Feb. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 233

Clerk of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 3rd February, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to appoint

Constable JOHN HADDOCK

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committees for the Districts of Mahurangi, Matakana, Omaha, Hoteo, Albert, Tauhoa, and Puhoi.

THOS. FERGUS.

Certifying Officer under “The Public Health Act, 1876,” for Districts of Hawera, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 8th February, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to appoint

HENRY BLACKBURN LEATHAM, Esq., M.R.C.S.E.,

to be a Certifying Officer under section 139 of “The Public Health Act, 1876,” for the Districts of Hawera, Inglewood, New Plymouth, Opunake, Patea, Stratford, Waimate Plains, and Waitara.

T. W. HISLOP.

Clerk of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 8th February, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to appoint

WHARTON SMITH HARPER

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Patea, vice C. L. Wiggens.

THOS. FERGUS.

Certifying Actuary for Annuities appointed.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 1st February, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to approve of the appointment of

GEORGE LESLIE, Esq.,

of Dunedin, as a Certifying Actuary for Annuities on Lives, under section 9, subsection 5, of “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882.”

H. A. ATKINSON.

Native Interpreter appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 9th February, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to authorise

WILLIAM EDWARD GOFFE,

of Oheawae, Bay of Islands, to act as an Interpreter under “The Native Land Court Act, 1886.”

EDWIN MITCHELSON.

Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 7th February, 1888.

IN pursuance of regulations under “The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886,” notice is hereby given that for the Senior Examination of January, 1889, the period of literature will be the age of Queen Anne, and the special books will be Shakespeare’s Henry IV. and Henry V., and Lamb’s Essays of Elia.

GEO. FISHER.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 8th February, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has approved of the appointment of the under-mentioned gentlemen as Honorary Chaplains:—

No. 3 Battalion, Auckland Rifle Volunteers.
The Reverend William Calder and the Reverend Dr. Augustus O’Gara. Date of commissions, 8th December, 1888.

THOS. FERGUS.

Deputy Registrar of Vice-Admiralty Court appointed.

IN THE VICE-ADMIRALTY COURT,
IN NEW ZEALAND.

IN exercise and pursuance of all powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, I, James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, and as such Judge of the Vice-Admiralty Court in New Zealand, do hereby appoint

DANIEL GEORGE ARTHUR COOPER,

Deputy Registrar of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, at Wellington, to be and act as a Deputy Registrar of the said Vice-Admiralty Court.

Dated this 4th day of February, 1888.

(L.S.) JAMES PRENDERGAST,

Judge.

Commissioner to administer Oaths in Vice-Admiralty Court appointed.

IN THE VICE-ADMIRALTY COURT,
IN NEW ZEALAND.

To Daniel George Arthur Cooper, Deputy Registrar of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, at Wellington.

I HEREBY appoint you,

DANIEL GEORGE ARTHUR COOPER,

to be a Commissioner to administer Oaths in all the Vice-Admiralty proceedings in this Court.

Dated this 4th day of February, 1888.

(L.S.) JAMES PRENDERGAST,

Judge.

Deputy Marshal of Vice-Admiralty Court appointed.

IN THE VICE-ADMIRALTY COURT,
IN NEW ZEALAND.

IN exercise and pursuance of all powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, I, James Prendergast, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, and as such Judge of the Vice-Admiralty Court in New Zealand, do hereby appoint

HENRY CLAYTON BREWER, Esq.,

Registrar of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, at Auckland, to be and act as a Deputy Marshal of the said Vice-Admiralty Court.

Dated this 3rd day of February, 1888.

(L.S.) JAMES PRENDERGAST,

Judge.

Justices of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 7th February, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to accept the resignation by

JAMES DORREEN, Esq., of Hampden, and
JOHN FLAUS, Esq., of North Invercargill,

of their appointments as Justices of the Peace for the colony.

THOS. FERGUS.

Clerk of District Court resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 8th February, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to accept the resignation by

GEORGE HENRY GRAHAM

of his appointment as Clerk of the District Court at Waimate.

THOS. FERGUS.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 8th February, 1887.

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

Christ’s College Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant William Edward Mellish. Date of resignation, 7th January, 1888.

Greymouth Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Jacob Theodore Skoglund. Date of resignation, 1st January, 1888.

West Taieri Rifle Volunteers.
Captain David Murray. Date of resignation, 7th January, 1888.

THOS. FERGUS.