SEPT. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1057

Arrangements for First Elections, Town District of Danevirke, County of Waipawa.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 7th September, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN MIDDLETON NELSON

to be the Returning Officer to conduct the first elections of five Commissioners for the Town District of Danevirke, as constituted under “The Town Districts Act, 1881;” also to appoint Saturday, the 10th day of October, 1885, to be the time, and the Schoolhouse, Danevirke, to be the place, for holding such first elections; also to appoint Saturday, the 17th day of October, 1885, at noon, to be the time, and the office of Duncan McCallum, Danevirke, to be the place, for the first meeting of the Commissioners of the said town district.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Clerk of Resident Magistrate’s Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 10th September, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable JOHN MEADE HOBSON

to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate’s Court at Kaitangata.

Jos. A. TOLE.

Justice of the Peace under the Municipal Corporations Act appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 12th September, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JAMES PAUL, Esq.,

Mayor of New Plymouth, to be a Justice of the Peace, under “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1876.”

Jos. A. TOLE.

Harbourmaster at Kaikoura appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 10th September, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JAMES MATHESON

to be Harbourmaster for the Port of Kaikoura.

W. J. M. LARNACH.

Interpreters appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 11th September, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to license

ARCHIBALD McLEAN MCDONELL, of Parewanui, and
HECTOR H. MCDONALD, of Horowhenua,

to act as Interpreters under “The Native Land Court Act, 1880.”

J. BALLANCE.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 14th September, 1885.

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

Lyttelton Naval Artillery Volunteers.
John Rose to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 4th August, 1885.

Timaru Naval Artillery Volunteers.
Thomas Wilson Begg to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 4th August, 1885.

Peninsula Naval Artillery Volunteers.
John White to be Captain.
John Mainwaring Brown to be Lieutenant.
Frank Oakden to be Lieutenant.
Date of commissions, 5th August, 1885.

Heretaunga Light Horse.
George Herbert Scales to be Captain.
Charles Hayward Izard to be Lieutenant.
Date of commissions, 4th August, 1885,

Marlborough Hussars.
David Mathewson Nairn to be Honorary Surgeon. Date of commission, 26th August, 1885.

E Battery of Artillery.
Frederick Pratt to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 4th August, 1885.

N Battery of Artillery.
Yuyr William James Donald to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 4th August, 1885.
Rev. Edward Eliot Chambers to be Honorary Chaplain. Date of commission, 26th August, 1885.

Canterbury Engineers.
John Webster to be Captain. Date of commission, 4th August, 1885.

Dunedin Engineers.
Latham Osborne Beal, jun., to be Captain. Date of commission, 5th August, 1885.

City Guards (Christchurch) Rifle Volunteers.
Rookwood Comport Bishop to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 4th August, 1885.

North Dunedin Rifle Volunteers.
Robert Alexander Johnston to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 5th August, 1885.

Wellington City Rifle Volunteers.
Robert Joseph Collins to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 4th August, 1885.

Christchurch Rifle Volunteers.
William George Hill Adams to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 4th August, 1885.

Wellington Rifle Volunteers.
James Tait to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 4th August, 1885.

Canterbury Scottish Rifle Volunteers.
Patrick Campbell to be Captain.
Ernest Rhind Anderson to be Lieutenant.
John Reid to be Lieutenant.
Date of commissions, 4th August, 1885.

Dunedin Highland Rifle Volunteers.
Donald Henderson to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 5th August, 1885.

Newtown (Wellington) Rifle Volunteers.
William Plunkett Cole to be Captain.
James Bennett Connolly to be Lieutenant.
Date of commissions, 4th August, 1885.

Richmond (Christchurch) Rifle Volunteers.
Moritz Bowron to be Captain.
George Swann to be Lieutenant.
Date of commissions, 4th August, 1885.

Canterbury Irish Volunteers.
Andrew Loughrey to be Captain. Date of commission, 4th August, 1885.

Caversham Rifle Volunteers.
William Deans Milne to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 5th August, 1885.

Dunedin Irish Rifle Volunteers.
John Bartholomew Callan to be Captain. Date of commission, 5th August, 1885.

Ponsonby Rifle Volunteers.
Alfred Oswald Knight to be Honorary Surgeon. Date of commission, 29th May, 1885.

Waikouaiti Rifle Volunteers.
Robert Adrian Scott to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 5th August, 1885.

Temuka Rifle Volunteers.
John Turnbull Murray Hayhurst to be Captain. Date of commission, 4th August, 1885.

Waitahuna Rifle Volunteers.
John Hunter Patrick to be Captain. Date of commission, 5th August, 1885.

J. BALLANCE.

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 14th September, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the services of the under-mentioned corps:—

As an Honorary Corps.
The West Taieri Rifle Volunteers. Date of acceptance, 25th August, 1885

J. BALLANCE