APRIL 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 509

Auditor for Counties of Waimea, Buller, Grey, Inangahua, and Collingwood appointed.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 18th April, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
GEORGE HODGSON, Esq.,
to be an Auditor for the Counties of Waimea, Collingwood, Buller, Inangahua, and Grey.

JULIUS VOGEL.

Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Land District of Hawke’s Bay appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 18th April, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
GEORGE WATKIN WILLIAMS, Esq.,
to be Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Land District of Hawke’s Bay, as from the 1st May, 1887, vice Horace Baker, Esq.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister of Lands.

Chief Surveyor appointed.

General Survey Office,
Wellington, 19th April, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
GEORGE WATKIN WILLIAMS, Esq.,
to be Chief Surveyor of the Hawke’s Bay Provincial District, vice Horace Baker, Esq.; the appointment to date from the 1st May, 1887.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister of Lands.

Registrar under “The Native Land Court Act, 1886,” appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 14th April, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
JOHN BROOKING, Esq.,
to be Registrar, under “The Native Land Court Act, 1886,” for the Gisborne District, as from the 1st April, 1887.

J. BALLANCE.

Appointment of Medical Officer to General List.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th April, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
Honorary Surgeon RICHARD COLVILLE PARKINSON,
Devonport Naval Artillery Volunteers, to be a Surgeon-Major on the General List of Medical Officers under paragraph 63 of the Volunteer Regulations. Date of appointment, 18th April, 1887.

J. BALLANCE.

Commissions granted to Cadet Officers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 20th April, 1887.

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

Timaru High School Rifle Cadet Volunteers.
Honorary Lieutenant Thomas Alfred Bushe Bailey to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 1st January, 1887.

Napier High School Cadet Volunteers.
Honorary Captain William Wood to be Captain. Date of commission, 1st January, 1887.

J. BALLANCE.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th April, 1887.

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

Hawera Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Arthur George Allan Pearce. Date of resignation, 2nd April, 1887.

J. BALLANCE.

Resident Magistrate and Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 15th April, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation by
FREDERICK MORRIS PRESTON BROOKFIELD, Esq.,
of Auckland, of his appointments as a Resident Magistrate for the District of Auckland, and a Justice of the Peace for the colony.

JOS. A. TOLE.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 16th April, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under “The Aliens Act, 1880,” in favour of the under-mentioned persons:—

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Application for Registration of a Trade Mark.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 14th April, 1887.

NOTICE is hereby given that EDWARD WATERS, Patent Agent, of Melbourne, in the Colony of Victoria, has applied, on behalf of JAMES SINCLAIR AND SON, of No. 65, Southwark Street, in the City of London, England, to register, under “The Trade Marks Act, 1866,” the trade mark of which the following is a description, viz.:—

Description of Trade Mark.
An oblong label, about the centre of which is the representation of a woman pumping water into a tub. Above her head is an arch bearing the words “Use Only Sinclair’s Cold Water,” and at the bottom of the label are the words “Soap,” “The Magic Cleanser.”

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

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

Application for Registration of a Trade Mark.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that JOHN L. SOUTTER, of Coombe’s Arcade, Auckland, in the Colony of New Zealand, has applied to register, under “The Trade Marks Act, 1866,” the trade mark of which the following is a description, viz.:—

Description of Trade Mark.
A sketch or drawing, plain or coloured, of a branch or of the whole of the plant or tree known as the tea-plant.

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

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

Quarterly Returns under Section 19 of “The Sheep Act, 1878.”—Notice No. 232.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 16th April, 1887.

THE following quarterly returns of runs or farms on which there were infected sheep on the 31st March, 1887, are published in accordance with section 19 of “The Sheep Act, 1878.”

P. A BUCKLEY.

• Since obtained clean certificate.