Crown Lands Ranger appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 22nd July, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
EDWARD GUERIN PRICE, Esq.,
to be a Ranger of Crown Lands for the Land District of
Nelson. Date of appointment, 20th July, 1885.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister of Lands.

Appointment in New Zealand Militia.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st July, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make
the under-mentioned appointment:—

New Zealand Militia.

William Charles Smythe to be Lieutenant. Date of appointment, 14th July, 1885.

J. BALLANCE.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st July, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make
the under-mentioned appointment:—

Patea Rifle Volunteers.

Lawford Stroud Barraclough to be Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 29th June, 1885.

J. BALLANCE.

Public Valuers under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,”
reappointed.

Friendly Societies' Registry Office,
Wellington, 15th July, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to re-
appoint the under-mentioned persons to be Public
Valuers under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” until the
30th June, 1886:—

Name. Address.

PETER BLACK, Esq. Dunedin.
GEORGE LESLIE, Esq. Dunedin.
ALFRED GILPIN WIGGINS, Esq. Wellington.
CHARLES SAMUEL WRIGHT, Esq. Auckland.

F. W. FRANKLAND,
Registrar.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE.—JOHN BARTLETT, of 23, Bush Lane, Cannon
Street, London, England, a Solicitor of the Supreme
Court of Judicature of England, has been appointed, this day,
by His Honour the Chief Justice, a Commissioner of the
Supreme Court of New Zealand in England, under the
2nd section of “The Commissioners of the Supreme Court
Act, 1875,” for the purpose of administering and taking
all such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in the said
section mentioned.

Dated at Wellington, this 17th day of July, 1885.

ALEX. S. ALLAN,
Registrar, Supreme Court.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE.—JOHN BARTLETT, of 23, Bush Lane, Cannon
Street, London, England, a Solicitor of the Supreme
of Judicature of England, has been appointed, this day, by
His Honor the Chief Justice, a Commissioner of the Supreme
Court of New Zealand in England, under the 4th section of
“The Commissioners of the Supreme Court Act, 1875,” for
the purpose of taking acknowledgments of married women
under any Act or law in force in the Colony of New Zealand
requiring such acknowledgments to be made or taken.

Dated at Wellington, this 17th day of July, 1885.

ALEX. S. ALLAN,
Registrar, Supreme Court.

Quarterly Returns under Section 19 of “The Sheep Act,
1878.”—Notice No. 177.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 14th July, 1885.

THE following quarterly returns of runs or farms on which
there were infected sheep on the 30th June, 1885,
are published in accordance with section 19 of “The Sheep
Act, 1878.”

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Name of Owner and Run or
Farm.

Class.

No.

Date of Order
to clean.

WELLINGTON SHEEP DISTRICT.

North Wairarapa Subdivision.

Liverton, William, Pakowai

Mixed

4,500

3 Sept., 1883.

JOHN DRUMMOND.

NELSON SHEEP DISTRICT.

Nelson Subdivision.

Bromell, T. A., Motupiko ..

Mixed

340

29 June, 1885.

Motueka Subdivision.

Stanley, Mrs. E. B., Motu-
eka Valley

1,045

22 June,

Burrows, W., Stanley Brook

696

26 June,

Flowers, J., Motueka Valley

400

29 June,

MARLBOROUGH SHEEP DISTRICT.

Awatere Subdivision.

McRae, P. R., Weld's Hill ..

Mixed

18,115

8 Nov., 1883.

Blenheim Subdivision.

Fowler, W. L., Tophouse ..

4,000

2 May, 1885.

N.Z. L. and M. A. Company,
Mount Patriarch

3,000

2 June,

Picton Subdivision.

Landall, I., Yellaton Run ..

Mixed

1,600

18 Feb., 1884.

Hippolite, J., Rangitoto ..

700

27 Aug.,

Love, D., Onotohia

1,000

25 Nov.,

Love, J., East Bay

600

25 Nov.,

Watson, Karira, Ngakuta ..

500

25 Nov.,

Godfrey, C., Okukari

700

20 Jan., 1885.

Couper, D., Pelorus Valley

188

27 May,

Hughes, J.,

400

28 May,

Hughes, and Son,

165

30 May,

Kaikoura Subdivision.

Reece, E., Waipapa

Merino

90

11 Sept., 1882.

Ingles, H. A. [Bui Bui], Kin-
caid

6,300

11 Sept.,

Gibson, W., Warden and
Tytler

30,200

11 Sept.,

Ingles, A. W., Kincaid

1,550

15 Nov., 1884.

Collins, A. S., Mount Fyffe

2,000

18 Dec.,

Bullen, F. and G. F., Green-
hills

40,700

28 May, 1885.

B. P. BAYLY.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 20th July, 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.

Friedrich Petzler

Farmer

Christchurch.

John Adam Berg

Blacksmith

Ashburton.

Solomon Maliezsky

Bricklayer

Auckland.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Special Orders made by Ashburton County Council.—Long-
beach and Coldstream Road Districts.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 20th July, 1885.

THE following special orders, made by the Ashburton
County Council, are published in accordance with
“The Counties Act 1876 Amendment Act, 1882.”

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Resolved, That the Council do make a special order dissolv-
ing the Board of the Longbeach Road District, and that
such special order be as follows, that is to say,—

SPECIAL ORDER.

WHEREAS by virtue of the powers conferred upon it by “The
Road Boards Act, 1882,” and of all other powers vested in it
in that behalf, this Council has constituted a new road dis-
trict, with the name of the Coldstream Road District, out of
part of the Longbeach Road District, and it is enacted by
the thirteenth section of the said Act that, when the boun-
daries of any road district are altered by the formation of a