JUNE 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 759

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 22nd June, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

MICHAEL BRIDGMAN

to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Manuherikia. This appointment takes effect on and from the 9th instant.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 22nd June, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN GRAY

to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Waipara.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 23rd June, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN WATT

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths, also to be Vaccination Inspector, for the District of Hampden, vice Denton B. Duncan, resigned.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Appointment in Stock Branch.—Notice No. 201.

Colonial Secretary’s Office, (Stock Branch,)
Wellington, 21st June, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the following appointment under “The Brands and Branding Act, 1880:”—

ARTHUR KENNEDY BLUNDELL

to be Chief Registrar of Brands for the Nelson and Buller Branding Districts, from the 15th January, 1886.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Receiver of Gold Revenue and Mining Registrar appointed.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 21st June, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

RUDOLPH BLOFIELD MATHIAS

to be a Receiver of Gold Revenue and Mining Registrar, under “The Mines Act, 1877,” for Arrowtown, in the Otago Mining District, during the absence on leave of Mr. H. N. Firth.

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

Native Assessor appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 21st June, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

The Hon. HORI KEREI TAIAROA, M.L.C.,

of Taumutu, Southbridge, to be an Assessor under “The Resident Magistrates Act, 1867,” “The Native Circuits Courts Act, 1858,” and “The Native Circuit Courts Act Amendment Act, 1862,” within the Resident Magistrates’ districts throughout the Middle Island.

J. BALLANCE.

Native Assessor appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 21st June, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

PINE TUHAKA,

of Te Horo, Waiomatatini, to be an Assessor for the purposes of “The Resident Magistrates Act, 1867,” “The Native Circuit Courts Act, 1858,” and “The Native Circuit Courts Act Amendment Act, 1862,” within the District of Waiapu.

J. BALLANCE.

Native Interpreter licensed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 21st June, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to license

LIONEL H. HEBBARD,

of Taupo, to act as an Interpreter, under “The Native Land Court Act, 1880.”

J. BALLANCE.

Forest Rangers appointed.

General Crown Lands Department,
(Forest and Agricultural Branch,)
Wellington, 18th June, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the following persons to be Forest Rangers under section 12 of “The New Zealand State Forests Act, 1885:”—

JOSHUA GARSED, for Whangarei District,
JOHN MAXWELL, for Hokianga District, and
THEODORE VON PORAT, for Hawke’s Bay District.

J. BALLANCE,
Commissioner of State Forests.

Steward of Village Special Settlements appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 21st June, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HENRY GARRETT MUSSEN, Esq.,

Crown Lands Ranger for the Southland Land District, to be Steward of Village Special Settlements for that district.

J. BALLANCE.

Volunteer Officers promoted and appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 23rd June, 1886.

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

Arrow Rifle Volunteers.

George Stoddart to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 2nd June, 1886.

Cromwell Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant David Anderson Jolly to be Captain.
Spence Hardy Turton to be Lieutenant.
Date of commissions, 2nd June, 1886.

J. BALLANCE.

Agent of Public Trustee appointed.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 17th June, 1886.

IT is hereby notified for general information that

EDWARD GORTON, Esq.,

of Bull’s, has been appointed an Agent of the Public Trustee.

R. C. HAMERTON,
Public Trustee.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 23rd June, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commissions held by the under-mentioned officers:—

Wanganui Naval Artillery Volunteers.

Lieutenant James Murray. Date of resignation, 10th June, 1886.

South District (Dunedin) Rifle Volunteers.

Captain Walter Aristide Fastier.
Lieutenant Alfred Cassidy.
Lieutenant John Stuart Kennedy.
Date of resignations, 22nd May, 1886.

J. BALLANCE.

Time and Place for First Meeting of Contributors to Wakatipu District Hospital.

Premier’s Office,
Wellington, 19th June, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in terms of section 49 of “The Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1885,” appointed Monday, the 28th day of June instant, at 4 o’clock p.m., to be the time, and the Courthouse, Queenstown, to be the place, for the first meeting of the contributors to the Wakatipu District Hospital.

ROBERT STOUT.