JUNE 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 703

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-eighth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister of Lands.

Member of Executive Council appointed.

Executive Council Chamber,
Wellington, 3rd June, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to administer the oath of office to

The Hon. WILLIAM HUNTER REYNOLDS, M.L.C.

He is sworn a member of the Executive Council of New Zealand.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Public Vaccinator, Hokitika District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 28th May, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

FLOYD COLLINS, Esq., M.R.C.S. Eng.,

to be a Public Vaccinator, under “The Public Health Act, 1876,” for the District of Hokitika.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Ranger under “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” appointed, Otago.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 26th May, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ARCHIBALD NEIL CAMPBELL

to be a Ranger under “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” within the Southland District.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 2nd June, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

CUNNINGHAM HOSIER REEVES

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths, also to be Vaccination Inspector, for the District of West Oxford, vice Henry Reeves, resigned. This appointment takes effect on and from the 20th May, 1886.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Clerk of Resident Magistrate’s Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 1st June, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable PATRICK SCULLY

to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate’s Court at Brunnerton, on and from the 1st June, 1886.

Jos. A. TOLE.

Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 2nd June, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM BERESFORD,
JOHN ELDER,
FARQUHAR GUNN,
JAMES INGLIS, and
GIDEON ANDERSON SMITH

to be the Licensing Committee for the District of James.

Jos. A. TOLE.

Members of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 2nd June, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ABRAHAM HONORE

to be a Member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Awahou, vice J. Purcell, deceased; and

JOSEPH LUCAS HODGES and
WILLIAM JUDD

to be Members of the Licensing Committee for the District of Karamea, vice W. Wardrope and H. Bush.

Jos. A. TOLE.

Member of Auckland University College Council appointed.

Education Department,
Wellington, 1st June, 1886.

PURSUANT to “The Auckland University College Act, 1882,” His Excellency the Governor in Council has been pleased to appoint

His Honour THOMAS BANNATYNE GILLIES

to be a Member of the Auckland University College Council, upon his retirement from office under section 8 of the said Act.

ROBERT STOUT.

Graduates’ Member of Auckland University College Council appointed.

Education Department,
Wellington, 1st June, 1886.

PURSUANT to “The Auckland University College Act, 1882,” His Excellency the Governor in Council has been pleased to appoint

The Reverend DAVID BRUCE

to be a Graduates’ Member of the Auckland University College Council, upon his retirement from office under section 8 of the said Act.

ROBERT STOUT.

School Commissioner appointed.

Education Department,
Wellington, 2nd June, 1886.

PURSUANT to “The Education Reserves Act, 1877,” and “The Education Reserves Act 1877 Amendment Act, 1882,” His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

The Hon. WILLIAM ROLLESTON, M.H.R.,

to be a School Commissioner for the Provincial District of Canterbury, vice H. P. Lance, Esq., deceased.

ROBERT STOUT.

Steward of Village Special Settlements appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 2nd June, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ALEXANDER MACKAY, Esq.,

Crown Lands Ranger for the Hawke’s Bay Land District, to be Steward of Village Special Settlements in the Hawke’s Bay District.

J. BALLANCE.

Commission of Volunteer Officer antedated.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 2nd June, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to antedate the commission of

Captain and Adjutant George Hutchison,

of the West Coast (North Island) Battalion Rifle Volunteers, to the date of his former commission in the Wanganui City Rifle Volunteers, viz., the 18th July, 1881.

J. BALLANCE.

Forest Ranger appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
(State Forest and Agricultural Branch,)
Wellington, 27th May, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Mr. DUNCAN CAMPBELL

to be a Forest Ranger for the Southland District, under section 12 of “The New Zealand State Forests Act, 1885.”

J. BALLANCE,
Commissioner of State Forests.

Receivers of Gold Revenue and Mining Registrars appointed.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 1st June, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned persons Receivers of Gold Revenue and Mining Registrars for the districts set opposite their respective names, under “The Mines Act, 1877:”

Dunganville: WILLIAM ALFRED BARTON, vice C. A. Barton, transferred.

Ross: CHARLES ARTHUR BARTON, vice W. Blane, deceased.

No Town: FREDERICK HENRY IBBETSON, vice C. A. Barton, transferred.

Queenstown: RUDOLPH BLOFIELD MATHIAS, during absence on leave of H. N. Firth.

W. J. M. LARNACH,
Minister of Mines,