May 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 657

Officer appointed to grant Licenses under Section 15 of “The Licensing Act Amendment Act, 1882.”

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me in that behalf by “The Licensing Act Amendment Act, 1882,” I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint William Everett, Esquire, Chairman of the Licensing Committee of the District of Masterton, to exercise, in terms of section fifteen of the said Act, a special authority in the granting of publicans’ licenses within the district the limits of which are defined in the Schedule hereto.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land situate in Railway Reserve, Block XIV., Mangaone Survey District, Provincial District of Wellington, commencing at a point 81 miles 45 chains on the Wellington-Napier Railway. Bounded Northerly by a line, 250 links; Westerly by a line, 2200 links; Southerly by a line, 350 links; Easterly by a line, 2200 links; and Northerly by a line, 100 links, to the commencing-point: as the same is delineated on a plan marked P.W.D. 14395, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, and thereon coloured red.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this seventeenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven.

Jos. A. TOLE.

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Appointing Polling-place, District of Avon.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

WHEREAS a writ has been issued for the election of a member of the House of Representatives for the Electoral District of Avon, and for the purposes of the said election the Old Schoolhouse, Papanui, was appointed a polling-place:

And whereas it has been made to appear that the said polling-place is not now available as such by reason of the said schoolhouse having been pulled down, and that the said election cannot be held without a change of polling-place being made:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by the sixth section of “The Regulation of Elections Act, 1881,” and being satisfied that the polling-place hereinafter mentioned is more convenient than any other for at least twenty electors to record their votes thereat, do hereby abolish the polling-place at the Old Schoolhouse, Papanui, so appointed as aforesaid, and, for the purposes of the said election, do hereby appoint the building known as the Public Library, Papanui, aforesaid to be a polling-place, in lieu of the schoolhouse aforesaid.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this fourteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

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Inspector of Weights and Measures, Southland, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 11th May, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable ARTHUR HOBBINS WRIGHT

to be an Inspector of Weights and Measures, under “The Weights and Measures Act, 1878,” for the Counties of Southland, Wallace, Fiord, and Stewart Island, and for all boroughs therein.

P: A. BUCKLEY.

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Trustee of Awatere Rabbit District, Marlborough, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 11th May, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

GEORGE BILLINGSLEY RICHARDSON

to be a Trustee of the Awatere Rabbit District, under “The Rabbit Nuisance Act 1882 Amendment Act, 1886,” vice P. R. McRae, resigned,

P. A. BUCKLEY.

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Election of Mangaone River Board, County of Oroua.

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

NOTICE has been received at this office, under the hand of the Returning Officer, that the following persons have been duly elected Members of the Mangaone River Board:—

JAMES BELL,
DAVID BUICK,
ANDREAS C. CLAUSEN,
SAMUEL JOHN RELF,
WILLIAM MCDONALD,
WILLIAM L. LUXFORD, and
MAURICE COHEN.

G. S. COOPER,
Under-Secretary.

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Election of Trustees, Hurunui Rabbit District.

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

NOTICE has been received at this office, under the hand of the Returning Officer, that, on the 23th April ultimo, the following persons were duly elected Trustees of the Hurunui Rabbit District:—

JAMES LITTLE,
GEORGE DEAN GREENWOOD,
WILLIAM OLIVER RUTHERFORD,
WALTER MACFARLANE, and
GEORGE WILSDEN MARAE.

G. S. COOPER,
Under-Secretary.

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Deputy-Registrar of Supreme Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 13th May, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM GEORGE PRING O’CALLAGHAN, Esq.,

to be Deputy-Registrar of the Supreme Court at Invercargill.

Jos. A. TOLE.

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Clerk appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 16th May, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable JAMES KENNEDY

to be Assistant-Clerk of the Resident Magistrate’s and Warden’s Courts at St. Bathan’s, vice Constable Bell.

Jos. A. TOLE.

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Members of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 16th May, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

GEORGE CLARK

to be a Member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Okahu, vice G. Kirk; and

WILLIAM GOLDSTONE

to be a Member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Waikaremoana, vice G. V. Kemsley, resigned.

Jos. A. TOLE.

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Clerk of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 16th May, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

CHARLES CRUMP

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Palmerston South, vice B. T. Missen, resigned.

Jos. A. TOLE.

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Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 16th 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.:—