MAY 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 603

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 10th May, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN HUNTER PATRICK

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths, and to be Vaccination Inspector, for the District of Waitahuna.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Rangers under Animals Protection Acts appointed, Wellington.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 12th May, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

THOMAS ROBINSON,
JOHN SMALL,
JAMES BROWN,
ERNEST RAWSON,
JOHN DOWNING, and
WILLIAM McGRATH

to be Rangers under “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same, for the District of Wellington.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Clerks of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 11th May, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable BARTHOLOMEW MORONEY

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the Special Licensing District of Thermal Springs, vice W. A. Thom, transferred; and

ROBERT GEORGE PALMER

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Foxton, vice S. M. Baker, resigned.

Jos. A. TOLE.

Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 11th May, 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.:—

Jos. A. TOLE.

Members of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 9th May, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOSEPH B. MASON

to be a Member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Wairau, vice J. Hemphill, resigned;

DONALD Potts

to be a Member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Mount Somers, vice D. Macfarlane, resigned; and

ALFRED HENRY BRIDGER and
JAMES TODD

to be Members of the Licensing Committee for the District of Caversham, vice W. H. Teger and J. Stark.

Jos. A. TOLE.

Clerk of Warden’s Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 11th May, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable THOMAS KING

to be Clerk of the Warden’s Court at Tapanui.

Jos. A. TOLE.

Official Visitor, Hokitika Prison, appointed.

Department of Justice (Prisons Branch),
Wellington, 5th May, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Mr. JULES CÆSAR MALFROY,

of Hokitika, to be a Visitor of the Prison at Hokitika, vice Mr. James Clarke, raised to the Commission of the Peace.

Jos. A. TOLE.

Inspector of Mines appointed.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 4th May, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN GOW, Esq., of Greymouth,

to be an Inspector of Mines, under section 17 of “The Coal Mines Act, 1886,” as from the 30th April, 1887.

W. J. M. LARNACH,
Minister of Mines.

Member of Otago University Council appointed.

Education Department,
Wellington, 6th May, 1887.

IN pursuance of the powers vested in him by “The University of Otago Ordinance, 1869,” and “The Abolition of Provinces Act, 1875,” His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JAMES ALLEN, Esq., M.A.,

to be a Member of the Council of the University of Otago, vice James Macandrew, Esq., deceased.

ROBERT STOUT.

Member of Land Board appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 11th May, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

SAMUEL CARNELL, Esq.,

to be a Member of the Land Board of the Hawke’s Bay District, in the place of Edward Alexander Haggen, Esq., resigned. Date of appointment, 7th May, 1887.

J. BALLANCE.

Officer in Permanent Militia appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 9th May, 1887.

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

Lieutenant ARTHUR ROBERT VEN LODDER

to be Lieutenant in the Permanent Militia. Commission to date from the 5th November, 1885.

J. BALLANCE.