LY 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 889

Clerk, Supreme Court, appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 26th July, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

GEORGE RAIKES

to be a Clerk in the Supreme Court office at Hokitika, from the 1st August next, vice W. W. De Castro, Deputy Registrar and Clerk, transferred.

Jos. A. TOLE.

Native Assessor appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 26th July, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

KARAKA KERERU TARAWHITI,

of Taupiri, 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 Waikato.

J. BALLANCE.

Native Assessors appointed under Resident Magistrates Act.

Native Office,
Wellington, 28th July, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Mita Hakuene, of Rawhiti,
Mita Wepiha, of Waikare,
Pene Taui, of Ohaeawai,
Maihi Paraone Kawiti, of Waiomio,
Honihana, of Karetu,

within the District of the Bay of Islands;

Riiwi Taikawa, of Pehiaweri,

within the District of Whangarei;

Renata Poata Aperahama, of Kopironui,
Netana Patuawa, of Kaihu,
Te Rore Taoho, of Kaihu,
Te Hemara Tauhia, of Waiwera,
Hori Kingi, of Makarau,
Perena Moetara, of Tanoa,
Eramiha Paikea, of Tanoa,
Te Toko Tiakiriri, of Oruawharo,
Mihaka Makoare, of Pouto,

within the District of Kaipara, to be Assessors for the purposes of “The Resident Magistrates Act, 1867,” “The Native Circuit Courts Act, 1858,” and “The Native Circuit Courts Act Amendment Act, 1862.”

J. BALLANCE.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 27th July, 1886.

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

Dunedin Cavalry Volunteers.

James Gow to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 16th June, 1886.

J Battery of Artillery.

Alfred William Croft to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 3rd July, 1886.

Dunedin Engineers.

Charles Edward May to be Lieutenant.
Francis James Coote to be Lieutenant.
Date of commissions, 16th June, 1886.

Dunedin City Guards.

John Melville to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 16th June, 1886.

Wakari Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Sidney Haigh to be Captain.
George Gordon McBeath to be Lieutenant.
Date of commissions, 16th June, 1886.

Dunedin Highland Rifle Volunteers.

Alexander McGregor to be Captain.
Alexander James Bathgate to be Lieutenant.
Date of commissions, 16th June, 1886.

Dunedin Irish Rifle Volunteers.

Thomas Sherlock Graham to be Lieutenant. Date of appointment, 16th June, 1886.

Te Aro (Wellington) Rifle Volunteers.

Captain John Taylor Marshall, New Zealand Militia, to be Captain. Date of commission, 5th July, 1886.

East Taieri Rifle Volunteers.

Charles Lord Russell to be Captain. Date of commission, 16th June, 1886.

Waitahuna Rifle Volunteers.

Hugh Cameron to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 16th June, 1886.

Cook County Rifle Volunteers.

Stapylton Cotton Caulton to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 3rd July, 1886.

Naseby Rifle Volunteers.

John Theodore Broke Hickson to be Lieutenant.
Richard Bourchier to be Lieutenant.
Date of commissions, 16th June, 1886.

Tuapeka Rifle Volunteers.

John Eedie to be Captain. Date of commission, 16th June, 1886.

Kaitangata Rifle Volunteers.

John Owens to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 16th June, 1886.

West Taieri Rifle Volunteers.

Thomas Henry Blatch to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 16th June, 1886.

J. BALLANCE.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 27th July, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by the undermentioned officer:—

South Dunedin Rifle Volunteers.

Captain Peter Paxton. Date of resignation, 12th July, 1886.

J. BALLANCE.

Issue of New Zealand War Medal.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 27th July, 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 late Colonial Forces, whose claims have been investigated and admitted:—

Private Charles Milner Bell, 1st Waikato Regiment.
Constable William Brennan, Armed Constabulary Force.
Volunteer Walter Lawry Buller, Volunteer Staff.
Constable Henry Bower Jackson, Armed Constabulary Force.
Private Hoani Kaihe, Native Contingent.
Private Donald McDonald, Armed Constabulary Force.

J. BALLANCE.

Application for Registration of a Trade Mark.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 14th July, 1886.

NOTICE is hereby given that NEILL AND COMPANY, LIMITED, of Dunedin, in the Colony of New Zealand, Merchants, have applied, on behalf of Messrs. MAILLER AND QUEBREAU, of New York, United States of America, to register, under “The Trade Marks Act, 1866,” the trade mark of which the following is a description, viz.:—

Description of Trade Mark.

A brand or label, in the two top corners of which is the facsimile of a crystal, and underneath the words “Crystal Oil, 150°, Water White, Perfectly Pure & Odorless.”

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

Kerosene oil.

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

Application for Registration of Two Trade Marks.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that EDWARD WATERS, Patent Agent, of Melbourne, in the Colony of Victoria, has applied, on behalf of BLUNDELL, SPENCE, AND COMPANY, LIMITED, of Hull, Yorkshire, in England, and London, in England aforesaid, Paint, Colour, Oil, and Varnish Manufacturers, to register, under “The Trade Marks Act, 1866,” the trade marks numbered 1 and 2, of which the following is a description, viz.:—

Description of Trade Marks.

No. 1 consists of the device of a cross fixed, bearing a sword in the left-hand upper quarter, and three crowns in the right-hand lower quarter; the whole enclosed within a circular buckled ribbon.