Sept. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1173

as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office
of the Chief Surveyor, Invercargill. For a cemetery.

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

J. BALLANCE,
Minister of Lands.

Polling-place, Marsden Electoral District, appointed.

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 Marsden, and for the purposes of the
said election the Chapel, Ruatangata, was appointed a
polling-place:

And whereas it has been made to appear that the said
chapel has been destroyed by fire, and is not now available
as a polling-place, 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, for the purposes of the said elec-
tion, appoint the building known as the Post Office, Rua-
tangata, to be a polling-place, in lieu of the chapel, Rua-
tangata, so destroyed as aforesaid.

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Registrars of Electors, Foxton and Wallace, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 3rd September, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

JOHN FRANCIS GARVEY, Esq.,

to be Registrar of Electors, under “The Registration of
Electors Act, 1879,” for the Electoral District of Wallace,
vice P. Grant. Appointment to date from the 27th August,
1887. Also to appoint

ARTHUR ROBERTSON THEODORE HAULTAIN, Esq.,

to be Registrar of Electors, under the said Act, for the
Electoral District of Foxton, vice Samuel Tansley, trans-
ferred. Appointment to date from the 5th September, 1887.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Trustee of West Clive Public Hall appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 3rd September, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

JAMES THOMPSON,

of Clive, in the County of Hawke’s Bay, to be a Trustee of
the West Clive Public Hall, under “The West Clive Public
Hall Site Act, 1879,” vice J. B. Hollis.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Public Vaccinator, Blueskin District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 1st September, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

JOHN CUNNINGHAME, Esq., M.B., M.S., Edin.,

to be a Public Vaccinator, under “The Public Health Act,
1876,” for the District of Blueskin.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 7th September, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

FRANK TEESDALE

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Members of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 1st September, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

[PHILIP HENRY BLACKMORE

to be a Member of the Licensing Committee for the District
of Harataunga, vice Thomas Moore, resigned; and

JOHN JEFFRIES

to be a Member of the Licensing Committee for the District
of Rangiora (Collingwood County), vice J. Shaw, resigned.

P. A. BUCKLEY,
(In the absence of the Minister of Justice.)

Officers appointed under “The Fisheries Conservation Act,
1884,” for County of Ashburton.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 7th September, 1887.

IT is hereby notified that, in pursuance of the provisions
of section 9 of “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,”

ARTHUR FRISBY,
THOMAS TAYLOR, and
EDWARD GALE

have been appointed Officers for the purposes of that Act
within the County of Ashburton.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Members of Land Boards reappointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 7th September, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to reap-
point the under-mentioned Members of Land Boards,
viz.:

Auckland Land Board.

JOHN LOGAN CAMPBELL, Esq., as from the 29th July, 1887.

Westland Land Board.

JOHN BEVAN, Esq., as from the 2nd May, 1887.
LEONARD NORTHCROFT, Esq., as from the 18th May, 1887.
THOMAS PATERSON, Esq., as from the 18th May, 1887.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister of Lands.

Deputy District Land Registrar, Examiners of Titles, and
Deputy Commissioner of Stamps appointed.

Head Office, Stamp Department,
Wellington, 6th September, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

THOMAS HALL, Esq.,

to be Deputy District Land Registrar and Examiner of Titles
at Wellington, as from the 22nd August, 1887; and

THEOPHILUS KISSLING, Esq.,

to be Examiner of Titles, Deputy Commissioner of Stamps,
and Assistant Registrar of Joint-stock Companies at Auck-
land, during the absence of Mr. Hall from the district.

P. A. BUCKLEY,
(For the Commissioner of Stamps.)

Volunteer Officers promoted and appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th September, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve
of the under-mentioned promotions and appoint-
ments:

Port Chalmers Naval Artillery.

Lieutenant Thomas John Thomson to be Captain. Date of
commission, 1st April, 1887.

John Cunningham to be Honorary Surgeon. Date of com-
mission, 10th June, 1887.

Thames Naval Artillery Volunteers.

Thomas Radford to be Lieutenant. Date of commission,
20th September, 1886.

Ponsonby Naval Artillery Volunteers.

David Miller to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 20th
May, 1887.

Waitemata Naval Artillery Volunteers.

Henry Albert Holland Hitchens to be Captain. Date of
commission, 7th May, 1887.

1st Regiment New Zealand Cavalry Volunteers.

Harry Alfred Lomax to be Captain and Adjutant. Date of
commission, 26th January, 1887.