The Hon. JOHN BRYCE, M.H.R.,

to be a School Commissioner for the Provincial District of Wellington, vice the Hon. Sir William Fox, who is absent from the colony.

ROBERT STOUT.

Members of Harbour Boards appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 2nd July, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of the provisions of section 30 of “The Harbours Act, 1878,” been pleased to appoint

James McCosh Clark,
Thomas Morrin, and
George William Owen

to be Members of the Auckland Harbour Board;

William Craig and
William James Willcocks

to be Members of the Bluff Harbour Board;

Henry Williams,
The Hon. John Nathaniel Wilson, and
John Helier Vautier

to be Members of the Napier Harbour Board;

William Bayley,
Frederick Alonzo Carrington, and
James Charles Yorke

to be Members of the New Plymouth Harbour Board

Edward Menlove,
The Hon. Henry John Miller,
The Hon. Samuel Edward Shrimski, and
George Sumpter

to be Members of the Oamaru Harbour Board;

John Gibson

to be a Member of the Patea Harbour Board;

Samuel Hodgkinson,
Matthew Instone, and
George Reid

to be Members of the Riverton Harbour Board;

Robert Coup and
Charles Oram

to be Members of the Waimakariri Harbour Board;

Thomas Bayley,
Burton Charles Lawrence, and
James Rattenbury

to be Members of the Waitara Harbour Board;

John Handley

to be a Member of the Wanganui Harbour Board; and

John Gemmell and
Thomas Powdrell

to be Members of the Wairoa Harbour Board.

W. J. M. LARNACH.

Appointment of Assessors under “The Property Assessment Act, 1879,” and its Amendments.

Property-Tax Office,
Wellington, 8th July, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the following gentlemen to be Assessors under “The Property Assessment Act, 1879,” and its amendments:—

In the Auckland Property Assessment District.

John Begg, of Wanga-roa; William John Harris, of Mongonui; Thomas William Portland Smith, of Kaitaia; James Carnell and John Hunter Harrison, of Coromandel; Hugh Trenchard, of Ohaeawai; William Spence King, of Waimate; John Lowry, of Pokeno.

In the Hawke’s Bay Property Assessment District.

Henry Ellison, of Napier; Henry Arrow, of Waipukurau; Archibald Hilson Ross, of Blackburn.

In the Nelson Property Assessment District.

John George Heslop, of Reefton; James Webster, of Hokitika; Thomas Watson, of Blenheim.

In the Canterbury Property Assessment District.

David Dick, of Loburn; Dilnot Sladden, of Oxford.

In the Otago Property Assessment District.

John Bryce Thomson, of Dunedin; John Theodore Brooke Hickson, of Naseby; Martin Pearce and James McIndoe, of Caversham; Andrew Rankin, of St. Kilda; Francis Blew Smith, of Mornington.

In the Southland Property Assessment District.

John Kynaston Lea, of Winton; Duncan Campbell, of Invercargill.

JULIUS VOGEL.
Colonial Treasurer.

Crown Lands Ranger appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 8th July, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ALEXANDER MACKAY, Esq.,

to be a Ranger of Crown Lands for the Land Districts of Wellington and Hawke’s Bay.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister of Lands.

Constabulary Officer appointed to act during the Absence, on Leave, of the Commissioner.

Constabulary Office,
Wellington, 1st July, 1885.

IT is hereby notified for general information that His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Major WALTER EDWARD GUDGEON

Acting Commissioner of the New Zealand Armed Constabulary, during the absence, on sick leave, of Lieut.-Colonel Reader.

J. BALLANCE.

Promotion and Appointments of Volunteer Officers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 8th July, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the under-mentioned promotion and appointments:—

Auckland Cavalry.

Richard Percival Kinloch to be Honorary Veterinary Surgeon. Date of commission, 19th June, 1885.