JULY 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 913

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 5th July, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM WHITAKER ARIELL, Esq., J.P.,

to be a Member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Paparoa, vice R. Spick, deceased.

Jos. A. TOLE.

Members of Harbour Boards appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 6th July, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN HELIER VAUTIER,
HENRY WILLIAMS, and
The Hon. JOHN NATHANIEL WILSON

to be Members of the Napier Harbour Board ;

JOHN GIBSON

to be a Member of the Patea Harbour Board ;

SAMUEL HODGKINSON,
MATTHEW INSTONE, and
GEORGE REID

to be Members of the Riverton Harbour Board ;

WILLIAM FRASER and
CHARLES ORAM

to be Members of the Waimakariri Harbour Board ;

THOMAS BAYLEY,
BURTON CHARLES LAWRENCE, and
JAMES RATTENBURY

to be Members of the Waitara Harbour Board ;

JOHN HANDLEY

to be a Member of the Wanganui Harbour Board ;

JOHN HUNTER BROWN and
GEORGE BRIDGER FLINT

to be Members of the Wairoa Harbour Board ;

ALLAN MCDONALD,
GEORGE MATTHEWSON, and
WILLIAM SIEVWRIGHT

to be Members of the Gisborne Harbour Board ; and

WILLIAM BAYLEY,
FREDERICK ALONZO CARRINGTON, and
FRANCIS PEACOCK CORKILL

to be Members of the New Plymouth Harbour Board.

W. J. M. LARNACH.

Members of Greymouth and Westport Harbour Boards appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 6th July, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor in Council has been pleased to appoint

Arthur Robert Guinness, M.H.R.,
James Kerr,
The Hon. Henry H. Lahmann, M.L.C.,
Richard Nancarrow,
Joseph Petrie, Mayor of Greymouth,
Richard John Seddon, M.H.R., and
Daniel Sheedy

to be Members of the Greymouth Harbour Board ; and

James Colvin,
John Fennell,
Timothy Gallagher,
John Hughes, Mayor of Westport,
William Mailer,
Eugene Joseph O’Conor, M.H.R., and
Jules Simon

to be Members of the Westport Harbour Board.

W. J. M. LARNACH.

Assessor under Resident Magistrates Act appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 27th June, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WIREMU POKIHA,

of Akuaku, to be an Assessor under “The Resident Magistrate’s Act, 1867,” “The Native Circuit Courts Act, 1858,” and “The Native Circuit Courts Act Amendment Act, 1862,” within the Resident Magistrate’s District of Waiapu.

J. BALLANCE.

Native Land Court Assessor appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 27th June, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

RAWIRI ROTA TE TAHIWI,

of Otaki, to be an Assessor under “The Native Land Court Act, 1886.”

J. BALLANCE.

Native Land Court Assessor resigned.

Native Office,
Wellington, 27th June, 1887.

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

POMARE KINGI

of his appointment as Assessor of the Native Land Court.

J. BALLANCE.

Government Agent at Whanganui appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 1st July, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM JAMES BUTLER, Esq.,

to be Government Agent at Whanganui.

J. BALLANCE.

Assistant Under-Secretary, Defence Department, appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 6th July, 1887.

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

Captain CHARLES ALEXANDER HUMFREY,

Chief Clerk, Defence Department, to be Assistant Under-Secretary, without additional salary.

J. BALLANCE.

Honorary Colonel, Otago Volunteers, appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 6th July, 1887.

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

Hon. WILLIAM JAMES MUDIE LARNACH, C.M.G.,

to be an Honorary Colonel of the Otago Rifle Volunteers.

J. BALLANCE.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 6th July, 1887.

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

Wellington Rifle Volunteers.

Louis Ferdinand Tegner, late Lieutenant, 3rd Volunteer Battalion Essex Regiment, to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 24th June, 1887.

Canterbury Honorary Reserve Corps.

Cyprian Wynyrd Bridge to be Lieutenant.

Joseph Stringer to be Lieutenant.

Date of commissions, 20th June, 1887.

J. BALLANCE.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 6th July, 1887.

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

Thames Rifle Rangers.

Sub-Lieutenant Robert Scott. Date of resignation, 17th June, 1887.

Wanganui City Rifles.

Captain James Purnell. Date of resignation, 22nd June, 1887.

Dunedin Engineers.

Lieutenant Frank James Coote. Date of resignation, 1st July, 1887.

J. BALLANCE.