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Clyde and Waikaremoana, from the 1st February, 1887, vice
H. W. Baker, resigned; and
WALTER HENRY PALMER
to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate's Court at Wyndham.
Jos. A. TOLE.

Resident Magistrates appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 31st January, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
HENRY WILLIAM NORTHCROFT, Esq., R.M.,
to be a Resident Magistrate for the District of Wanganui,
with extended jurisdiction to £100; and
THOMAS JACKSON, Esq., R.M.,
to be a Resident Magistrate for the District of Waikato, with
extended jurisdiction to £100, and a Resident Magistrate for
the District of Raglan, with extended jurisdiction to £50.
Jos. A. TOLE.

Assayer of Gold appointed.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 26th January, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
CHARLES RHODES
to be an Assayer of Gold, under "The Customs Laws Con-
solidation Act, 1882."
Jos. A. TOLE,
(For the Commissioner of Trade and Customs.)

*Member of Trust appointed under "The Mount Ida Water-
race Trust Act, 1878."

Mines Department,
Wellington, 29th January, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
JOHN NUGENT WOOD, Esq.,
of Naseby, to be a Member of the Mount Ida Water-race
Trust, under "The Mount Ida Water-race Trust Act, 1878,"
from the 4th January, 1887.
W. J. M. LARNACH,
Minister of Mines.

School Commissioner appointed.

Education Department,
Wellington, 1st February, 1887.

PURSUANT to "The Education Reserves Act, 1877," and "The Education Reserves Act 1877 Amendment Act, 1882," His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
JOHN BAKER, Esq.,
Commissioner of Crown Lands, to be a School Commissioner
for the Provincial District of Canterbury, vice John Marsh-
man, Esq., resigned.
ROBERT STOUT.

"Deeds and Instruments Registration Act, 1886."—Notice
of Appointments.

Stamp Department,
Wellington, 28th January, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the under-mentioned appointments under "The Deeds and Instruments Registration Act, 1886;" such appointments to take effect from the 14th February, 1887:—

Land and Deeds Registration District of Wellington.

JAMES FRAME MCBETH, Postmaster, Wanganui, to be District Agent at Wanganui.

Land and Deeds Registration District of Canterbury.

EDMUND COOK, Postmaster, Timaru, to be District Agent at Timaru.

The Post Offices at Wanganui and Timaru respectively are hereby appointed as the offices of the above-named Agents respectively, and as the places for reception of deeds and instruments under the said Act.

Volunteer Corps disbanded.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 2nd February, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to disband the
J Battery of the New Zealand Regiment of Artillery Volunteers.
Date of disbandment, 1st January, 1887.

The under-mentioned gentlemen therefore cease to be officers in the Volunteer Force, their commissions having lapsed under the provisions of "The Defence Act, 1886:"—
George John Winter, late Captain J Battery.
Henry Christopher Lynch Boylan, late Lieutenant J Battery.
Alfred William Croft, late Lieutenant J Battery.
P. A. BUCKLEY,
(For the Defence Minister.)

Resignation of Member of Board of Examination, Auck-
land District.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 2nd February, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of
Major WILLIAM AUGUSTUS DEAN PITT,
late King's Royal Rifles, as a Member of the Board for Examination of Officers of the Militia and Volunteer Forces in the Auckland District.
P. A. BUCKLEY,
(For the Defence Minister.)

*Special Order made by Ashburton County Council.—Adopt-
ing, partially, "Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886."

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 27th January, 1887.

THE following special order, made by the Council of the County of Ashburton, is published for general information.
P. A. BUCKLEY.

SPECIAL ORDER.

RESOLVED, That this Council do make a special order adopt-
ing "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886," and that such special order be as follows, that is to say,—

In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it by "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1866," "The Counties Act, 1876," and the several Acts amending the same, the County Council of the County of Ashburton doth hereby adopt the provisions of "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886." Provided always that the operation of the said Act shall be limited to a loan of £3,500, which this Council proposes to borrow from the Government under the provisions of "The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886," for the purpose of constructing a tramway from the Mount Somers Railway-station to the Mount Somers Coal-pit, near the mouth of the River Stour.

Resolved, further, that this special order shall take effect immediately upon the making thereof.

The common seal of the Chairman, Councillors, and inhabitants of the County of Ashburton was hereby affixed, by the authority of the County Council of the said county, on the 14th day of (L.S.) January, 1887, by William Campbell Walker, Chairman of the said Council, in the presence of—F. Mainwaring, Clerk of the Ashburton County Council, Ashburton.
W. C. WALKER,
Chairman.

I hereby certify that the above special order has been duly passed by the Ashburton County Council, in conformity with "The Counties Act, 1876," and the several Acts amending the same, and that the seal of the said Council was placed on the special order, at a special meeting held for that purpose, on the 14th January, 1887.
F. MAINWARING,
Clerk, Ashburton County Council.

*Special Order made by Grey County Council.—Adopting
"Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886."

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 2nd February, 1887.

THE following special order, made by the Grey County Council, is published for general information.
P. A. BUCKLEY.

SPECIAL ORDER.

THAT this Council doth, by this resolution, adopt the whole of the provisions of "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886."

I hereby certify that the above special order has been duly made and confirmed by the Grey County Council, in con-
formity with "The Counties Act, 1886," and "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886."
M. PHILLIPS,
Acting County Clerk.
Grey County Council,
21st September, 1886.