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inquiry shall be given to such person or persons as may in your opinion be affected by or concerned in the said inquiry, and generally to all other persons who may desire to offer evidence before you in respect of the matters comprised in these presents, such notice to be given by publication thereof at least once in two or more newspapers circulating in the City of Auckland, and in such other manner as you may deem necessary or convenient. And I also direct that you may from time to time fix such days or times for hearing evidence and proceeding in the matter of the said inquiry as you may think fit, subject, however, to the terms of these presents; and also that you may from time to time adjourn, alter, or vary the days or times aforesaid, in such manner as you may judge desirable for the purpose of giving full effect to the said inquiry. And I hereby empower you to call before you and examine on oath, or otherwise as may be allowed by law, all such person or persons as you may think capable of affording you information in the premises, and that all such evidence shall be fully and fairly taken down and transcribed in writing, and shall be signed by the person or persons giving such evidence. And I declare that this Commission shall continue in full force and virtue, and you, the said Commissioners, may from time to time, and at any place or places in Auckland aforesaid, proceed in the execution thereof although the inquiry be not regularly continued from time to time by adjournment; and, further, that all the powers, duties, and authorities by these presents vested in you, the said Commissioners, may be exercised and performed by any two of you sitting and acting together. And I do hereby require you or any two of you, with as little delay as possible, and not later than the thirtieth day of November next ensuing, to report to me, under your hands and seals, your opinion resulting from the said inquiry in respect of the several matters and things inquired into by you under or by virtue of these presents. And, lastly, I do hereby declare that this Commission is and is intended to be issued subject to the provisions of “The Commissioners’ Powers Act, 1867,” and “The Commissioners’ Powers Act Amendment Act, 1872.”

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois, Lieutenant-General in Her Majesty’s Army, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-first day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

Issued in Executive Council.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Consul for Sweden and Norway appointed (Christchurch).

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

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that he has been informed by Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies that the Queen’s exequatur, empowering

FORTUNATUS EVELYN WRIGHT, Esq.,

to act as Consul for Sweden and Norway at Christchurch, received Her Majesty’s signature on the 24th June last, and that the notification of Her Majesty’s approval of this appointment appeared in the London Gazette of the 25th June last.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Consular Agent for Italy at Auckland provisionally recognized.

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

HIS Excellency the Governor has been informed by G. Branchi, Esq., Consul for Italy at Melbourne, that he has appointed

PATRICK COMISKEY, Esq.,

of Auckland, to be Acting Consular Agent for Italy at Auckland, vice J. McEffer Shera, Esq., resigned; and His Excellency directs it to be notified that he has provisionally recognized Mr. Comiskey in that capacity.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Public Vaccinator, Duntroon District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 20th September, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HUGH KENNEDY MACLACHLAN, Esq., L.R.C.P. Edin.,

to be a Public Vaccinator, under “The Public Health Act, 1866,” for the Duntroon District.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Clerk of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 20th September, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM OGILVY DUTHIE

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Peninsula, vice W. Somerville, resigned.

Jos. A. TOLE.

Officer appointed under “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884.”

Marine Department,
Wellington, 20th September, 1886.

IT is hereby notified that

DONALD MACKAY

has been appointed, under section 9 of “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,” to be an Officer for the purposes of that Act for that portion of the Provincial District of Otago formerly known as the Province of Southland.

W. J. M. LARNACH.

School Commissioner appointed.

Education Department,
Wellington, 22nd September, 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

HENRY HAMILTON BRIDGE, Esq.,

to be a School Commissioner for the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay, vice John Buchanan, Esq., resigned.

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

Member of Land Board reappointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 18th September, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to reappoint

WILLIAM WILSON MCARDLE, Esq.,

to be a Member of the Land Board for the Land District of Wellington.

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

Volunteer Officers promoted and appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th September, 1886.

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

South Canterbury Rifle Volunteers.
Captain William St. George Douglas, Ashburton Rifle Volunteers, to be Major.
Captain Walter Montagu Moore, Geraldine Rifle Volunteers, to be Major.
Major John Albert Young, unattached, to be Quartermaster.
Date of commissions, 18th September, 1886.

Whangarei Rifle Volunteers.
Charles Storey to be Captain.
Alexander McKenzie to be Lieutenant.
Alexander Mearns Rust to be Lieutenant.
Date of commissions, 6th September, 1886.

W. J. M. LARNACH,
(For the Minister of Defence.)

Date of Promotions of Volunteer Officers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 22nd September, 1886.

THE date of the promotions of the under-mentioned officers, which was omitted in New Zealand Gazette No. 48, of the 16th September, 1886, to be as follows:—