502 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 24

Clerk appointed.

Education Department,
Wellington, 16th April, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
Ewen McColl, Esq.,
to be a Clerk in the Education Department, as from the
17th March ultimo.

ROBERT STOUT.

Appointment of County Chairmen as Conservators of State Forests.

General Crown Lands Office,
(State Forest and Agricultural Branch,)
Wellington, 12th April, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint, under section 12 of "The New Zealand State Forests Act, 1885," the Chairmen of the under-mentioned counties to be Conservators of State Forests within their respective counties, viz.:

Bay of Islands.
Hobson.
Hokianga.
Manawatu.
Rangitikei.
Taranaki.
Waipa.
Wairoa.
Amuri.
Collingwood.
Lake.
Mackenzie.
Maniototo.
Vincent.
Waitaki.

ROBERT STOUT,
(For the Commissioner of State Forests.)

Members of Land Board reappointed.

Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 20th April, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to re-appoint
Joseph Mays, Esq., and
William Pollock Moat, Esq.,
to be Members of the Land Board for the Land District of Auckland, from the 2nd January, 1886.

ROBERT STOUT,
(For the Minister of Lands.)

Interpreter licensed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 15th April, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to license
John J. Boyd,
of Hastings, to act as an Interpreter, under "The Native Land Court Act, 1880."

Jos. A. TOLE,
(For the Native Minister.)

Transfer of H Battery from 2nd to 1st Brigade, New Zealand Regiment Artillery Volunteers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 20th April, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the transfer of the
H Battery of Artillery
from the 2nd (South Island) Brigade to the 1st (North Island) Brigade of the New Zealand Regiment of Artillery Volunteers.

Jos. A. TOLE,
(For the Defence Minister.)

Application for Registration of a Trade Mark.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 12th April, 1886.

NOTICE is hereby given that Messrs. Buckley, Stafford, and Barton, of Wellington, in the Colony of New Zealand, Solicitors, have applied, on behalf of James Charles Wilson Nicholson, of Sydney, in the Colony of New South Wales, and of Melbourne, in the Colony of Victoria, Pianoforte Importers, trading under the style of "Nicholson and Company," to register, under "The Trade Marks Act, 1886," the trade mark of which the following is a description:—

Description of Trade Mark.

An oval brass plate two and one half inches long and one and three-quarters inch wide, having the words "Mignon" above the head, the word "Trade" at the right side of the feet and the word "Mark" at the left side of the feet of the figure of a girl stamped thereon.

Nature of the Article to which it is intended such Trade Mark shall apply.

Pianos.

P. A. BUCKLEY,
Colonial Secretary and Registrar of Trade Marks.

Application for Registration of a Trade Mark.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 15th April, 1886.

NOTICE is hereby given that Edward Waters, Patent Agent, of Melbourne, in the Colony of Victoria, has applied, on behalf of Messrs. Church and Co., of Duke Street, Northampton, England, Boot Manufacturers, to register, under "The Trade Marks Act, 1886," the trade mark of which the following is a description, viz.:—

Description of Trade Mark.

A representation of the soles of two human feet, on one of which is the word "broad," and on the other the word "narrow," while in between the two is the word "and." Along the top are the words "The adapted boot," and at the bottom is the word "fitted," the whole forming an oblong label with a single border-line.

Nature of the Articles to which it is intended such Trade Mark shall apply.

Articles of wearing apparel.

P. A. BUCKLEY,
Colonial Secretary and Registrar of Trade Marks.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 16th April, 1886.

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Appointment of Special Commissioner for the Protected Territory in New Guinea.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 20th April, 1886.

THE following letter, with enclosure, received from Her Majesty's Special Commissioner for the Protected Territory in New Guinea, is published for general information.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Brisbane, Queensland, 24th March, 1886.

SIR,—I have the honour to enclose, for your information, copies of the Queensland Government Gazette, which publishes a commission appointing me to be a Special Commissioner for the Protected Territory in New Guinea.

I shall at all times be glad to co-operate with your Excellency in regard to the interests of the public service.

I have, &c.,

JOHN DOUGLAS.

His Excellency Sir W. F. Drummond Jervois,
G.C.M.G., C.B., &c., &c.

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 John Douglas, Esquire, 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 and south-eastern shores of