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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 4

to be the Returning Officer to conduct the first elections of
five Commissioners of the Town District of Grey, as
constituted under “The Town Districts Act, 1881;” also to
appoint Tuesday, the 23rd day of February, 1886, to be the
time, and the Athenæum, Greymouth, to be the place, for
holding such first elections; also to appoint Friday, the
26th day of February, 1886, at 7 o’clock in the evening,
to be the time, and the said Athenæum to be the place, at
which the first meeting of the Commissioners of the said
town district shall be held.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 18th January, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point the under-mentioned gentlemen to be the
Deputies of the Registrars of Marriages and of Births and
Deaths for the districts respectively set opposite their
names:—

Name. District.
JOHN HENN .. .. .. Napier.
ANDREW DUNCAN THOMSON .. .. Wanganui.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Census Enumerator and Superintendent Collector appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 19th January, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

EDWIN TURNER WOON

to be Census Enumerator and Superintendent Collector of
Agricultural Statistics for the Census and Collection of 1886,
under “The Census Act, 1877,” for the County of Cook and
the Borough of Gisborne, vice Graham L. Greenwood, re-
signed.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Appointment of Vice-Consul for France at Wellington pro-
visionally recognized.

Colonial Secretary’s Office
Wellington, 18th January, 1886.

IT is hereby notified that Her Majesty’s Principal Secre-
tary of State for the Colonies has instructed His
Excellency the Governor to recognize provisionally the
appointment of

The VICOMTE DE JOUFFROY D’ALBANS

as Vice-Consul for France at Wellington.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Clerk of Resident Magistrate’s Court, appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 14th January, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

GEORGE HERBERT LUDLOW

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

Jos. A. TOLE.

Visiting Justice and Prison Visitor appointed.

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 16th January, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

DAVID ROCHE, Esq., J.P.,

to be a Visiting Justice of the Prison, Invercargill; and

Mr. FREDERICK GEORGE STONE

to be a Visitor of the same prison.

Jos. A. TOLE.

Receivers of Gold Revenue and Mining Registrars ap-
pointed.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 15th January, 1886.

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

Hokitika: MARCUS FURLONG SOUTH, as from the 30th
December, 1885.
Waikato: JOHN BROWN, vice P. Maher, as from the 1st
January, 1886.

Jos. A. TOLE,
(For the Minister of Mines.)

Member of Trust under “The Mount Ida Water-race Trust
Act, 1878,” appointed.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 15th January, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

JOHN NUGENT WOOD, Esq.,

of Naseby, to be a Member of the Mount Ida Water-race
Trust, under “The Mount Ida Water-race Trust Act, 1878,”
from the 4th January, 1886.

Jos. A. TOLE,
(For the Minister of Mines.)

Trustee for the Cromwell Racecourse appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 14th January, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

STEPHEN NOBLE BROWN, Esq.,

to be a Trustee for the Cromwell Racecourse Reserve, in the
place of James Dawkins, Esq., deceased.

J. A. TOLE,
(For the Minister of Lands.)

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th January, 1886.

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

Auckland Royal Lancers.
Rev. John Haselden to be Honorary Chaplain.
Thomas Halstead to be Honorary Veterinary Surgeon.
Date of commissions, 28th December, 1885.

P. A. BUCKLEY,
(In absence of Defence Minister.)

Commissions of Volunteer Officers antedated.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th January, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ante-
date the commissions held by the under-mentioned
officers in the New Zealand Volunteer Force to the dates
specified below:—
Major Peter Dignan. Date of commission, 6th Novem-
ber, 1885.
Major Owen Mahon. Date of commission, 7th Novem-
ber, 1885.
Major Nathaniel Wolfe. Date of commission, 8th Novem-
ber, 1885.

P. A. BUCKLEY,
(In absence of Defence Minister.)

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th January, 1886.

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

As Honorary Corps.
The Auckland Royal Lancers. Date of acceptance, 9th
September, 1885.
Peninsula (Dunedin) Rifle Volunteers. Date of acceptance,
16th November, 1885.

P. A. BUCKLEY,
(In absence of Defence Minister.)

New Zealand War Medal.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 14th January, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
authorize the issue of the New Zealand War Medal
to the under-mentioned members of the colonial forces whose
claims have been investigated and admitted:—
Private William Bryant Allen, Taranaki Rifle Volunteers.
Constable Alexander Campbell, Armed Constabulary.
Constable Peter Manning Crawford, Armed Constabulary.
Private John McDonald, Taranaki Rifle Volunteers.
Sergeant James Shields (deceased),* Waikato Militia.
Private Kerite Paku, Native Contingent.
Private Kena Tauri, Native Contingent.
Private Naware, Native Contingent.
Private Peretini, Native Contingent.
Lieutenant Poma, Native Contingent.
Private Rotohiko Terimana, Native Contingent.
Private Rawiri te Aheihei Hiruharama, Native Contingent.
Private Wirihana Ngamauaka, Native Contingent.

P. A. BUCKLEY,
(In absence of Defence Minister.)

• Claimed by next of kin.