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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 20

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 28th March, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JAMES COLVIN

to be a Member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Westport, vice J. E. Gillespie, resigned.

Jos. A. TOLE.

Clerk of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 28th March, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOSEPH DINSDALE

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Devonport, vice B. Tanner, resigned.

Jos. A. TOLE.

Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 29th March, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned persons to be the Licensing Committees for the districts set opposite their names respectively, viz.:—

} Mongonui.
} Kawakawa.
} Masterton.
} Makirikiri.
} Spring Creek.
} Waiareka.
} Tokomairiro.
} Mataura Riding.
} Gore.

Jos. A. TOLE.

Member of Lyttelton Harbour Board appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 28th March, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased, in pursuance of the provisions of “The Harbours Act, 1878,” and “The Lyttelton Harbour Board Act, 1882,” to appoint

The Hon. EDWARD RICHARDSON, C.M.G.,
to be a Member of the Lyttelton Harbour Board.

Jos. A. TOLE,
(For the Minister having charge of the Marine Department.)

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 29th March, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation by

JAMES ANDREW, Esq.,

of Khandallah, County Hutt, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the colony.

Jos. A. TOLE.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 14th March, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the following promotions and appointments:—

South Canterbury Battalion Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Alfred Augustus Fooks, from Ashburton Rifle Volunteers, to be Captain and Adjutant. Date of commission, 12th October, 1886.

1st Battalion Wellington Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Charles Edward Tayton, from the Wellington Guards, to be Captain and Quartermaster. Date of commission, 5th February, 1887.

J. BALLANCE.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 14th March, 1887.

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

1st Westland Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant James Benning. Date of resignation, 1st March, 1887.

J. BALLANCE.

Re-formation of J Battery Artillery.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 14th March, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the re-formation of the J (Gisborne) Battery of the New Zealand Regiment Artillery Volunteers, from the 3rd March, 1887.

J. BALLANCE.

Arrangements for First Elections, &c., New County of Rotorua.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 19th March, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

FRANCIS BERNARD SCOTT

to be the person to make up electors’ rolls for the North Riding and South Riding in the new County of Rotorua, as constituted under “The Counties Act, 1886;” also to appoint the said

FRANCIS BERNARD SCOTT

to be the Returning Officer to conduct the first election of three members of the County Council of the said county for the North Riding; also to appoint

JOHN JAMES HENRY HALL

to be the Returning Officer to conduct the first election of three members of the said county for the South Riding; also to appoint Saturday, the 23rd day of April, 1887, to be the day upon which the said first elections of members of the said County Council of Rotorua shall be held; and also to appoint Saturday, the 30th day of April, 1887, at 1 o’clock in the afternoon, to be the time, and the Courthouse at Rotorua to be the place, at which the first meeting of the said Rotorua County Council shall be held.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Auckland Sheep District declared clean.—Notice No. 229.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 22nd March, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to declare the Auckland Sheep District to be a clean sheep district under “The Sheep Act, 1878.”

P. A. BUCKLEY.